IPNews® – Walmart has recently filed a patent application which details a system that would include audio surveillance in stores.
The system is meant to improve employee performance and customer experience by recording details such as how long customers stand in line, beeps of the scanners, the rustle of bags, and even conversations. In response
IPNews® – Apple’s newest patent acquisition will allow users to listen to a voicemail as it is being left on their iPhone and pick up in the middle of the recording if desired.
The patent, which was assigned to Apple by another tech company, will likely be implemented in the next round of iPhones, which
IPNews® – After filing a patent for health monitoring earbuds back in 2007, Apple Inc. has finally been granted a patent to the technology.
The Cupertino based company’s new patent adds interesting new perks to modernizing workouts with technology, such as the potential for wireless communication between the earbuds and a user’s iPhone or iPad
IPNews® – An Alabama doctor and Crimson Tide fan has filed a trademark application for “Famous Jameis”, the nickname of Florida State University’s star quarterback Jameis Winston.
The new application was filed for clothing and athletic apparel and has yet to be examined by the USPTO. Though the doctor has expressed interest in working with
IPNews® – A three-judge Federal Circuit panel on Tuesday issued an affirmation of a patent rejection by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board, but called for an en banc rehearing to clarify the standard of review the appeals court should apply to the PTAB’s claim construction rulings.
The appeal concerned
IPNews® – Facebook Inc. was hit with a putative trademark infringement class action on behalf of retailers of officially licensed National Football league merchandise on Monday, alleging it is allowing counterfeiters to post ads for knockoff NFL goods.
Facebook goes so far as to allow counterfeiters’ ads to show up as sponsored links on the
IPNews® – Texas Instruments Inc. was granted a new patent on Tuesday covering a mode of measuring the performance of an array of solar energy panels with a range of sensors.
U.S. Patent Number 8,289,183, titled “System and method for solar panel array analysis,” describes a system and method for monitoring performance of one or
IPNews® – A celebrity photo agency accused Buzzfeed Inc. in Los Angeles federal court last week of publishing photos of superstar pop singer Katy Perry in a bikini and comedian and actress Kathy Griffin dancing topless outdoors to its popular news website in violation of the agency’s copyright.
Despite having no license or authorization, Buzzfeed
IPNews® – The United Kingdom’s Court of Appeal ruled that a lower court judge was right to find Samsung Electronics Co. did not infringe Apple Inc.’s designs when producing its own tablet computers.
The lower court issued its finding of no infringement in July, and ordered Apple to publish advertisements stating that Samsung had not
San Diego – The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (“the TTAB”) upheld a decision to refuse protection for Apple’s trademark application for “Multi-Touch.” The trademark is related to Apple’s iPhone, iPad and MacBook line of products.
The TTAB decided that “Multi-Touch” was too descriptive to receive trademark protection, noting that the term “Multi-Touch” has been referenced in many scientific publications and the New