MOSCOW, December 18. /TASS/. Russia and Kazakhstan are preparing an intergovernmental agreement on construction of a nuclear power plant, Presidential aide Yuri Ushakov said on Friday. Sourced through Scoop.it from: tass.ru

The inventive step and non-obviousness reflect a general patentability requirement present in most patent laws, according to which an invention should be suf… Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.youtube.com

Patent litigators know the truth: patent value is only revealed in the gauntlet of litigation. Once fearsome powers of patents have been whittled away. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.ipwatchdog.com

In denying Prolitec’s motion to amend, the Court affirmed a patentee’s burden to show patentability over prior art from the original prosecution history. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.ipwatchdog.com

As the so-called “patent troll” issue comes into the spotlight, a Washington, D.C.-based economist and inventor believes that Congress needs to take a careful approach in coming up with legislation to update the nation’s patent… Sourced through Scoop.it from: talkbusiness.net

Airbus Group SE (EPA:AIR), based in Leiden, Netherlands, is a multinational corporation focused on the development of aerospace and defence technologies. | Patents and Patent Law Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.scoop.it

Both firms have signed deals with bank giant UnionPay, and are expected to launch rival services in 2016. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.dailymail.co.uk

First Walmart, and now Target, are missing part of the point of digital payments: Reduced friction at the point of sale. Why are retailers trying to reinvent the wheel when a trio of better systems exist? Sourced through Scoop.it from:…

Apple has announced plans to bring its mobile payment system, Apple Pay, to China in 2016. The service will take on Alipay and WeChat Payment, which are already established in the region. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.neowin.net

The next emerging market for big data may be application performance monitoring. Concurrent has released a new tool in this space, and more tools are expected to hit the market in the next six months. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.scoop.it