The Last Of The Dolby Digital Plus “E-AC3” Patents Might Now Be Expired
For those interested in the Dolby Digital Plus “Enhanced AC-3” audio compression format for open-source software, the last of the patents for this widely-used format by streaming services and more appears to have expired… ⌘ Read more

Apple Sued by App Developer Over its Continuity Camera
An anonymous reader shares a report: Apple is being sued by Reincubate, which makes the Camo smartphone webcam app. It has filed a lawsuit against Apple in a U.S. federal court in New Jersey, accusing the company of anticompetitive conduct and patent infringement. The suit alleges that Apple copied Camo’s technology, integrated similar features into iOS, and used co … ⌘ Read more

Acer Sues Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile, Alleging Infringment on Acer’s Cellular Networking Patents
Slashdot reader BrianFagioli writes: Acer has filed three separate patent infringement lawsuits against AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile, taking the unusual step of hauling the nation’s largest wireless carriers into federal court. The suits, filed in the Eastern District of Texas, claim t … ⌘ Read more

Matthew McConaughey Trademarks Himself To Fight AI Misuse
Matthew McConaughey is taking a novel legal approach to combat unauthorized AI fakes: trademarking himself. From a report: Over the past several months, the “Interstellar” and “Magic Mike” star has had eight trademark applications approved by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office featuring him staring, smiling and talking. His attorneys said the trademarks are meant … ⌘ Read more

Lego’s Smart Brick Gives the Iconic Analog Toy a New Digital Brain
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: At CES in Las Vegas today, Lego has unveiled its new Smart Play platform, aimed at taking its distinctly analog plastic blocks and figures into a new world of tech-powered interactive play – but crucially one without any reliance on screens. Smart Play revolves around Lego’s patented sensor- and … ⌘ Read more

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

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**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.**
   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