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When it comes to defeating patent trolls with crowd-sourced prior art, Cloudflare is now two-for-two after winning its latest case against Sable Networks. The Register: Sable Networks, which owns patents originally given to defunct “flow-based router” … Continue reading Cloudflare Defeats Another Patent Troll With Crowd-Sourced Prior-Art Army
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg, written by Naomi Kresge: In the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, hundreds of scientists from all over the world banded together in an open-source effort to develop an antiviral that would be avail… Continue reading Scientists Still Shoot For the Moon With Patent-Free Covid Drug
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: Apple said on Monday that it would pause sales of its flagship smartwatches online starting Thursday and at retail locations on Christmas Eve. Two months ago, Apple lost a patent case over th… Continue reading Apple To Pause Selling New Versions of Its Watch After Losing Patent Dispute
The Biden administration is threatening to cancel the patents of some costly medications to allow rivals to make their own more affordable versions. The Associated Press reports: Under a plan announced Thursday, the government would consider overriding… Continue reading White House Threatens Patents of High-Priced Drugs
Lenovo has filed a lawsuit against Asus, claiming that the company’s laptops infringe on four of their patents. “Lenovo is seeking damages and for Asus to stop selling Zenbook laptops and other allegedly infringing products in the U.S.,” reports Ars Te… Continue reading Lenovo Seeks Halt of Asus Laptop Sales Over Alleged Patent Infringement
Apple is in violation of a patent that belongs to medical technology company Masimo, says the International Trade Commission (ITC). Android Authority reports: The commission upheld a previous ruling by a US judge who ruled in Masimo’s favor. The patent… Continue reading Apple Watch Faces Potential Import Ban In the US
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Patent owner StreamScale won a $240 million jury verdict in Waco, Texas, federal court on Friday in a patent case against data-management software company Cloudera. The jury said (PDF) after a four-day … Continue reading Cloudera Hit With $240 Million Patent Verdict Over Cloud-Storage Technology
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: A California judge has thrown out a $32.5 million verdict win for Sonos against Google after two of Sonos’ patents were deemed unenforceable and invalid. As a result, Google has started to re-introdu… Continue reading Federal Judge Throws Out $32.5 Million Win For Sonos Against Google; Google Starts Reintroducing Software Features It had Removed
Microsoft has patented an AI-powered backpack design featuring a plethora of sensors that may include cameras, microphones, GPS, and a compass. Tom’s Hardware reports: Additionally, Microsoft thinks it may be useful to add in LEDs and speakers, as well… Continue reading Microsoft Patents Sensor-Filled, AI-Assisted Backpack
Loading screen maps and movement physics are just some of the elements from The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom that Nintendo is trying to patent. Kotaku reports: Automaton, a gaming website that focuses on Japanese games like Zelda, has a roundu… Continue reading Nintendo Is Trying To Patent Some Really Broad Tears of the Kingdom Mechanics