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New Apple Patent Teases An iPhone Messages Update You’ll Want Now
Daily NewsMonday, 25 May 2020Daniel van Herck2 viewsRead more...Apple’s Messages app will one day let us edit our conversations after we’ve sent the message, if a newly-released patent becomes reality. (Read more on Forbes)
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Ford Solar Car “Cocoon” Patent Is Crazy Genius
Daily NewsMonday, 25 May 2020Daniel van Herck2 viewsRead more...
The idea of using solar panels to give electric cars a little extra boost is nothing new. In fact, the 2020 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid has a solar roof that helps to run its electronics, and can give it a ...
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European Patent Office gives green light to prohibit patents on plants and animals
Daily NewsMonday, 25 May 2020Daniel van Herck2 viewsRead more...Patents on plants and animals derived from conventional breeding can be fully prohibited in Europe. This is the result of a verdict published by the Enlarged Board of Appeal, the highest legal body of ...
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Visa Patent Application Seeks To Turn Fiat Currencies Into Digital Blockchain Versions
Daily NewsMonday, 25 May 2020Daniel van Herck2 viewsRead more...Credit card giant Visa has filed an application for a U.S. patent on a computer system that would convert physical dollars and other fiat currencies into digital versions, complete with denominations ...
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Patent Office Declares AI Cannot Be An Inventor, Stuns AI Devotees, Has Impacts For Self-Driving Cars
Daily NewsMonday, 25 May 2020Daniel van Herck3 viewsRead more...Can AI be an inventor? According to a recent decision by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), the answer seems to be no. There is more to this story, though, and we’ll need to push past the s ...
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Twitter preemptively sues VOIP-Pal after the company sues 4 tech giants
Daily NewsMonday, 27 April 2020Daniel van Herck71 viewsRead more...After VOIP-Pal filed near-simultaneous lawsuits against tech giants Facebook, Amazon, Apple, and Google, Twitter has turned the tables, filing a complaint for declaratory judgment against VOIP-Pal. Th ...
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Is a cannabis patent war on the horizon?
Daily NewsMonday, 27 April 2020Daniel van Herck50 viewsRead more...Cannabis business clients may soon face new patent-related risks. By Norman Ives and Morgan Moore It’s not uncommon to have a patent issued on certain fruits, vegetables and other plant varieties. In ...
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Chinese government subsidies fuel surge in patents but experts warn it’s quantity over quality
Daily NewsMonday, 27 April 2020Daniel van Herck15 viewsRead more...China’s tech giants have been particularly active, with Huawei taking the top spot last year with 4,411 patent applications The Beijing government offers as much as 20 million yuan in subsidies for a ...
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The opposition before the French patent office : starting shot !
Daily NewsMonday, 27 April 2020Daniel van Herck111 viewsRead more...in April was the launch of the opposition procedure before the French Patent Office (“Institut National de la Propriété Intellectuelle” or “INPI”). This procedure is a new way to challenge the validit ...
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Court Allows Accused Infringer’s Have-Cake, Eat-Cake Patent Invalidity Strategy
Daily NewsMonday, 27 April 2020Daniel van Herck57 viewsRead more...While acknowledging an “apparent loophole” in the America Invents Act, a district court has permitted an accused-infringer-DJ-plaintiff to pursue counterclaims for patent invalidity—with no bar on lat ...