Apple is looking to up its selfie game in a new patent awarded to the company by the United States Patent and Trademark Offices today. The new patent would allow iPhone and iPad users to unlock their devices by simply taking a selfie, rather than…
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Samsung Electronics Co. was rebuffed in its request for reconsideration of whether it infringed Apple Inc.’s patented designs for smartphones. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington on Thursday denied a petition for a rehearing in the case, which was originally…
Read MoreA Durham marketer and distributer of generic pharmaceuticals is facing allegations that a diabetes drug it intends to sell infringes on patents owned by Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc., a U.S. subsidiary of the German pharmaceutical giant Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH. In a lawsuit filed Tuesday,…
Read MoreAn industry trade magazine called Intellectual Property Today ranked Overland Park-based Hovey Williams 23rd in the nation for number of trademarks issued in 2014. Founded in 1929, Hovey Williams LLP was the only law firm in Kansas or Missouri on the magazine’s top 100 list,…
Read MoreJAKARTA — Kementerian Riset, Teknologi dan Pendidikan Tinggi (Kemenristekdikti) akan merevisi UU Hak Paten Nomor 14 Tahun 2001. Hal ini dilakukan pemerintah karena banyak hal yang tidak sesuai. “Banyak norma yang perlu disesuaikan lagi,” kata Direktur Jenderal (Dirjen) Penguatan Riste dan Pengembangan, Muhammad Dimyati saat…
Read MoreThat buzz you hear out of Silicon Valley is the sound of a knock down, drag out fight between Silicon Valley hardware and software clans. The question at the heart of the fight is: Why is form valued so much higher than function? What matters…
Read MoreDespite her lawyers’ best efforts, E! News learns that a judge has ordered the singer to testify under oath in the Lucky 13 trademark infringement lawsuit. In the ruling obtained by E! News, it indicates her lawyers wanted to limit the scope of questions and…
Read MoreAirbus has been awarded a patent for a superfast passenger plane that would travel Mach 4, or twice the speed of the Concorde Care for a picnic lunch in Golden Gate Park, followed by dinner at the Eiffel Tower? The US government has awarded Airbus a…
Read MoreFacebook has been granted an updated patent from the U.S. Patent office on a technology that can help lenders discriminate against certain borrowers based on the borrower’s social network connections. The patent describes a technology that tracks the way users are connected in a network….
Read MoreHyperloop, schyperloop Airbus has won a patent for an “ultra-rapid air vehicle” that the aircraft maker says could travel over four times the speed of sound, according to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The patent, which was approved last month, details a hypersonic jet…
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