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Amazon Patents Wristband That Can Track Warehouse Workers
Amazon has a new way to keep tabs on warehouse workers.<p>As GeekWire reports, the online retailer was awarded a pair of patents for a wristband-based monitoring system that can track warehouse workers' hand movements. The wristband would use ultrasonic sound pulses or radio transmissions to track …
BarcodesMicrosoft patent filing reignites Surface Phone speculation
A new patent filing published has Microsoft fans excited once again about the prospect of a Surface Phone.<p>The patent shows a new foldable display …
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ShoppingFacebook patent tries to guess users' socioeconomic status
A new patent from Facebook describes a system that would use data points it collects on the user — like education, travel history, the number of …
EmploymentMedicine patent draft policy set to go to Cabinet
Thirty-two submissions were received, some of which were submitted by stakeholders that had coordinated their responses into a single submission, …
Business (South Africa)Does this new Microsoft patent hold the key to the Surface Phone?
<b>Microsoft has filed a patent for a new standard of Near Field Communication (NFC) that aims to make it harder for eavesdroppers to tap into data</b> …
MobileNew Microsoft patent hints at potential design of Surface Phone
In a patent application revealed today, Microsoft may have just tipped its hand and shown us what we can expect from the long-rumored Surface Phone — …
MobileFord loses one ruling in appeals over hybrid car patents
A federal appeals court on Thursday revived one claim against Ford Motor Co in the automaker’s complex dispute with a company that holds patents related to hybrid vehicles.<p>The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued two decisions concerning three patents belonging to Paice LLC and …
LawMicrosoft hints at a modular Windows 10, new mobile device category
One of the industry’s more persistent unicorns is the rumored Surface Phone, a smartphone built by the Surface team that would run full Windows 10 …
MobileQualcomm resolves dispute with Samsung, hoping to do the same with Apple
Qualcomm has settled its differences with Samsung over its chip licensing practices, and says that it hopes to do the same with Apple.<p>While there were no lawsuits between Qualcomm and Samsung, the Korean company had been opposing the chipmaker’s appeal against a Fair Trade Commission anti-trust …
QualcommNo Opinion on De Novo Review
In its petition for writ of certiorari, Riveer asks the following question:Whether it is a denial of due process under the Fifth Amendment to the …
Intellectual PropertySupreme Court Patent Update for January 2018
by Dennis CrouchThe Supreme Court has heard oral arguments in <i>Oil States</i> and briefing is ramping-up in one additional case, <i>WesternGeco</i>, that focuses …
Intellectual PropertyDesign Patents Continue to Show Survival Strength at the PTAB: Institution Rates Remain Lowest Among All Technology Categories and Well Below 50%
While petitioners are successful over 60% of the time in getting the PTAB to institute trial on patents in the biotech, chemical, …
LawAppointments and Illegal Adjudication: A Second Patent Judge Appointments Crisis
In 2007, Prof. John Duffy penned a Patently-O essay explaining that Administrative Patent Judges are at least “inferior officers” under the US …
Intellectual PropertyPernix announces patent litigation settlement agreement with Actavis concerning Zohydro ER
Pernix Therapeutics (NYSEMKT:PTX) has entered into a settlement agreement with Actavis Laboratories FL resolving patent litigation related to Zohydro …
BusinessRexahn nabs U.S. patent protecting Supinoxin; shares ahead 2% premarket
Rexahn Pharmaceuticals (NYSEMKT:RNN) has received a Notice of Allowance from the USPTO regarding its U.S. Patent Application No. 15/255,901 entitled …
BiotechnologyUnder proposal, local companies may see lower legal bills for patent suits
The state's federal court system is weighing new rules meant to speed up patent cases.
BostonSony Patent Shows Possible New VR-Focused Move Controller
With some of the changes coming to PlayStation VR in North America soon (and already made in Japan), it stands to reason some of the other devices …
PlayStation VRA glimpse into the future? Ford has filed a patent for a DRIVERLESS police car
The police cars of the future may not carry any police at all, if a new patent by Ford is to be believed.<p>Ford has filed a patent for a driverless …
Driverless CarsCoolpad sues Xiaomi for patent infringemnt issues, demands compensation
In what comes as a surprising news, popular Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi has been sued by Coolpad for infringing on their patents. Coolpad …
Technology (India)Illumina awarded $26.7M in Harmony patent infringement suit
A San Francisco jury has backed Illumina (NASDAQ:ILMN) in a patent infringement lawsuit against Ariosa Diagnostics pertaining to the Harmony …
BusinessSprint, Cox Communications Settle Patent Lawsuit
Overland Park, KS-based telecom firm Sprint Corporation (NYSE:S) and Atlanta, GA-based broadband provider Cox Communications announced a multi-year …
Intellectual PropertyFord Patents Autonomous Police Car - The Drive
Ford Goes RoboCop, Submits Patent for Autonomous Police Car<p>But is it really a police car without any police on board?<p>Ford<p>Stephen EdelsteinView …
U.S. Patent and Trademark OfficeNantKwest: Attorney Fee case Moving Toward Decision
<i>by Dennis Crouch</i>In <i>NantKwest v. Matal</i>, the Federal Circuit will sit <i>en banc</i> to decide whether the cost-shifting provision found in 35 U.S.C. § 145 …
Intellectual PropertyPaul Hartnack obituary
My husband, Paul Hartnack, who has died aged 74, was for 10 years Comptroller General and chief executive of the Patent Office. His success was remarkable as he had no scientific training and completed his A-levels only after joining the Board of Trade in his teens in 1961.<p>Paul was born in …
UK PoliticsRambus and Marvell sign patent agreement
Rambus (NASDAQ:RMBS) and Marvell Technology (NASDAQ:MRVL) have signed a patent license agreement.<p>Under the agreement, Rambus will license its Rambus …
BusinessFurther Apple patent application for 5G published after AT&T announced roll-out plans
A fourth Apple patent application for 5G technology has today been published by the US Patent & Trademark Office. 5G will be the next step up in mobile data, and could offer speeds more than ten times faster than today’s LTE/4G networks.<p>The patent application was published shortly after AT&T …
AppleABA calls Patent Office stance on attorneys' fees a 'radical departure'
The American Bar Association on Tuesday urged a federal appeals court to undo an earlier decision allowing the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to automatically recover attorneys’ fees from parties who sue the agency over rejected patent applications.<p>The prior decision “would erect an …
LawUS game publisher Activision wins trademark lawsuit in China
A Chinese court ruled that Activision Publishing Co. won a trademark lawsuit over a Chinese film distributor.<p>The people's court in Pudong New Area in …
News (China)Panasonic filed two patents of multi-PD/pixel sensor for on-sensor HDR and PDAF
<i>Patent 1</i><p>Hi-Lows-Note spotted two new Panasonic patents. They do describe a tech for on-sensor HDR and PDAF. The PDAF system sort of looks like the …
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