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1.7KFacebookFacebook’s US Patents Increased 64 Pct. In 2019 YOY
Social media giant Facebook was awarded 989 patents in 2019, putting it higher on the Intellectual Property Owners Association’s list of the...
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1.9KInnovationUS Patents Hit All-Time High In 2019
More patents were filed in the U.S. in 2019 than ever before – 333,530 were granted, 15 percent more than in 2018,...
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2.1KBitcoinBitcoin Daily: The PIT Enables UK Faster Payments; Coinbase Chief Gets Patent For Emailing Bitcoin
The PIT digital currency exchange of Blockchain.com is one of the few exchanges to turn on the U.K. Faster Payments Scheme, The...
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3.1KRetailSurvey: US Retailers Face Fraud, Currency Barriers In Global Online Sales
A new survey has found that the biggest obstacles hindering online retailers from doing business abroad is fraud prevention, and currency and...
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4.6KAppleApple Gets Patent For Smart Ring Wearable With Biometrics
Apple has patented multiple iterations on the concept of smart ring wearable technology, VentureBeat reported on Tuesday (Oct. 15). The patent, granted on...
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3.5KNewsTop News In Payments: Mastercard Added To Marco Polo Network; Apple Gains Watch Patents
Today in the payments news roundup, Mastercard announced it has joined the Marco Polo Network. Also, Apple has gained three separate patents related to the...
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3.4KInnovationApple Patents Biometric Watch Band
Apple has been granted three separate patents related to the Apple Watch, which would allow for biometric identification, automatic tightening of the...
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8.4KAppleCourt Sides With Qualcomm In Apple Infringement Case
Apple was dealt a blow last week after a jury in federal court in San Diego sided with Qualcomm in their long-running...
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4.3KAppleApple Wants To Equip Devices With Carbon Monoxide Detector
Apple has been granted a patent that would equip future devices with built-in sensors that can detect harmful, poisonous gasses, such as carbon...
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6.0KInnovationApple Teases New Wearable, iPhone Patents
If recent patent applications are any indication, Apple could very well have some groundbreaking new products to debut. According to a report,...
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3.9KInternationalChina Tech Firms U.S. Patent Awards Increased In 2018
The number of tech patents that China was awarded in the U.S. increased in 2018, marking the only country to see an...
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4.3KArtificial IntelligenceIBM Ends 2018 With 9.1K Patents Under Its Belt
IBM announced Tuesday (Jan. 8) that it received 9,100 patents last year, marking the 26th year in a row in which it...
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5.8KAppleiPhone Sales Banned In Germany
The ongoing battle between Apple and Qualcomm continued on Thursday (Jan. 3), with the latter striking a decisive blow over the copyright...
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4.4KRetailApple Ordered To Stop Selling Older iPhones
Apple was ordered by a Chinese court to stop selling older models of the iPhone after China found that the iPhone maker...
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5.0KB2B PaymentsR3 Puts Blockchain KYC Tool To The Test With French Treasurers
Blockchain company R3 is putting its Know Your Customer (KYC) solution to the test with dozens of French companies and corporate treasurers,...
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5.5KBlockchainEthereum Co-founder Sounds Off On IBM Blockchain
Ethereum’s co-founder doesn’t seem impressed with the IBM blockchain. The company has been among the firms investing both money and mind power...
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7.8KB2B PaymentsIBM And The Blockchain Bet
Investors may have focused mainly on the headline numbers, where IBM missed top-line expectations. Management sounded sanguine on the earnings call about...
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12.3KBlockchainBlockchain Patent Filings Spike
The race for blockchain patents is on, with firms in China and the US making headlines. We get some insight about the...
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6.6KBlockchainMastercard Eyes Blockchain For B2B
Patent filings have been in blockchain-related news, and Mastercard has filed applications that target B2B transactions and data flow. Elsewhere, LG Uplus...
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4.0KBitcoinBitcoin Daily: Mastercard Files For DLT Patents, SBI Holdings Plans Ripple-Infused App
The World Economic Forum (WEF) has found 65 different applications for blockchain technology to tackle the world’s environmental challenges, CoinDesk reported. To...
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4.3KB2B PaymentsBanks And The Blockchain Scramble
Blockchain is getting its share of true believers. Among them are banks, traditional FIs and central banks. A series of new projects demonstrate...
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4.7KPersonnelMitek CEO, CFO Both Step Down
Mitek Systems announced that its CEO and Chairman of the Board Jim DeBello will departing his roles at the company, effective Jan....
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3.3KInnovationVirtual Reality Gains Fresh Fuel Via Walmart Patents
Is virtual reality retail about to have a moment? Consumers seem ready, and one of the largest merchants in the world has...
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7.0KB2B PaymentsIn FinTech, The Race for Patents (And More)
Patents are the lifeblood of innovation, innovation the lifeblood of FinTech. In the race for FinTech-related patents, it seems tech firms are...
