patent

A patent is a form of intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, selling and importing an invention for a limited period of years, in exchange for publishing an enabling public disclosure of the invention.

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Williams-Sonoma Sues Amazon Over Private Label Brand
Williams-Sonoma Sues Amazon Over Private Label Brand
December 18, 2018  |  Amazon

Williams-Sonoma, a retail outlet that sells kitchenware and furnishings, has sued Amazon over a chair that is “strikingly similar” to the company’s West Elm brand,...

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Facebook Files Patent For Tech That Can Predict Your Next Stop
Facebook Files Patent For Tech That Can Predict Your Next Stop
December 12, 2018  |  Facebook

Facebook thinks it can predict where users will go next and has filed patent applications with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for the technology....

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Bitcoin Daily: Ripple XRP Added To KuCoin; GM Unveils Autonomous Car Blockchain Patent
Bitcoin Daily: Ripple XRP Added To KuCoin; GM Unveils Autonomous Car Blockchain Patent
December 04, 2018  |  Bitcoin

KuCoin, a digital currency exchange based in Singapore, has rolled out support for the trading of the Ripple XRP cryptocurrency, Cryptovest reported. The platform now...

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Bitcoin Daily: Bitcoin Hits Seven-Year Low In Nov; Intel Patent Eyes Energy Efficient Crypto Mining
Bitcoin Daily: Bitcoin Hits Seven-Year Low In Nov; Intel Patent Eyes Energy Efficient Crypto Mining
December 02, 2018  |  Bitcoin

Bitcoin just had its worst month in seven years, dropping nearly $2,400 in price. According to Coindesk, the crypto started November at an average price...

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Mastercard Leads Investment In Mobile FinTech Mobeewave
Mastercard Leads Investment In Mobile FinTech Mobeewave
November 15, 2018  |  Investments

Contactless payment company Mobeewave announced the closing of a $16.5 million Series B funding round, led by NewAlpha Asset Management, Mastercard and Forestay Capital. The investment...

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Bitcoin Daily: IBM Discloses Blockchain-Based Science Log In Patent; Overstock CEO On Why Crypto Will Survive Financial Systems Collapse
Bitcoin Daily: IBM Discloses Blockchain-Based Science Log In Patent; Overstock CEO On Why Crypto Will...
November 13, 2018  |  Bitcoin

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

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Bitcoin Daily: Dormant Bitcoin Wallets Reach 15.8M; Bank Of America Awarded Crypto Key Patent
Bitcoin Daily: Dormant Bitcoin Wallets Reach 15.8M; Bank Of America Awarded Crypto Key Patent
October 31, 2018  |  Bitcoin

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

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Bitcoin Daily: Nasdaq Awarded Blockchain Newswire Patent; Blockchain Protocol From MIT Professor Snags $62M
Bitcoin Daily: Nasdaq Awarded Blockchain Newswire Patent; Blockchain Protocol From MIT Professor Snags $62M
October 25, 2018  |  Bitcoin

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

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Amazon Patent Enables Alexa To Detect Illness Via Voice
Amazon Patent Enables Alexa To Detect Illness Via Voice
October 15, 2018  |  Amazon Innovations

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

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