Back in January, Oppo quietly filed a patent for a UI feature. A tipster has found such a patent that will automatically adapt to the user’s clothing color and calculate the correct color to change the UI’s theme to. Many phones today are available in…
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The fuss over trademarks in Yosemite National Park has prompted Modesto-area lawmakers to try to prevent the same thing in state parks. Assembly Bill 2249, introduced last week, would bar concession holders from claiming trademarks for names tied to state parks. They range from world-renowned,…
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Right now Australia would have a three-strikes piracy rule, were it not for the fact that content holders expected someone else to pay for it. Why lobby the government and fight for the introduction of an industry piracy code if you’re going to piss it…
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After tearing down a Harvard Law lecture on music copyright on copyright grounds, Sony Music has now relented. The takedown happened on YouTube last week, based on the presence of several clips of “Little Wing” to illustrate points on compulsory music licensing. The takedown was…
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Now, the field is trying to figure out what Caribou Biosciences’ latest patent means. A biotech startup has been issued a patent that involves CRISPR, the breakthrough gene-editing method that has sparked a nearly unprecedented intellectual property feud between some of the country’s biggest institutions….
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Well, it looks like Microsoft is looking to, once again, make a return to the hardware space with a newly filed “modular computing device” patent. As the name implies, if this idea were to actually make its way into production, owners of the machine would…
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When the diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Cuba started to ease in late 2014, Bacardi thought it was just a matter of time until it would reacquire full ownership of the Havana Club rum prized trademark. It was wrong. Last month, the U.S. Patent…
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Another patent war that isn’t paying off, for anyone. In 2014, Nvidia filed its first-ever patent lawsuit. The target was Korean smartphone giant Samsung. Predictably, Samsung struck back—but a jury’s verdict that came out on Friday shows neither side is getting traction. Nvidia claimed that Samsung Galaxy phones and tablets containing Qualcomm’s Adreno, ARM’s…
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Apple has finally and formally reacted to Samsung‘s attempt to bring the patent tug of war between the two companies to the US Supreme Court. In an opposition brief filed by Apple’s lawyers, Cupertino tries to dissuade the court from even giving Samsung’s case the…
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With today’s ruling from the ITC, both sides claimed small victories, but Cisco came out on significantly higher ground. The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) on Tuesday made a ruling on the first of two Cisco V. Arista cases. The patent battle began in December…
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