Collaborate Disseminate
Patents are the murky waters where technical jargon and legalese meet, and in this vast grey area of interpretation, DJI now owes Textron $279M. At issue in the case were …read more Continue reading Patent Spat Leaves DJI Owing Textron $279M
When [Erich Styger] recently got featured on Hackaday with his meta-clock project, he probably was not expecting to get featured again so soon, this time regarding a copyright claim on the ‘meta-clock’ design. This particular case ended with [Erich] removing the original blog article and associated PCB design files, leaving …read more
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Microsoft today announced a major expansion of its Azure IP Advantage program, which provides its Azure users with protection against patent trolls. This program now also provides customers who are building IoT solutions that connect to Azure with access to 10,000 patents to defend themselves against intellectual property lawsuits. What’s maybe most interesting here, though, […] Continue reading Microsoft gives 500 patents to startups
If you’ve been following the headlines in the world of AI, you might be fooled into thinking that corporations are doubling down, rather than withdrawing, from pure research. But on the ground, things are considerably more complicated — tech companies are spending more on the development part of R&D while relying more on cash strapped universities to move the needle on… Read More Continue reading Outside of AI, companies are doing less research and more development
Texas Judge Rodney Gilstrap didn’t design this system, but he’s been a willful participant in it. Continue reading The Small Town Judge Who Sees a Quarter of the Nation’s Patent Cases