Collaborate Disseminate
A new patent granted to Apple suggests the company could use satellite communications for more than just getting help in an emergency. 9to5Mac reports: Emergency SOS via Satellite was one of the headline features of September’s Apple event — so much s… Continue reading Apple Satellite Plans May Extend Beyond Emergencies, Suggests New Patent
Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, was found by a federal jury in Austin, Texas, to have infringed on two patents held by Voxer, a walkie talkie messaging app founded by a former Army Green Beret. The social media giant was ordered to … Continue reading Meta Ordered To Pay $175 Million For Copying Green Beret Veteran’s App
Coinbase is being sued by Veritaseum Capital LLC, which alleges that the crypto exchange has infringed on a patent awarded to Veritaseum founder Reggie Middleton. CoinDesk reports: According to Veritaseum, Coinbase has used the patent for some of its b… Continue reading Coinbase Sued For Patent Infringement Over Crypto Transfer Technology
In two lawsuits (PDF) filed today in California, Google alleges that Sonos’ latest voice-assistant technology violates seven patents related to Google Assistant. CNET reports: Google spokesperson Jose Castaneda said Sonos has “started an aggressive and… Continue reading Google Sues Sonos Over Voice Control Technology
“5G iPhones have been slapped with a sales ban in Colombia,” reports Digital Trends, “due to a 5G patent infringement dispute between Apple and Ericsson… The ban affects the latest models, including the iPhone 12, iPhone 13, and the iPad Pro, which t… Continue reading IPhone Sales Banned In Colombia
RED filed a lawsuit yesterday suing (PDF) Nikon for infringing on its video compression patents. PetaPixel reports: The lawsuit was filed in a southern California federal court today and asserts that the Japanese camera manufacturer and its United Stat… Continue reading RED Sues Nikon For Infringing On Its Video Compression Patents
Russia has effectively legalized patent theft from anyone affiliated with countries “unfriendly” to it, declaring that unauthorized use will not be compensated. The Washington Post reports: The decree, issued this week, illustrates the economic war wag… Continue reading Russia Says Its Businesses Can Steal Patents From Anyone In ‘Unfriendly’ Countries
For the last two years, Unified Patents, an international organization of over 200 businesses, has been winning the battle against patent trolls “to keep them from stealing from the companies and organizations that actually use patents’ intellectual pr… Continue reading Open Source Zone Grinds Away At Patent Trolls
Microsoft last month received a US patent covering modifications to a data-encoding technique called rANS, one of several variants in the Asymmetric Numeral System (ANS) family that support data compression schemes used by leading technology companies … Continue reading Alarm Raised After Microsoft Wins Data-Encoding Patent
Days after detailing the technical specs of the PS VR2, Sony has updated the details of a patent to include language that says would “allow players to scan real-world items into virtual reality, making anything interactive in the VR space,” reports Gam… Continue reading Sony Is Working On 3D Scanner That Can Put Real-World Items Into Video Games