Category Patents

Snapchat Bought Important Geofilters Patent for $7.7 Million

Snapchat is an image messaging and multimedia mobile application (app) created by Evan Spiegel, Bobby Murphy, and Reggie Brown and developed by Snap Inc which was released in 2011 and mainly used by teens and young adults.  One distinct feature… Continue Reading →

Ford Granted Patent for Rollover Car Protection

The Ford Motor Company was recently granted a patent for an external roof rack-mounted airbag system to protect passengers in the event of a car rolling over in a road accident.  The airbags would need to be stored inside the… Continue Reading →

Nike Granted Denim Clothing Patent

Sportswear company Nike has a multitude of patents for shoes and clothing ranges but this latest granted patent covers denim and represents the first company’s first patent using this material.  The title of the patent is for “architecturally reinforced denim.” … Continue Reading →

Amazon Granted Patent for ‘on-demand apparel manufacturing’

Amazon was recently granted US patent 9,623,578 for on-demand apparel manufacturing’ which was originally filed in 2015.  The patent reveals a new idea for cutting the cost of making clothes by using computer software to collect clothing orders worldwide and then… Continue Reading →

Will Robots be the Future Disney Character Greeters at Disney World Theme Parks?

Disney recently filed a patent application for soft body robots (US patent 20170095925 entitled “soft body robot for physical interaction with humans”) that could be used instead of humans to greet people in Disney’s theme parks.  The robots would wear… Continue Reading →

Latest Graphene Development Transforms Seawater into Safe Drinking Water

New research developed and published by scientists at the National Graphene Institute at the University of Manchester shows it is now possible to transform seawater into safe drinking water by using Graphene membranes to sieve out the common salts from… Continue Reading →

UK High Court Issues Ground-Breaking Judgment on Technology Patent Rights

The parties involved in this technology patent right dispute heard at the UK High Court were US based Unwired Planet (purchased patents developed by others) and China-based Huawei Technologies Co. (manufactures phones & communications equipment). The judge rejected both parties’… Continue Reading →

Novartis’s Patent on Transplant Drug Zortress Invalidated

A US federal judge recently invalidated a Novartis AG patent on its transplantation medicine drug Zortress.  Zortress is a prescription medicine (approved in 2010 and contains the generic ingredient everolimus) used to prevent transplant rejection in people who have received… Continue Reading →

Update on Latest Developments of the Unified Patent Court (UPC)

The introduction of the Unitary Patent (a single patent covering 25 countries) and the establishment of a new patent court, the Unified Patent Court (UPC) will affect holders of existing European Patents as well as those seeking new protection for inventions…. Continue Reading →

UK Patent Extension on HIV-treatment Drug Atripla Lost in High Court Ruling

Atripla (owned by pharmaceutical companies Merck, BMS and Gilead) is a single-tablet containing a combination of three drugs: Sustiva (efavirenz), Viread (tenofovir disoproxil fumarate) and Emtriva (emtricitabine) for use by people living with HIV.  Atripla was approved by the US… Continue Reading →

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