Yearly Archives: 2014

The latest Kazakh security device: a personal guard wolf – The Week UK

Villagers turn to wild animals for protection – but experts warn they are ‘ticking bombs’ Source: http://www.theweek.co.uk

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Fingerprint authentication for mobile finance moves closer with FIDO » Banking Technology

Source: http://www.bankingtech.com

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European Students For Liberty – Patent Trolling: The Unintended Consequences of Patent Law

Laws are usually passed by politicians that have good intentions and hope that a law will improve the status quo, but often laws don’t cause the desired effect and bring unintended consequences with them. Source: studentsforliberty.org

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The USPTO’s New Guidance Simplifies Prosecution by Clarifying Subject-Matter Eligibility of Patents | The National Law Review

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) issued new guidance on Dec. 8, 2015 that provides improved clarity to those prosecuting patent applications in the computer-implemented and biochem Source: http://www.natlawreview.com

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EU’s top court opens door to some stem cell patents

BRUSSELS/LONDON (Reuters) – Europe’s top court has opened the door to certain stem cell patents in the European Union by ruling that an organism incapable of developing into a human being is not a human… Source: http://www.reuters.com

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PatLit: the patent litigation weblog: Supreme Court To Hear Challenge To Brulotte Rule

Supreme Court To Hear Challenge To Brulotte Rule http://t.co/8ZFk3zp20L #Patent #Litigation Source: patlit.blogspot.fr

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Congress must protect CT biz from gov’t-sponsored patent trolls – Hartford Business

It is no secret that Connecticut’s small businesses continue to be victimized by patent trolls, or entities that purchase broad or vaguely worded patents and use them to target companies through frivolous claims of patent infringement with the… Source: http://www.hartfordbusiness.com

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Google Cuts Patent Deal With Verizon – Wall Street Journal

Google Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. struck a long-term patent cross-license agreement to reduce the risk of future patent lawsuits, the latest in a string of deals that signal a slowdown after years of aggressive patent wars. Source: http://www.wsj.com

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Trolls Taste Own Medicine – The Recorder

Patent lawyers say successful NPEs are seeing demand letters that threaten to go after their patents if they don’t pay up. Source: http://www.therecorder.com

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Mobile Payments Face Scrutiny as CFPB Sues Sprint – PaymentsSource

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau filed a lawsuit against Sprint Corp., alleging it illegally processed improper third-party billing charges – marking the first time the agency has pursued a telecommunications firm. Source: http://www.paymentssource.com

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