As a business owner, it may seem counterintuitive that when your employees create inventions related to your business, in addition to not automatically owning them, you might not even have the right to use them. This is because in the U.S., the general rule is that inventions are owned by their creator. This concept is embodied in patent law where, absent a written agreement to the contrary, the inventor of a patent is the owner.
The simple solution to this issue is to have employees sign employment…
St. Louis Community College and the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center have developed a program that paves the way for high school students to enter the biotechnology field.
EMBARK is a dual credit/dual enrollment program that enables high school students to earn a life science lab assistant certificate by high school graduation. Students who graduate from the program are prepared for work in bioscience laboratories and are well positioned to continue studies to complete bioscience and biotechnology…
Danielle Deavens was frustrated. It was the holiday season of 2016, and, having made a pact with herself to buy gifts exclusively from Black-owned businesses, she found herself at an impasse. Though she knew there had to be companies selling a variety of products somewhere in the marketplace, she could not find them, despite her best efforts. Surely, there was a better way, she thought, as she lamented the situation to her partner, Doug Spencer.
“It was just a really clunky and disjointed experience,”…
Since 2003, Missouri has set aside a weekend at the beginning of August when families won’t pay state tax on new clothes and school supplies as they prepare for the start of the school year.
For just as long, every city, county and special district that imposes its own sales tax has had the authority to opt out of the Back to School tax holiday. With local sales taxes often matching or exceeding the state charge, the impact of the discount was limited.
This year, for the first time, there will…
A former front-runner to become St. Louis’ next police chief has sued the city alleging he was passed over for the promotion because he is white.
St. Louis Lt. Col. Michael Sack and former Lt. Col. Lawrence O’Toole were the only remaining finalists for the job after Mayor Tishaura Jones conducted a national search to replace John Hayden in 2021. The four external candidates failed to show up for the written portion of the selection process, leaving the two internal commanders standing.
Jones…
There’s a nursing crisis going on in the St. Louis area and across the country. Nurses are leaving the profession in record numbers, and it’s impacting how we’re all cared for when we need help.
“This is where you're going to have all of our patients that are in the beds," said Makenzie Buescher, a nursing student at Missouri Baptist University, showing us what her typical day is like.
She is one of the first fast-tracked nursing classes at Missouri Baptist University, where students passionate…
The flights were part of Essential Air Service, a federal program put in place amid airline deregulation to ensure small communities continued to get some air service.
Politicians praise word that the White House will reverse a Trump-era selection of Huntsville, Alabama as home for the command that's housed in Colorado Springs today.
The personal frustration of a ruined brasserie led St. Louis investor Kathleen Hearod to create a product designed to help women easily store their bras.
The nonprofit, which recently moved downtown, has put its former headquarters campus in the Central West End up for sale, marketing it as a potential addition to the Cortex Innovation District.
Time is running out to submit your nomination for the St. Louis Business Journal's annual 40 Under 40 Awards program, which celebrates young professionals in the St. Louis region.
The deadline to submit a nomination is Friday, Aug. 4. Click the link here to submit yours before it's too late.
In November, the Business Journal will introduce a new class of 40 young professionals who are making a difference in the St. Louis business community. To be eligible for the 2023 program, a candidate must…
Drivers who need to renew their license at a secretary of state facility will likely have to make an appointment starting this fall.
Starting Sept. 1, 44 driver services facilities in medium- to large-sized cities around the state will require appointments for driver services – things like renewing a license, updating a license to meet Real ID requirements or taking a driving test. Vehicle services, like title and registration or renewing a license plate sticker, will still be offered on a walk-in…
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