The Ford Motor Company is planning to increase its market share in areas other than traditional vehicle production. Over the last year the 112-year-old automaker has filed a record number of patents as Mark Fields, […]
Tag: Patents
This Company Sued For Patent Infringement And Ended Up Being Fined $1.4M In Legal Fees
The top patent court in the United States has approved a fine of $1.4 million in legal fees against the Acacia Research Corporation. The court referred to the corporation as the largest publicly traded “non-practicing […]
Patent Filing Reveals Space Elevator Is Edging Closer To Reality
The world’s dreams of an elevator capable of reaching up into space just got a little bit closer this week after noted Canadian space and defense firm Thoth acquired a U.S. patent for what may […]
India Scores Another Win Against Companies Trying To Patent Natural Ingredients
India has notched a significant win against intellectual property trolls after it succeed this year in retaining rights to its so-called “traditional knowledge,” after the UK-based firm Pangaea Laboratories Limited (PLL) attempted to patent a […]
Creepy Apple Patent Reveals Plans For Ad Targeting Based On What’s In Your Bank Account
A patent filing by Apple Inc. has revealed a creepy new plan to show iPhone users ads based on the amount of money available in your their bank account. The idea is to show only […]
French Company Patents Awful Sounding Face To Face Airline Seats
There is a theory about flying economy class that suggests airlines deliberately make it such a horrible experience that next time a passenger books a flight they will pay to be upgraded to business class, […]
Ryan Seacrest’s Startup Typo Loses Legal Battle With Blackberry
Ryan Seacrest-back Typo, known for producing Blackberry-like keyboards for smartphones that lack the manual input device, has settled its ongoing legal dispute with Blackberry, according to a release from Blackberry. It’s certainly not a victory […]
FTC Pushes For Big Overhaul Of U.S. Patent Laws
In what has surely been a long time coming, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is pushing the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) to drastically re-work its rules on licensing intellectual property. “Clearer patent notice […]
U.S. Senate Takes Aim At Patent Trolls With Reform Legislation
Last year, bipartisan legislation designed to curb patent trolls got stuck in a Senate bottleneck, with then-Judiciary Chairman Patrick J. Leahy of Vermont saying he was “furious” with his fellow Democrat, then-Majority Leader Harry Reid, […]
Google Launches Marketplace To Buy Patents Before Trolls Can
Google announced this morning that it has launched an experimental program to purchase patents from businesses and other patent holders who wish to sell. The company calls the new effort “Patent Purchase Promotion,” and is […]