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An anonymous reader quotes a report from XDA Developers: In January of 2020, Sonos filed two lawsuits against Google, claiming that the latter stole its multiroom speaker technology and infringed on 100 patents. In September, Sonos then sued Google all… Continue reading Google Found To Have Violated Sonos Patents, Blocking Import of Google Devices
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: A patent filed by Apple and published Thursday by the US Patent and Trademark Office details the tech giant’s interest in creating “privacy eyewear” that blurs content on a device’s screen unless s… Continue reading Apple Patent Fights Lookie-Loos With Glass-Activated Screen Blur
The U.S. government owes a patent holding company at least $103 million because of the Transportation Security Administration’s misuse of its technology for handling trays at airport security checkpoints, a Washington, D.C.-based federal court said. Re… Continue reading US Government Owes Over $100 Million For TSA’s Patent Infringement
Sony has been granted a patent that would allow livestream spectators and participants to remove players from a game. “Besides removing unskilled players, the system would allow spectators to pay for the privilege of removing players,” reports Kotaku. … Continue reading Sony Patent Lets Viewers Vote and Pay To Boot Players From Games
In our community it’s certain that there will be many people with very strong views about patents. It’s fair to say that the patents system is at times not fit …read more Continue reading E3D On Patents And Not Being Evil About Them
Paul Ratner writes via Interesting Engineering: Theoretical inventions known as the “UFO patents” have been inflaming worldwide curiosity. A product of the American engineer Dr. Salvatore Cezar Pais, the patents were filed during his work for the U.S. … Continue reading Engineer Devises ‘UFO Patents’ For US Navy
slack_justyb writes: Unity has filed a patent with the USPTO for “Methods and apparatuses to improve the performance of a video game engine using an Entity Component System (ECS).”
ECS methods are something that some other open source game engines alr… Continue reading Unity Patents ‘Methods and Apparatuses To Improve the Performance of a Video Game Engine Using An Entity Component System’
A team of researchers with AMD have filed a patent application that looks toward a more efficient and reliable quantum computing architecture, thanks to a conventional multi-SIMD (Single Instruction Multiple Data) approach. Tom’s Hardware reports: Acco… Continue reading New AMD Patent Proposes Teleportation To Make Quantum Computing More Efficient
“The director of a tiny UK company has apologised after sending letters to businesses suggesting they had infringed his patents that he claimed covered an age-old web standard,” writes The Register.
LeeLynx shares their report:
The tech in question … Continue reading Programmer Apologizes For Sending Letters Claiming Patent on Age-Old Web Standard
The US Patent and Trademark Office has granted a patent to Apple for a dual-display MacBook with a virtual keyboard replacing the traditional keyboard and with the ability to wirelessly charge an iPhone. 9to5Mac reports: As reported by Patently Apple, … Continue reading Apple Wins Patent For Dual-Display MacBook With Virtual Keyboard, Wireless Charging Capabilities