Your new post is loading...
Your new post is loading...
A case currently pending before the Federal Circuit asks whether patent law has grown out-of-sync from the supply-chain realities of making, selling and marketing technological components for end use in the United States today.
Some courts have invalidated AI-related patents where the claims and specification of the patent lacked sufficient specificity regarding the invention....
Delrahim also signals standards-setting bodies should brace for more scrutiny...
On November 16, 2018, the U.S. Court Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled that a software security patent owned by Ancora Technologies, Inc. claims eligible subject matter under 35...
Patent offices on both sides of the Atlantic are using hype waves to facilitate patenting of software that courts would almost certainly deem unpatentable...
The move by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States complicates an already contentious deal.
In a crowded social media landscape, Snapchat needs to reinvent itself as the internet's favorite camera app.
While the U.S. continues to do well overall, patent protection continues to be problematic. In 2017 the U.S. ranked 10th worldwide for patent protection to innovators. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s annual Global IP Index for 2018 shows the U.S. falling out of the top 10, tumbling to a tie for 12th with Italy.
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office officially published a series of 39 newly granted patents for Apple Inc. today. In this particular report we cover two patents. The first covers the original work done on facial recognition to be used to unlock an electronic device. The second covers the Smart Keyboard's Smart Connector. We wrap up this week's granted patent report wit
In this week's blockchain tracker, PYMNTS takes a look at some of the latest blockchain partnerships and rivalries, including HashCash, IBM and BofA.
Remember to renew and "police" your trademark registration, because if you don't use it, you lose it.
The latest activities inside and outside the courts show that TC Heartland became a considerable barrier to trolling and aggressive tactics of trolls have shifted to (or been aimed at) their critics
We had a client ask us whether investing in a patent was prudent considering the high evolutionary rate of technology. Cellular phones have a life cycle of approximately 18 months as compared to the typical 18 months to obtain a first office action. I
|
With a fortnight left before the second half of the year it seems evident that software patents aren't coming back; the courts have not changed their position at all...
The misuse of English words to make loaded statements about patents, as seen over the past week in a couple of blogs of patent maximalists
Can ideas be patented? There is no effective way to protect an idea with either a copyright or a patent. This is not to suggest that ideas are not valuable, but they are not valuable in the same way or sense that pop culture has led many to believe.
Microsoft's largest patent troll continues to experience a mass exodus (in addition to all the layoffs), Sisvel receives armament from Samsung, and VirnetX carries on pretending -- to shareholders at least -- that it will get a lot of money out of Apple (albeit an appeal will likely prevent that ...
"Blackberry's suit sadly reflects the current state of its messaging business. Having abandoned its efforts to innovate, Blackberry is now looking to tax the innovation of others," Facebook shot back.
A patent filed by Apple for a dual-screen, 360-degree hinged device may reveal the next-gen Macbook users have been clamoring for.
With more than 1500 cryptocurrencies on CoinMarketCap, you have a really wide range of coins to diversify your investments. Some of the coins are on the market for a long time and still have a major potential for growth. For instance, Ethereum has gained about 300 000% in value since the ICO in 2014, and … Continue reading Five New Cryptocurrencies to Diversify Your Portfolio in 2018
This innovation has resulted in thousands of blockchain-related patent applications being filed in a relatively short period. And now, as some of these patents have come to issue, we have enough info
The rewriting of the federal tax code was from the only change relevant to entrepreneurs.
The Situation: Artificial intelligence ("AI") technology is exploding across virtually all industries. Technology companies are innovating at warp speed, and even companies that d
For patent owners it may be better to ask what they are looking ahead to in 2018 because asked any other way might denote a sense of optimism.
Noting the correlation between quality of patents and patent trolls, which typically rely on software patents and attempt to drag every legal dispute to the Eastern District of Texas
|
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office officially published a series of 39 newly granted patents for Apple Inc. In this particular report we cover two patents. The first covers the original work done on facial recognition to be used to unlock an electronic device. The second covers the Smart Keyboard's Smart Connector. We wrap up this week's granted patent report with our traditional listing of the remaining granted patents that were issued to Apple today.
Granted Patent: Locking and Unlocking a Mobile Device using Facial Recognition
Apple's newly granted patent covers their invention relating to a built-in camera captures one or more images, and the images are then analyzed to determine whether a user's face is present therein. If a user's face is not present in the images captured over a predetermined amount of time, the device automatically locks.
While Apple's iPhone X Face ID is far more advanced than their original patent that was filed back in 2011 and published in 2012, it laid a foundation of work towards the final authentication feature that departed from their long standing Touch ID.
Apple's granted patent 9,875,349 was originally filed in 2011 and updated in March 2017.
Granted Patent: iPad Pro Smart Keyboard Connector
Apple's newly granted patent covers their invention relating to the smart connector system used to connect their smart keyboard to the iPad Pro. Apple notes in their granted patent: "the host device may be connected to an accessory device in order to share data, power, or both.
Apple further noted that "Embodiments of the present invention may provide contact structures for devices, where contacts in the contact structures may provide a sufficient normal force to provide a good electrical connection with corresponding contacts while consuming a minimal amount of surface area, depth, and volume in a device, and where the contact structures may prevent or limit the ingress of fluid or debris into the device."