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2.2KB2B PaymentsChina, 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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1.9KBlockchainChina 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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2.9KCryptocurrencyWith 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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3.1KBankingCapital 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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2.8KCryptocurrencyCoinbase 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...
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3.2KMobileA 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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2.2KB2B PaymentsBarclays 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...
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3.2KB2B PaymentsAmex 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...
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3.2KFacebookFacebook 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...
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2.9KBlockchainWalmart 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...
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2.9KLegalCould 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,...
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3.3KMastercardMastercard 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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2.5KB2B PaymentsSupplylogix 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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6.7KBlockchainWalmart 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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2.9KAmazonAmazon’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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5.4KAmazonAmazon 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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3.9KRetailWe’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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10.6KB2B PaymentsAmex 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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3.3KRetailWalmart 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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9.2KFacebookFacebook 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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5.0KAppleQualcomm 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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3.7KNewsBioCatch 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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2.6KInnovationWaymo 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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4.0KLegal
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)...
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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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2.3KInternet of ThingsWalmart 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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3.3KMobile CommerceIntertrust, 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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2.7KRetailSnap 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...
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3.2KRetailAmazon 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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2.9KInnovationAre 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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3.7KLegalDefense 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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2.6KAppleApple 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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1.3KWearablesApple 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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14.3KAmazonAmazon 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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5.4KAmazonAmazon 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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4.4KAppleSupreme 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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4.1KAppleApple 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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3.5KInnovationWalmart 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”...
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3.6KApple PayApple To Face Off With Caltech Over Patents
It looks like the never-ending series of patent fights being waged in the courts has gotten two new high-profiled combatants in the...
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4.9KSecurity & FraudApple’s Latest Batch Of iPhone Patent Lawsuits
Another day, another patent lawsuit being brought against Apple. Though the company is no stranger to patent infringement cases, the latest round...
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4.1KMobile CommerceUber’s Next Stop: Travel Agency?
The ride sharing behemoth, Uber, wants to become your travel agent. As has been suggested by a recent patent filing, Fortune reported Wednesday...
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6.3KRegulationSamsung Hands Apple $548M In Patent Dispute
The patent infringement dispute between Apple and Samsung took a significant step toward finally being over late last week. As VentureBeat reported,...
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News
Jury Says Apple Violated Patent Infringement
The judgment in a patent lawsuit could end up taking a financial bite out of Apple. It was reported this week that...
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2.9KNewsSamsung’s Design Patent Appeal Against Apple Denied
Samsung may have to pay up hundreds of millions of dollars or appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court in the latest twist...
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2.6KMobile CommerceAre P2P Payments Next For Apple Pay?
Apple could be gearing up to enter the peer-to-peer payments market through Apple Pay. VentureBeat reported Thursday (July 2) that a patent...
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Apple Pay
Reading The Apple Patent Tea Leaves
As the most profitable and best capitalized company in the world, it is utterly unsurprising that the subject of what Apple is...
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In Depth
Pii360: Payments Top Innovators Revealed
Disruption, then innovation. Or is it innovation then disruption? Either way you slice it, the payments industry is going through a massive...
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2.8KMobileApple Patent Gives Peek Into Apple Pay Tech
An Apple patent application made public this week may hold some clues as to how Apple Pay will work in the future,...
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Mobile
Apple’s New Patent Knows Where It’s Safe
Apple is looking for ways to bolster security for Apple Pay and other uses of its mobile devices, and on Tuesday (Nov....
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1.4KHmmmApple To Payments To Patents. Can You Follow The Trail?
“If only Apple weren’t so secretive, if only we knew what their intentions were toward mobile commerce,” said every payments player everywhere...
