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The Secret Meeting That Broke Our Food System
Did you know you can patent a living thing? Decades of lobbying made that possible. Now just four companies control the intellectual property behind nearly ALL of the food we eat. We call them the "Life Cartel" and we broke down their plot to privatize everything.
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Sony's latest patent suggests it's developing a DualSense controller that can provide gameplay hints
Sony has patented an updated DualSense controller design that will provide players with "predictive AI assistance featu…
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iPad? No, Sony Just Patented Something It's Calling the "EyePad"
A new Sony patent hints at the possibility of tablet style, motion controlled gaming. It's called the "EyePad". Because that's totally not confusing. Sony has a long proud history of "Eye" devices, such as the EyeToy and the PlayStation Eye.
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How Big Business is Stymying Makers' High-Res, Colorful Innovations
Despite all the progress and publicity that 3-D printing saw in 2012, there are a batch of active patents that threaten the progress of the industry, especially advancement in consumer-grade products from upstart manufacturers.
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Video Shows How Patent Trolls Kill Innovation
The good folks at Reason TV have put together a new video called How Patent Trolls Kill Innovation.
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Bill would force 'patent trolls' to pay legal costs
A bipartisan duo of House lawmakers introduced legislation on Wednesday that aims to combat patent trolls—firms that accumulate patents for the purpose of suing other companies rather than creating new products.
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Troll hunter: meet the Oregon lawmaker who may fix the patent mess
Rep. Peter DeFazio took on the issue after a local software company got held up.
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Apple patent would have devices sense a squeeze through metal
Apple likes to build devices using metal. Unfortunately, the material isn\'t usually conducive to touch, in the literal sense of the word -- capacitive.
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Nokia sides with Apple in push for Samsung product sales ban
Back in December, Judge Lucy Koh refused to give Apple the sales bans it wanted on 26 Samsung products found to infringe on its patents, ruling that Apple needed to establish that the patented features were "important drivers" of demand for the offending devices. Now Apple is appealing the ruling, arguing that it sets the bar too high, and it’s getting help from an unlikely friend — Nokia.
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Nintendo slapped with $30.2 million in damages for infringing glasses-free 3D patent
In 2011, former Sony employee Seijiro Tomita launched a suit against Nintendo, claiming the 3DS infringed on a patent he holds to display 3D visuals.
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How the America Invents Act Will Change Patenting Forever
On Saturday, around 18 months after President Obama signed it into law, the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act will take effect. Ostensibly, the act is designed to bring U.S. patent law in line with the rest of the world. Of course, not everybody feels it will help achieve the patent system's goal of protecting inventors while fostering innovation, and its effect could be even more pronounced on the DIY inventor.
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THX sues Apple over speaker patent
Audio titan THX has filed a lawsuit against Apple, claiming that Cook and Co. infringed a patent it has for technology regarding narrow profile speakers
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Apple Patent Could Make iPhone Cases Obsolete
A new Apple invention could make iPhone cases a thing of the past. The “Protective Mechanism for an Electronic Device” identifies when a phone is falling and adjusts its center of mass to control its landing. The patent for the invention was recently published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
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Jury rules Cisco owes $70 million for patent fraud
XpertUniverse Inc says the networking company used its patented tech illegally.
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Microsoft Cleared of Infringing Google Patents With Xbox
Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox video-gaming system doesn’t violate the patent rights of Google Inc.’s Motorola Mobility unit, a U.S. trade judge said.
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Google announces open source patent pledge, won't sue 'unless first attacked'
Google just announced the Open Patent Non-Assertion (OPN) Pledge, a new initiative whereby the company has promised not to sue developers, distributors, and users of open source software utilizing Mountain View's patents "unless first attacked.
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Apple's Smart Pen Patent Is Not What You Think
Sorry, but it's unlikely Apple's latest patent is a precursor to a new, handheld computing device.
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U.S. Patent Office Rejects 'iPad Mini' Trademark... For Now
The combination of "i," "pad," and "mini" is descriptive, not distinctive, says the USPTO.
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Should Private Companies Be Allowed to Patent Genes?
We are edging closer an era of personalized medicine, in which treatments could be tailored to specific genetic compositions.
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Finally: This Is How to Fix the 'Patent Fix'
Wired has been running a special series of expert opinions on "the patent fix," including specific proposals for fixing the software patent problem. This is the final piece in the series, from the Mark Cuban Chair to Eliminate Stupid Patents at the EFF.
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