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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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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Facebook’s US Patents Increased 64 Pct. In 2019 YOY
Facebook’s US Patents Increased 64 Pct. In 2019 YOY
January 15, 2020  |  Facebook

Social media giant Facebook was awarded 989 patents in 2019, putting it higher on the Intellectual Property Owners Association’s list of the Top 300 organizations...

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US Patents Hit All-Time High In 2019
US Patents Hit All-Time High In 2019
January 14, 2020  |  Innovation

More patents were filed in the U.S. in 2019 than ever before – 333,530 were granted, 15 percent more than in 2018, the global patent...

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Bitcoin Daily: The PIT Enables UK Faster Payments; Coinbase Chief Gets Patent For Emailing Bitcoin
Bitcoin Daily: The PIT Enables UK Faster Payments; Coinbase Chief Gets Patent For Emailing Bitcoin
December 20, 2019  |  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 Block reported. The...

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Survey: US Retailers Face Fraud, Currency Barriers In Global Online Sales
Survey: US Retailers Face Fraud, Currency Barriers In Global Online Sales
October 25, 2019  |  Retail

A new survey has found that the biggest obstacles hindering online retailers from doing business abroad is fraud prevention, and currency and payment processing. Get...

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Apple Gets Patent For Smart Ring Wearable With Biometrics
Apple Gets Patent For Smart Ring Wearable With Biometrics
October 15, 2019  |  Apple

Apple has patented multiple iterations on the concept of smart ring wearable technology, VentureBeat reported on Tuesday (Oct. 15). Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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