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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Amazon Seeks To Use Blockchain Tech For Supply Chain Trust

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 & Regulation

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  |  Cross-border Payments

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 / Meta

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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