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.

(source: en.wikipedia.org)

Samsung’s Design Patent Appeal Against Apple Denied
Samsung’s Design Patent Appeal Against Apple Denied
August 17, 2015  |  News

Samsung may have to pay up hundreds of millions of dollars or appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court in the latest twist in its ongoing...

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Are P2P Payments Next For Apple Pay?
Are P2P Payments Next For Apple Pay?
July 03, 2015  |  Mobile Commerce

Apple could be gearing up to enter the peer-to-peer payments market through Apple Pay. VentureBeat reported Thursday (July 2) that a patent has been granted...

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Apple To Payments To Patents. Can You Follow The Trail?
Apple To Payments To Patents. Can You Follow The Trail?
September 04, 2014  |  Hmmm

“If only Apple weren’t so secretive, if only we knew what their intentions were toward mobile commerce,” said every payments player everywhere at some point...

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Mobile Payment Security Patent Asks If Flexibility Could Be A Better Answer
Mobile Payment Security Patent Asks If Flexibility Could Be A Better Answer
August 19, 2014  |  Mobile

A Silicon-Valley mobile payment company, including payment folk from Visa, Paypal and Apple, is toying with a new mobile payment security approach, one that envisions...

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