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4.1KNewsFive At Five: Facebook Hit By GDPR On Monthly Users
Welcome to the Five at Five, your late look at the payments and commerce news of the day. Coverage includes Facebook getting...
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3.4KAPIAPIs, Patents In Banks’ Sights Amid Race For Speed, Services
The sea change that is afoot in financial services is drawing a bead on APIs, as a new Citi report notes. Patents...
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5.2KB2B PaymentsInvestments, Blockchain Dominate Payments Infrastructure Headlines
If dog days of summer are upon us, payments infrastructure deals and initiatives show little torpor from the heat. To that end,...
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5.1KB2B PaymentsFinance, Logistics Compete For Blockchain’s Attention
The skeptics are flocking out of the shadows to warn investors and innovators that blockchain may not be the catch-all solution and...
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6.1KBlockchainWalmart Wins Three Blockchain-Related Patents
Walmart has been awarded three patents for blockchain-backed technology, according to a report Monday (June 18) in Cryptovest. One of the patents...
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2.7KB2B PaymentsAquiire Lands Procurement Patent
Supplier relationship management and eProcurement solutions provider Aquiire has just acquired new intellectual property. The company announced in a press release on...
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4.4KRetailPatent Applications Offer A Peek Into Walmart’s Possible Techy Future
And the award for “techiest” retailer goes to … Walmart? The big-box retailer recently published a number of patent filings that would...
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4.6KNewsFive At Five: Walmart’s Plans For Drones And Inventory
Welcome to Five at Five, your late look at payments and commerce news that you might have missed. Today we take a...
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3.9KRetailWalmart’s Patent Filings Include Drones And Inventory Trackers
With a bevy of patent filings, Walmart is focusing on improving the in-store experience and the technology that powers its stores behind the...
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6.1KBlockchainWalmart Files Blockchain Patent To Keep Track Of Customer Purchases
A new patent application from Walmart shows how the retailer can use blockchain to keep track of customer purchases. According to CoinDesk,...
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7.4KMastercardMastercard Files Patent To Use Blockchain To Protect Identity Data
Mastercard has filed a patent that reveals it might utilize blockchain as a way to protect identity data. The application, which was...
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5.3KInnovationRetailers See A Future For Drones Beyond Delivery
Ever since 2013, when Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said the eCommerce giant was working on a 30-minute drone delivery program called Prime...
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10.0KPayment MethodsPayPal Looks To Make Crypto Payments Faster
PayPal looks to increase the adoption of cryptocurrency as a payment method by recently filing for a patent application. CoinDesk, citing an application...
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6.0KBlockchainBank Of America Leads Blockchain Patents
Bank of America ranks at the top of a list of companies investing in blockchain, with the financial institution (FI) applying for or...
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8.2KBlockchainBlockchain: The Next Battle For Patent Trolls
Patent troll Erich Spangenberg, who is hated in Silicon Valley for challenging the patents on all sorts of technology, is eyeing the...
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3.9KWhat's HotPeeling Back the Curtain on Snapchat’s AR Secret
Finding nearby friends through an online platform became a lot easier when Snapchat unveiled its Snap Map offering. Just a few weeks...
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2.2KRidesharingUber Getting Into The Patent-Purchasing Business
Uber, the ride-hailing app, announced Tuesday (April 11) that it is getting into the patent-purchasing business, launching a patent purchase program dubbed...
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7.0KSecurity & FraudApple Files Patent To Securely Access Siri From The Home Button
Being able to access Siri from the lock screen has created a potential security risk, but Apple thinks it has the answer...
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6.1KRetailNewegg And The Problem With Patent Trolls
It started with a patent for an encrypted modem that never really took off. That patent was first invented by Michael Jones...
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5.0KPayment MethodsBluefin Payment Systems Gets Two Patents
Bluefin Payment Systems, the provider of PCI-validated point-to-point encryption (P2PE) solutions for retail, health care and higher education, announced Tuesday (Jan. 10)...
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18.2KB2B PaymentsBlockchain Starts 2017 With A Bang
Whether you believe the hype or not, blockchain technology is attracting massive investments, exploration and competition across the globe. In the last...
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7.4KB2B PaymentsBlockchain Patent Wars Heating Up Among Big Banks
Some of the largest banks already involved in blockchain development are now in a race to snatch up patents from the technology,...
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eBay’s Retail Tech Patent Spree
Recent patent filings by online retailer, reseller and auction mega-site eBay have pundits guessing at whether the company intends to take its...
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Samsung Taking Apple To The Supreme Court
In the three-year-long saga that is the patent litigation between Apple and Samsung — which Samsung lost — the newest wrinkle is...
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Amazon Looks To Mass Transit For Package Pickup
Can’t be at home to receive your Amazon delivery? Soon you might be able to pick it up on the crosstown bus....
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1.8KInternationalXiaomi Eyeing The US For More Patents And Deals
Xiaomi International, the Chinese electronics company, is moving to grow its patent portfolio and also complete more strategic deals in preparation for...
