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Intellectual Property Law

Facebook patented an online system against trademark violations

Facebook was recently granted the patent for an online system (e.g., social networking system) that allows searching and regulating trademark violations. The online system can receive proofs of trademark registration from trademark owners before proceeding to search and rank contents within the system that are possibly violating those registered trademarks through the support of machine learning. The system can then proceed to control the distribution of those contents (e.g., by blocking or blacklisting content providers) if there are any indications of trademark violations in them.

May 25, 2021

Intellectual Property Law

Risk prediction and stratification of sarcopenia and NAD deficiency is pending US patent application

Researchers from the University of Southampton and the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) had recently applied for a U.S. patent for their method that’s able to predict the risk of and stratify sarcopenia and NAD deficiency, particularly on older adults at least 45 years of age and preferably older. Apart from predicting its risks, the patent application also provides ways to predict the responsiveness of said adults to nutritional intervention against the development of the said disease, detailing some ways related to treating and preventing it on them.

May 18, 2021

Healthcare

Patients could use biosignals to control VR avatars: KIST patent application

Researchers from the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) are looking to patent a system related to controlling avatars in real time within a virtual reality (VR) environment using a person’s biofeedback.

March 10, 2021

Internet of Things

Google patents smart home method of elderly monitoring

Google has been pushing the smart home for a few years now, starting with the launch of Google Home smart speaker in 2016. Having consolidated its smart home devices under the Nest ecosystem, Google is eyeing features tailored to specific types of residents.

February 23, 2021

Uncategorized

Adidas seeks to patent high-performance airless sports ball

In the 1970 FIFA World Cup, Adidas debuted the Telstar: the most iconic soccer ball design ever. The Telstar, with

February 23, 2021

Games

Warner Bros patents defining mechanic from Lord of the RIngs video game

Warner Brothers has patented the key mechanic from its popular Middle Earth video games, based on lore written by J.R.R. Tolkien and adapted in the Lord of Rings trilogy.

February 17, 2021

Insights

The Navy’s ‘UFO patents’: Failed attempts to unlock alien technology?

For decades, the existence of UFOs has widely been met with healthy skepticism. With the ubiquity of smartphone cameras today, sightings of alien spacecraft appear to have been further relegated to the realm of kooky science fiction.

February 17, 2021

Healthcare

Patent filings may point to ‘super secret’ project at Apple

A recently filed patent application from Apple describes the use of electromagnetic waves for health monitoring applications, which may include testing glucose levels, or even skin cancer and other skin disorders.

February 17, 2021

Finance

Big banks commit to patent non-aggression as troll, tech challenges mount

Canada’s TD Bank and London-based Barclays are now members of the Open Invention Network, the world’s largest patent non-aggression community, spearheaded by seven companies including Google, IBM, Sony, and Toyota.

February 16, 2021

Intellectual Property Law

Microsoft fails to overturn $7M verdict in database patent case

A New York judge on Jan. 25 struck down a bid from Microsoft, the world’s largest software company, to overturn a $7 million jury verdict in a patent infringement case.

February 10, 2021