Shipping & Transit LLC targeted companies including Radio Shack and JetBlue.

Just like Samsung is readying a true full screen display, a new patent shows that Apple is actively working to kill the notch it created much to the chagrin of smartphone fans all over the planet.

Earlier this week, we learned that Samsung had applied for a patent related to an optical fingerprint scanner on the screen, suggesting that the Galaxy S10 might have this functionality. However, another Samsung patent published on the same day let us know that Samsung is already working on the future of this technology.

That's why the news last week that Microsoft had joined OIN and agreed to freely license all of its patents to every other member in the pool is so shocking. Microsoft's Erich Andersen, who now holds the role that Gutierrez held a decade ago, admitted quite frankly in his blog post about this decision that many will be surprised, but it represents a real "evolution" in the way Microsoft thinks about Linux. I would say that's an understatement.

It also stores various biometric and location data, rousing inevitable privacy concerns.

Some see this as a giant leap forward for Microsoft and open source. A few, however, see Microsoft's open-source patent move as just more of the same old, same old.

Microsoft has joined Open Invention Network with over 60,000 patents to protect Linux and associated open-source projects from patent lawsuits.

By joining the Open Invention Network, Microsoft is offering its entire patent portfolio -- with the legacy exception of its Windows and desktop application code -- to all of the open-source patent consortium's members.

Should you apply for a patent for that new AI tech idea you've been working on? Some experts say it's better to have a patent portfolio than not, while others recommend focusing on quality rather than quantity. Here are things to consider as you make your decision.

Four years later, the patent landscape demonstrates that Alice has become a train wreck for innovation. To be successful, patent practitioners must show the PTO, courts, and Congress the importance of our clients’ innovations and explain why the type of technology should not dictate whether there is enforceability.

The long-running patent infringement dispute between Apple and Qualcomm is at the stage of pre-trial motions – where both sides try to get rulings on what will and won’t be allowed in evidence during the trial. The judge in the case has granted some of Apple’s motions, and effectively told Qualcomm that it will have to accept the consequences of its poor legal strategy...

The world of invention is famous for its patent disputes. But what happens when your dispute wasn’t with another inventor but whether the Patent Office saw you as a person at all? In 1864, a black man named Benjamin T. Montgomery tried to patent his new propeller for steamboats. The Patent Office said that he wasn’t allowed to patent his invention. All because he was enslaved.

Drones could tell when people are tired and lower a coffee on an "unspooling string", IBM suggests.

Last month Patently Apple posted a report titled "Apple Announcing AirPower too ahead of time was a Mistake." The report covered a Bloomberg report attempting to explain the delay in delivering Apple's new inductive charging pad called 'AirPower.' Hopefully Apple will officially launch AirPower next month when they introduce their next generation of iPhones or at least have it ready for the holiday season. Our report today covers Apple being granted a design patent for AirPower in Hong Kong, China in addition to covering their ClassKit trademark filing in both the U.S. and Hong Kong.

Inter partes review of Allergan's patents on dry eye treatment will now proceed.

Walmart has patented surveillance technology that would allow it to spy on employees’ conversations with customers and use the audio to measure workplace performance. The patent for “sound sensors” that could be installed at checkout is the latest example of controversial workplace surveillance technology and automated systems that purport to quantify and increase employees’ productivity. The filing comes at a time in which the US retail giant is facing growing competition from Amazon, which completed a $14bn acquisition of Whole Foods last year.

As Facebook tries to get ahead of public pressure about what the service does and doesn't track about its users, a patent application has emerged which would enable something that the service's detractors have long theorized and feared: silently triggered microphones that keep tabs on Facebook users.

Blizzard has applied for a patent for the Play of the Game replay system (and the systems that support sharing them on social media) by the US Patent and Trademark Office. The patent application was only published earlier this month after being filed in 2016.

Is your next phone just going to be one giant screen? It will be if Samsung has its way. The latest concept design to make its way out of Samsung shows the company is working on a button-free, bezel-free, headphone jack-free phone that is all screen, all the time. And if you think that means a notch at the top, it's done away with that too.

Creator of a breakthrough compression algorithm fights to keep it patent-free.