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The Tricky Business of Innovation: Can You Patent a Magic Trick?
David Copperfield spends years developing illusions, perfecting patter, and mastering misdirection. And then lots of large-scale illusionists steal his style, his jokes, his presentations. I know countless magicians whose tricks have been copied, wholesale, with no new innovations. How can they all get away with it? Because they can.
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Wide range of industries plead for Congressional action on patent trolls
Six bills are in play, and US businesses are united in wanting something to pass.
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Wide range of industries plead for Congressional action on patent trolls
Six bills are in play, and US businesses are united in wanting something to pass.
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3D printing will explode in 2014, thanks to the expiration of key patents.
3D printing - the technology that's supposed to revolutionize manufacturing and countless other industries: patents. In February 2014, key patents that currently prevent competition in the market for the most advanced and functional 3D printers will expire, says Duann Scott, design evangelist at 3D printing company Shapeways.
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3D printing will explode in 2014, thanks to the expiration of key patents
Here's what's holding back 3D printing, the technology that's supposed to revolutionize manufacturing and countless other industries: patents. In February 2014, key patents that currently prevent competition in the market for the most advanced and functional 3D printers will expire, says Duann Scott, design evangelist at 3D printing company Shapeways. These patents cover a technology...
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Apple Patent Could Bring Videos and Status Updates to On-Hold Calls
Apple was awarded a U.S. patent Tuesday that would let users share "personal content," via a visual menu, during on-hold calls.
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US patent office rejects claims of Apple 'pinch to zoom' patent
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has rejected claims of an Apple patent that figures prominently in a patent infringement lawsuit against Samsung Electronics, according to documents filed by the South Korean company in a U.S. federal court.
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Software patents you say? Here’s the reason why economists hate them
Several economists, including two Nobel laureates, have argued that the software industry would be better off without patent protection.
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Apple iPhone patent ban overturned.
A ban on sales of older models of Apple's iPad and iPhone in the US has been overturned by the Obama administration.
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Apple patents laser, incandescent projector for laptops, smartphones
Apple has been granted a patent for a projector technology that uses a mash-up of laser and incandescent light sources, which the patent document says could be used not only in standalone projectors, but could also be scaled down to pico-projector size for use in a laptop, smartphone, "or other handheld device."
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Google donates 79 more patents to shield the cloud from lawsuits
Google has taken an important new step in its effort to carve out a space where cloud computing innovators can work without fear of being sued.
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3D Printing Will Explode in 2014 When Key Patents Expire
Here's what's holding back 3D printing, the technology that's supposed to revolutionize manufacturing and countless other industries: patents. In February 2014, key patents that...
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Apple patent could remotely disable protesters' phone cameras
A new patent, granted to Apple, could prevent academic cheating, cinema interruptions, but also see areas of political protest activity 'ring-fenced' disabling phone and tablet cameras.
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Desktop 3D scanner goes on sale
A desktop device that can quickly scan objects so they can be replicated using a 3D printer has gone on sale.
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New Zealand bans software patents
New Zealand has finally passed a new Patents Bill that will effectively outlaw software patents after five years of debate, delay and intense lobbying from multinational software vendors.
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Armadillo-Inspired Micro Car Folds Completely In-Half
Created by engineers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, the Armadillo-T can fold itself completely in half when preparing to park.
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Anti-patent-troll ads launch on radio and in print in 15 states
Tech companies join retailers, restaurants, and grocers to get Congress' attention.
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Microsoft wins patent trial against Motorola, awarded $14 million
The courts have punished Motorola twice in a row. Not only has one district court ruled that Motorola's standards-essential patents aren't remotely worth the $4 billion the comany claimed, but now a jury in a second trial has decided that the Google-owned company failed to comply with fair and reasonable licensing terms when negotiating with Microsoft over the Wi-Fi and H.264 intellectual property.
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10 Physical Gestures That Have Been Patented
If you're making a flicking gesture with a pen near your computer, watch out. Microsoft may own the rights to the gesture you're making. And if you like to draw letters of the alphabet using one penstroke per letter, you may one day find yourself paying a licensing fee to Xerox.
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Angry entrepreneur replies to patent troll with racketeering lawsuit
Patent trolls are legal. Can one be nailed for extortion? One man is betting yes.
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