Erstwhile industry leaders like IBM, Microsoft and Qualcomm see intellectual property rights as their not so secret weapon. Source: http://www.ibtimes.com

mobile security has just been patented by a company in South Korea, marking what could potentially be a future turn in the direction being taken in Source: http://www.mobilecommercepress.com

Mark Twain famously said that there “are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.” Source: thehill.com

Most folks agree that frivolous patent infringement lawsuits are detrimental to the innovation that drives America’s economy, but whether Congress needs to take action is a different story. Source: dailycaller.com

CHICAGO (Legal Newsline) – A new study on intellectual property abuses has found that so-called “patent trolls” are hurting the U.S. economy in more ways than one. Source: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com

Credit cards and mobile payments are critical for small businesses, as one in four customers are lost due to the lack of visa and mobile payment support. Source: http://www.mobileindustryreview.com

Google Inc. (GOOGL) is revamping its mobile wallet service to take on Apple Pay. Named Plaso, it targets the market worth $189 billion 2018 Source: dazeinfo.com

A new study predicts that with the next five years mobile will become the No. 1 channel for millennials and younger consumers. Source: http://www.mobilepaymentstoday.com

Plugins are available for online mobile payments on Mageto, OpenCart, PrestaShop and WooCommerce, some of the world’s largest e-commerce platforms. Source: http://www.mobilepaymentstoday.com

Following Apple Pay’s successful use of tokens—one-time-use, unique codes rather than credit card numbers for payment transactions—Visa today announced that it will remove 16-digit account numbers … Source: 9to5mac.com