Microsoft was working on a secret “pocketable” Surface device powered by a custom Windows OS before the company turned to Android for its Surface Duo. Codenamed Andromeda, the device appeared in leaked emails, patents, reports, and throughout...
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All the kids are doing it now: Walmart is joining the metaverse with plans to create its own digital currency and collection of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) for online community members, according to a recent patent application....
Medicines Patent Pool, an organization supported by the U.N., announced on Thursday that over two dozen generic drug makers will soon begin producing Merck's COVID-19 pill to make the treatment more accessible in developing...
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A patented biomaterial developed by South Dakota State University associate professor Gudiseva Chandrasekher has the potential to repair corneal damage and to create corneal implants.
University of Surrey researchers have developed a single-step procedure to put single-crystal silicon under more strain than has been achieved before. The discovery, which has a patent pending, could be crucial to the future development of silicon...
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Telecom giant Ericsson has filed another set of patent infringement lawsuits against Apple in a long-running dispute between the two companies over royalty payments for the use of 5G wireless patents in iPhones.
In 2021, both companies sued...
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is a leading advocate of the metaverse.Facebook
Meta was recently granted dozens of patents involving metaverse technology, the Financial Times reports.
Some involve tracking users' eye movements and facial expressions,...
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Here are three stocks added to the Zacks Rank #5 (Strong Sell) List today:Amtech Systems ASYS is engaged in the manufacture of several items of capital equipment, one of which is patented, used by customers in the manufacture of semiconductors. The...
Currently, most OEMs are working on foldable and flip smartphones but soon, users will be looking for more innovations at least for displays on mobile devices. It looks like Motorola may be working on something new as they have applied for a patent...
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It seems Walmart is finally gearing up to launch its own cryptocurrency, at least based on trademark documents the retail giant filed in December 2021 with the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). This isn’t the first time we’ve heard...
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Apple Store retail location robberies, where thieves grab display devices from the tables and run, have become a cost of doing business for the company. A recently published patent describes how Apple could fight back. First, Apple uses special...
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Sonos SONO recently received a favorable ruling from a U.S. Trade Court, prohibiting Google from importing products that violate Sonos' smart-speaker patents, per a report from Reuters. Nevertheless, Google can continue to import products that...
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InterDigital, Inc. IDCC recently extended its patent license agreement with Sony Corporation of America – the subsidiary of Japan-based Sony Group Corporation SONY, for an undisclosed amount. In addition to the patent renewal, the firms...
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Users of smart speakers that rely on Google Home to manage their various speaker groups will start being a bit more inconvenienced. Sonos won a long-standing legal battle against Google for patent infringement and now we’ll start feeling the...
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Motorola appears to be actively working on a smartphone with a wrap-around display, with the company publishing repeated patents for such a device. It started in June 2020, when Motorola Mobility LLC filed a patent with the USPTO (United States...
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While fingerprint scanners on our smartphones are convenient rather than inputting a passcode or pattern, it can also sometimes be a bit of a hassle when you can’t reach the space where it’s located. That’s why this new patent that...
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The carousel at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom amusement park.Roberto Machado Noa/LightRocket via Getty Images
Disney is one step closer to creating its own theme-park metaverse.
The entertainment company was recently approved for a...
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And also an import ban America's International Trade Commission has said Google infringed five of Sonos’s patents – and has banned Google from importing into the US products that rip off Sonos’ home speaker intellectual property.…
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Senator Thom Tillis is chock full of bad ideas about copyrights and patents -- mostly focused on making things worse for the public by expanding the monopoly powers granted to patent and copyright holders. So I guess it comes as little surprise that...
How about 'idiot goggles'? Snap has filed a complaint taking the US Patent Office (USPO) to task as it seeks to trademark the word "Spectacles."…
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