Operation Bluebird Wants To Relaunch ‘Twitter’ For a New Social Network
A startup called Operation Bluebird is petitioning the US Patent and Trademark Office to strip X Corp of the “Twitter” and “tweet” trademarks, hoping to relaunch a new Twitter with the old brand, bird logo, and “town square” vibe. “The TWITTER and TWEET brands have been eradicated from X Corp.’s products, services, and marketing, effe … ⌘ Read more
Can This Simple Invention Convert Waste Heat Into Electricity?
Nuclear engineer Lonnie Johnson worked on NASA’s Galileo mission, has more than 140 patents, and invented the Super Soaker water gun.
But now he’s working on “a potential key to unlock a huge power source that’s rarely utilized today,” reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. [Alternate URL here.]
Waste heat…
The Johnson Thermo-Electrochemi … ⌘ Read more
US Patent Office Issues New Guidelines For AI-Assisted Inventions
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued new guidelines outlining when inventions created with the help of AI can be patented. From a report: USPTO Director John Squires said on Wednesday in a notice set to be published Friday, that the office considers generative AI systems to be “analogous to laboratory equipment, computer software, res … ⌘ Read more
Chinese Pharma is On the Cusp of Going Global
China’s pharmaceutical industry has quietly evolved from a hub for generics and clinical trials into something more ambitious – a genuine competitor in drug discovery that Western giants are now courting to fill gaps left by looming patent expirations worth over $300 billion by 2030. In the first half of 2025, nearly a third of global licensing agreements signed by big pharma inv … ⌘ Read more
Chinese University Collected More AI Patents Than MIT, Stanford, Princeton and Harvard Combined
Tsinghua University collected 4,986 AI and machine learning patents between 2005 and the end of 2024. The Beijing institution has received more than 900 patents last year alone. The total exceeds the combined patent count from MIT, Stanford, Princeton and Harvard during the same period. Ch … ⌘ Read more
Announcing Two New Cloud Native Heroes Challenges
Help us defeat a patent troll claiming methods for “manipulation of complex hierarchical data” and “analysis of hierarchical data” were invented in 2005. We’re excited to launch 2 additional Cloud Native Heroes Challenge contests in which… ⌘ Read more
Announcing the second Cloud Native Heroes Challenge
Help us defeat a patent troll claiming “network isolation with cloud networks” was invented in 2017 We’re excited to launch another Cloud Native Heroes Challenge contest in which you can earn swag, a ticket to attend… ⌘ Read more
Meet the winners of our first Cloud Native Heroes Challenge
Get their best advice on beating patent trolls at their own game We’re delighted to announce the winners of our first Cloud Native Heroes Challenge! In that first challenge, we asked participants to find prior art… ⌘ Read more
Announcing the Cloud Native Heroes Challenge
Today at KubeCon+CloudNativeCon North America 2024, CNCF announced the Cloud Native Heroes Challenge, a patent troll bounty program in which cloud native developers and technologists can earn swag and win prizes by helping protect our ecosystem… ⌘ Read more
CNCF and the Linux Foundation partner with Unified Patents on a community-driven approach to safeguard open source innovation from patent trolls
Now is the time for the open source ecosystem to band together and find strength in numbers CNCF and The Linux Foundation are expanding their partnership with Unified Patents to protect open source software from non-practicing entities (NPEs), c … ⌘ Read more
Amazon Sells Apple Watch Series 9 for $329, Despite Apple Watch Sales Ban Beginning Again
The latest Apple Watch models are apparently facing another sales ban starting tomorrow, due to an ongoing patent dispute with a company named Masimo, according to reports. This basically means that Apple will be temporarily blocked from selling Apple Watch models that have blood oxygen sensors, which includes Series 9 and Ultra 2, though there … [Read More] … ⌘ Read more
Deals: Get Apple Watch Series 9 for $329, Series 8 for $249, Ultra for $730, Before Sales Ban Starts
If you’re shopping for an Apple Watch this holiday season, you’re running short on time. Not only is Christmas fast approaching, but a new twist has developed where Apple must stop selling Apple Watch models due to an ongoing patent issue. Apple will stop selling Apple Watch due to a patent dispute, starting on December … [Read More](https:/ … ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Developer Diary, First U.S. Patent https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/07/31/patent.html #programming #project #devjournal
Developers need the right to challenge junk patents
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently proposed rule changes that will make it harder to challenge low quality patents. Without the ability to quickly and efficiently challenge wrongly granted patents, innovation and developers suffer. ⌘ Read more
RT by @mind_booster: UPC ainst started yet, UPCA will be litigated first: “Should this dispute not be settled in the coming months, then both parties may file complaints with the Unified Patent Court (UPC)…” http://www.fosspatents.com/2023/02/nokia-gets-preliminary-opinions-from.html
UPC ainst started yet, UPCA will be litigated first: “Should this dispute not be settled in the coming months, then both parties may file complaints with the Unified Patent Court (UPC)…” [fosspatents.com/2023/02/noki…](http://www … ⌘ Read more
RT by @mind_booster: Bye bye VideoLAN, coming Unified Patent Court will rubberstamp software patents #upc #patents href=”https://we.loveprivacy.club/search?q=%23video”>#video**
Bye bye VideoLAN, coming Unified Patent Court will rubberstamp software patents #upc #patents #video
**Here’s how a patent troll works:
- Sit and watch as s codec is made specifically to avoid patent fees;
- Wait a decade to let the codec be wildly implemented;
- Try to monetize the work of others, using patents some other parties might have.**
Here’s how a patent troll works:
1. Sit and watch as s codec is made specifically to avoid patent fees;
2. Wait a decade to let the codec be wildly implemented;
3. Try to monetize the work of others, using patents some other parties might have.
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**RT by @mind_booster: .@OpenSourceOrg to the European Commission: make space for patent-free standards too
some supposedly “open“ standards – including those ratified by SDOs like ISO, CEN and ETSI – can’t be implemented without buying a license
https://blog.opensource.org/osi-to-the-european-commission-make-space-for-patent-free-standards-too/**
. @OpenSourceOrg to the European Commission: make space for patent-free standards too
some supposedly “op … ⌘ Read more
RT by @mind_booster: “The Hungarian and German constitutional courts refused the ratification of the agreement on a Unified Patent Court. What’s next?” Katalin Gombos is […] judge at Kúria (Supreme Court) of Hungary https://academic.oup.com/jiplp/article/17/1/35/6516025
“The Hungarian and German constitutional courts refused the ratification of the agreement on a Unified Patent Court. What’s next?” Katalin Gombos is […] judge at Kúria (Supreme Court) of Hungary [academic.oup.com/jiplp/artic…](https://academic … ⌘ Read more
Yay! Biden admin drops IP protection on Covid-19 vaccine patents. #TRIPSwaiver ⌘ Read more…
Facebook filed a patent for a ‘civil’ political debate forum - The Verge https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/28/18244632/facebook-political-debate-system-digital-forum-reputation-patent-filing
Theranos: How a broken patent system sustained its decade-long deception | Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/03/theranos-how-a-broken-patent-system-sustained-its-decade-long-deception/
Seat Belt History: The Patent That Was Given Away https://tedium.co/2018/12/25/seat-belt-history/
SwyftCard Patent : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive https://archive.org/details/SwyftCardPatent
Wikipedia: Double Edge blades are universally compatible across all DE razors, and free from patents and vendor lock-in. #openshaving