The Senate Small Business Committee hearing focused on recent changes to the U.S. patent system and their effects on small businesses and patent owners.

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Many ignore the patent policy wars, thinking that no one will believe patent critics or that someone else will defeat them. That’s a serious mistake.

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Patents, including utility and design patents, are a key IP Right that Fast Moving Consumer Goods companies should focus on during product development.

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Fortunes have reversed again in the long, long, long-running patent litigation between Apple and Samsung. The Federal… – Intellectual Property Law

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Thanks to services like Apple Pay and Samsung Pay, we’re inching ever so closer to a world where won’t necessarily need to always have our wallets handy in order to pay for goods or services.

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Mobile payments made at the point-of-sale in the US will increase 54% in 2016 compared to 2015, with continued growth expected through 2019, according to a research from Packaged Facts.

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The future of mobile payments could be Hands Free, at least that’s what Google is hoping as it tests a new platform.

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Billing organizations are experiencing a surge in mobile visits as consumers use mobile devices for more activities, including payments.

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Not enough hands to cough up? There’s an app for that

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The company has already signed two cooperation agreements — one with international customer interaction solutions provider NF Innova and one with Hungary-based financial technology company E-Group.

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