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Bitcoin Daily: IBM Discloses Blockchain-Based Science Log In Patent; Overstock CEO On Why Crypto Will Survive Financial Systems Collapse

Bitmain, the Chinese digital currency mining firm, has filed a suit in U.S. District Court against a hacker identified as “John Doe”...

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Bitcoin Daily: Dormant Bitcoin Wallets Reach 15.8M; Bank Of America Awarded Crypto Key Patent

BitInfoCharts data has found that almost one in 10 bitcoin wallets have sat dormant for a year, MarketWatch reported. As of August,...

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Bitcoin Daily: Nasdaq Awarded Blockchain Newswire Patent; Blockchain Protocol From MIT Professor Snags $62M

Nasdaq gained a patent for technology that would use blockchain to release time-sensitive information at the right moment, CoinDesk reported. As it...

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Amazon Innovations

Amazon Patent Enables Alexa To Detect Illness Via Voice

Amazon is trying to make Alexa, its voice-activated personal assistant, act as a doctor or nurse, detecting illness by a change in...

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Mastercard

Mastercard Blockchain Patent Would Support Multiple Currencies

Mastercard has been awarded a patent for a proposed blockchain system that would support multiple types of currency. According to Coindesk, the...

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Bitcoin Daily: TD Ameritrade Backs ErisX; Crypto Hackers Mint 235M Fake Pigeoncoins

Hackers have minted 235 million fake tokens of the digital Pigeoncoin currency by taking advantage of a bitcoin bug, The Next Web...

China, Alibaba Are Big Players On The Blockchain Patent Block

Patents can be the springboard to competitive advantage. In the blockchain space, China (and Alibaba) dominate new patent filings. Crypto crackdown aside,...

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Blockchain

China Shows Road For Blockchain Beyond Cryptos?

China is striving to curb cryptos, and speculation -- with nascent adoption of blockchain in financial services and beyond. Might "smart banking"...

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Cryptocurrency

With Patent Filing, Square Circles Cryptos For Payments At POS

Much has been made about cryptocurrencies and the speculation that has marked trading activity in that arena. Much has been made about...

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Banking

Capital One Eyes Blockchain For Authentication

Capital One, the national bank, filed a patent application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office last June to use blockchain for securing...

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Cryptocurrency

Coinbase Snares Patent For Bitcoin Payments Network

Coinbase, the cryptocurrency exchange, has snagged a patent that looks to bring a measure of security to payments done over bitcoin. As...

Mobile

A Single Scan And Done — The Benefits Of Mobile Wallet Integration

Digital data is one thing, and mobile apps do pretty well in appealing to high-value customers, but integration is the real trick....

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Barclays Eyes Blockchain For Fund Transfers, KYC

Barclays filed two applications with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office on Thursday (July 19), reports in CoinDesk said. Both applications relate...

Amex Files Another Blockchain Payments Patent

American Express has filed another patent related to blockchain-powered payments, CCN reported. The filing relates to blockchain-based proof-of-payment technology, marking the latest...

Facebook

Facebook Files Patent For eCommerce Messenger Bot

As Facebook continues its forays into commerce, the company has filed a patent for a messaging bot that enables users to pay...

Blockchain

Walmart Looks Into Blockchain Electric Bill System

In an effort that could lead to greater efficiency and lower prices, Walmart is looking into a system that would let households...

Legal

Could A Bank-On-Bank Patent War Be Looming?

A recently filed federal lawsuit over remote deposit capture technology (RDC) could signal the start of a wider patent-infringement struggle among banks,...

Mastercard

Mastercard Seeks Blockchain-Based Payment Verification Patent

To verify payment cards at the point of sale (POS), Mastercard is looking into blockchain technology. In a filing with the U.S....

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Supplylogix Secures Pharmaceutical Inventory Management Patent

Logistics company Supplylogix has reportedly secured a patent pertaining to inventory management technology, reports in Citizen Tribune said Friday (April 20). A...

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Blockchain

Walmart Files Patent For Blockchain Payment System

To store payment data, Walmart may be looking to the blockchain. The retailer drafted two patent applications that reference a platform powered by...

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Amazon’s Patent For Real-Time Crypto Transaction Data Gets Approved

Amazon has been awarded a patent for a streaming data marketplace offering real-time cryptocurrency transaction data. The patent, which was granted to...

