patents

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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Boost Payment Solutions Lands Patents For New B2B Tech
Boost Payment Solutions Lands Patents For New B2B Tech
June 28, 2023  |  B2B Payments

B2B firm Boost Payment Solutions has received patents for two pieces of payment technology. The New York company announced Wednesday (June 28) patents for its...

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Blockchain Missing Use Case at Scale Bank of America CEO Says
Blockchain Missing Use Case at Scale Bank of America CEO Says
January 17, 2023  |  Digital-First Banking

Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan claims the company has “hundreds” of blockchain patents.  The issue in deploying the technology behind those patents? The all-important fact is...

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Blockchain Startup Ripple Registers Trademark For New PayString Offering
Blockchain Startup Ripple Registers Trademark For New PayString Offering
November 13, 2020  |  Blockchain

Silicon Valley’s Ripple, a blockchain payments startup, has filed a trademark with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for PayString, which will likely be...

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Amazon Seeks To Use Blockchain Tech For Supply Chain Trust
Amazon Seeks To Use Blockchain Tech For Supply Chain Trust
June 02, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Amazon Technologies Inc. is seeking to create supply chain trust with “verifiable tracking of an item through a supply chain using a distributed electronic ledger,”...

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The Voice Assistant Wars Shift To Gaming
The Voice Assistant Wars Shift To Gaming
February 26, 2020  |  Voice Activation

From a playing field that was nearly empty five years, the world of voice-activated personal assistants has filled up and rounded out rapidly on a...

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Oracle Says It Backs Groups Taking On Big Tech Rivals
Oracle Says It Backs Groups Taking On Big Tech Rivals
February 26, 2020  |  Legal

Oracle is among the donors of the Internet Accountability Project (IAP), which aims to fight against the dominance of Big Tech. California-based Oracle donated between $25,000...

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Apple Patent Shows Self-Configuring Smart Home
Apple Patent Shows Self-Configuring Smart Home
February 14, 2020  |  Apple

A new Apple patent application outlines the way a truly independent smart home would function. The patent application — titled “Object tracking and authentication using...

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PBOC Patents Show China’s Push For Digital Money
PBOC Patents Show China’s Push For Digital Money
February 13, 2020  |  International

The Peoples’ Bank of China has filed over 80 patents in its attempts to start its own digital currency, an extensive and elaborate plan to...

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Square Gets Patent For Crypto-Friendly Real-Time Payments System
Square Gets Patent For Crypto-Friendly Real-Time Payments System
January 22, 2020  |  Cryptocurrency

Square, the payments provider operated by Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, won a patent to debut new tech, allowing users with different assets to transfer payments,...

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