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.

(source: en.wikipedia.org)

PayPal Looks To Make Crypto Payments Faster  
PayPal Looks To Make Crypto Payments Faster  
March 05, 2018  |  Payment Methods

PayPal looks to increase the adoption of cryptocurrency as a payment method by recently filing for a patent application. CoinDesk, citing an application with the U.S....

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Bank Of America Leads Blockchain Patents
Bank Of America Leads Blockchain Patents
January 17, 2018  |  Blockchain

Bank of America ranks at the top of a list of companies investing in blockchain, with the financial institution (FI) applying for or securing around 43...

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Blockchain: The Next Battle For Patent Trolls
Blockchain: The Next Battle For Patent Trolls
December 20, 2017  |  Blockchain

Patent troll Erich Spangenberg, who is hated in Silicon Valley for challenging the patents on all sorts of technology, is eyeing the cryptocurrency market next....

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Peeling Back the Curtain on Snapchat’s AR Secret
Peeling Back the Curtain on Snapchat’s AR Secret
July 05, 2017  |  What's Hot

Finding nearby friends through an online platform became a lot easier when Snapchat unveiled its Snap Map offering. Just a few weeks ago, the disappearing...

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Uber Getting Into The Patent-Purchasing Business
Uber Getting Into The Patent-Purchasing Business
April 12, 2017  |  Ridesharing

Uber, the ride-hailing app, announced Tuesday (April 11) that it is getting into the patent-purchasing business, launching a patent purchase program dubbed UP3. In a...

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Apple Files Patent To Securely Access Siri From The Home Button
Apple Files Patent To Securely Access Siri From The Home Button
April 06, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

Being able to access Siri from the lock screen has created a potential security risk, but Apple thinks it has the answer via a combination...

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Newegg And The Problem With Patent Trolls
Newegg And The Problem With Patent Trolls
March 07, 2017  |  Retail

It started with a patent for an encrypted modem that never really took off. That patent was first invented by Michael Jones — who sold...

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Bluefin Payment Systems Gets Two Patents
Bluefin Payment Systems Gets Two Patents
January 10, 2017  |  Payment Methods

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) the issuance of...

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Blockchain Starts 2017 With A Bang
Blockchain Starts 2017 With A Bang
January 03, 2017  |  B2B Payments

Whether you believe the hype or not, blockchain technology is attracting massive investments, exploration and competition across the globe. In the last week alone, top...

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