MasterCard’s latest recently published patent allows the company to estimate with some accuracy the height and weight of its customers (by analysing the size of their shoe (from which height can be determine) and clothes purchases). MasterCard can then pass… Continue Reading →
Amazon created a plan to protect its drones from attack from various sources, physical (natural such as lightening and manmade such as bows and arrows) and electronic (computer hacking) which is has now patented. The patent was filled in 2014… Continue Reading →
Baroness Neville-Rolfe DBE CMG stepped down as IP minister after being appointed Commercial Secretary to the UK Government Treasury on 21 December 2016. A new replacement IP Minister has not yet been announced.
Microsoft has applied for the following patent “Capacitive Sensors For Determining Eye Gaze Direction”. The device does not include any eye tracking sensors but relies on the position and orientation of your head to “detect” what you are looking at. … Continue Reading →
Facebook’s patent application for technology capable of recognising the content of images and the ability to flag them was recently published. The patented technology has the ability to spot “a logo that an advertiser may have incorporated into its advertisements… Continue Reading →
The time required for recharging vehicle batteries and the lack of available publicly accessible charging stations can cause electric vehicle drivers anxiety about whether they can complete their trips with the remaining charge. General Motors actually filed a trade mark… Continue Reading →
Gilead Sciences was recently ordered to pay $2.54 billion to Merck to resolve a long-running patent dispute concerning its blockbuster patent sellers Sovaldi (earning Gilead $19 billion) and Harvoni (earning Gilead $23 billion) for hepatitis C treatment. The patent dispute… Continue Reading →
A gene-editing technology called CRISPR-cas9 allows scientists to make precise edits in DNA that could lead to new medical therapies, research tools and new crop varieties. This has been called the biggest biotechnology breakthrough in the past 30 or 40 years… Continue Reading →
This recently published patent from car maker Jaguar Land Rover states car-mounted cameras will use facial recognition and gait analysis to identify drivers as they approach their vehicles allowing them to unlock their vehicles without the need to carry keys. … Continue Reading →
A US Judge recently rejected Samsung Electronics’ attempt to invalidate two of the 11 patents asserted by Huawei Technologies for claiming ineligible subject matter. The patents claim improvements on procedures for reducing signal interference when a mobile device connects to… Continue Reading →
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