A North Carolina engineer’s invention of the modern UPC barcode revolutionized retail checkout and how it works, even upside ...

Two recent UPC decisions have provided some guidance on the admissibility and reasonableness of auxiliary requests in revocation actions. The court will look at the specific circumstances and ...

George J. Laurer, whose design of the ubiquitous vertically striped bar code sped supermarket checkout lines, parcel deliveries and assembly lines and even transformed human beings, including airline ...

WENDELL, N.C. — George J. Laurer, whose invention of the Universal Product Code at IBM transformed retail and other industries around the world, has died. He was 94. A funeral was held on Monday for ...

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. To marvel at the choice and convenience of modern shopping, go visit your grocery-store mustard aisle. My local Whole Foods sells more than 20 different kinds: ...

Computers in working order and with correct software don’t make mistakes. People, however, make plenty of mistakes (including writing bad software or breaking computers). In quality circles, there’s a ...

Consider this your go-to guide. If you’ve seen a lot of recalls in the news recently, you're not the only one. For years, I’ve covered food recalls and have written deep dives on foodborne illnesses, ...