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Amazon Files Patent For Voice-Controlled Drone Delivery

Amazon was just awarded a patent for a drone that will use recognition of human gestures and voice commands to deliver packages....

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We’ve Seen The Future (It’s Mostly Full Of Drones And Crocs)

Though you couldn’t tell on the East Coast this week — following the latest round of blizzard-y weather — spring has officially sprung. And...

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Amex Files Blockchain Faster Payment Patent

American Express has reportedly filed a patent related to faster payments and blockchain technology, reports in CoinDesk said. The U.S. Patent and...

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Walmart Seeks 3D Imaging Patent To Enhance Online Grocery Shopping

Walmart wants to make online food shopping easier by creating clearer images of the products consumers are looking to buy. Today, stock images...

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Facebook

Facebook Looks At The Face For In-Store Payments

Facebook may be gunning to introduce facial recognition software for in-store payments at retail locations, as presaged by a patent application published Thursday (Nov....

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Qualcomm Sues To Stop iPhone Production In China

Qualcomm and Apple continue their legal battles. This time, Qualcomm has filed lawsuits in China to ban the sale and manufacture of iPhones...

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News

BioCatch Secures Patent For Remote Hackers

Protecting data online is an enormous task and responsibility. With the amount of sensitive consumer and enterprise data exchanges occurring every second,...

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Innovation

Waymo Must Reveal Lyft Deal Details To Uber, Court Says

Waymo’s lawsuit against Uber is heating up. The Alphabet Inc.-owned self-driving car startup is suing the ride-hailing giant alleging theft of trade...

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Legal

Expensify Files Patent Suit Against Abacus

Expensify has filed a lawsuit against its T&E competitor Abacus Labs alleging patent infringement. Expensify published a blog post Friday (June 2)...

Amazon Delivery

Amazon Could Ship Packages Via Parachute Drones

Amazon, the eCommerce giant in the U.S., has received a patent for a shipping label that can be embedded in a parachute...

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Internet of Things

Walmart Patenting Amazon Dash Competitor

Walmart has filed a patent application (as late as October 2016) that would create an IoT platform that would help track product...

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Mobile Commerce

Intertrust, Google Partner For IP Litigation Program

Startup companies are formed every day, and with that there comes concerns over intellectual property. To help protect startups, Intertrust Technologies Corporation...

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Snap Pays $7.7M For Geofilters Patent From Mobli

Snap, the operator of the Snapchat messaging app, has spent $7.7 million to acquire a critical patent for geofilters. According to a...

Amazon Wins Patent for On-Demand Fashion Warehouse

Amazon is known as the king of eCommerce. From jewelry to books and household cleaning products, there’s little that can’t be bought...

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Innovation

Are Huggable, Interactive Robots Coming To Disney Theme Parks?

According to a patent filed by the Disney Enterprises group, the company’s theme park visitors might soon come face to face with...

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Legal

Defense Against Patent Trolls? Worth A LOT (Network)

If innovation is the lifeblood of tech and of commerce in general, patents are the lifeblood of less than savory characters known...

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Apple Gets Patent Approval For Biometrics Reader

One of Apple’s patent applications for a biometrics reader using fingerprints that would be used in future iPhone models has been approved by...

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Wearables

Apple Gets Patent To Add Use Cases To The Apple Watch

Apple received a patent on Tuesday (Jan. 24) from the U.S. Patent Office for a modular accessories system for the Apple Watch...

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Amazon 1-Click Patent Expires In 2017

Soon, online payments might get more frictionless. Amazon’s patent on its 1-Click payment system will expire this year, meaning online buyers could...

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Amazon Awarded Patent For Gift Card Sticker

Amazon has reportedly been awarded a design patent that makes it easier for consumers to choose between buying someone a gift or...

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Supreme Court Sides With Samsung, 8-0

Today marks a new turn in the seemingly unending patent war between Apple and Samsung. The Supreme Court sided with Samsung, ruling...

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Apple Wants To Know What’s In Those Shopping Bags

Apple’s latest patent shows its innovation is taking on a new shape. The shopping bag. The tech giant submitted a patent application...

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Innovation

Walmart Getting On The Self-Driving Bandwagon

Uber’s got self-driving cars. Google’s got them, too. Walmart must have been feeling left out, because it’s announced it’s getting in on this “self-driving”...