Walmart Inc's patent filings hint that it may see a future where farmers use its drones to not only spot crop problems but selectively apply chemicals or even disperse pollen to bring shoppers the freshest and cheapest food possible.
On Thursday, March 1st, the American stock exchange Nasdaq filed a patent patent infringement lawsuit against electronic-based trading platform provider IEX Group in the District of New Jersey. Nasdaq is seeking enhanced damages for willful infringement of a series of patents covering auction and order processing as well as other technologies. Nasdaq alleges the patents and technologies were known to the founders of IEX, who themselves were former Nasdaq employees. Continue reading “Nasdaq files patent infringement lawsuit against trading platform provider IEX Group”
Non-practicing entity Portal Communications on Thursday filed suit against Apple for alleged infringement of three patents related to natural language voice and audio query systems, technology similar to that of the company’s Siri virtual assistant.
According to industry sources on March 6, the United States International Trade Commission (USITC) closed Case 337-TA-1023 on January 16 by providing SK Hynix with its final statement that the company did not infringe upon Netlist’s patents.
The Mexican fruit fly, Anastrepha ludens, is an insect that causes great losses to the agricultural sector in the country, mainly to the citrus and mango sectors. A single female fly can infest hundreds of fruits throughout its life, propitiating the entrance of diverse organisms that cause the early putrefaction of the infested fruit.
It was a bad week for Denon Electronics, LLC and its HEOS line of wireless multiroom audio systems. The D&M Holdings unit, now owned by Sound United, was sued by Sonos in 2014 on four patent infringement claims. In December 2017, the jury ruled against Denon on three of those claims, ordering the company to pay Sonos $2 million for past breaches dating back to the HEOS product launch in 2014 through December 2016. Continue reading “Sonos Defeats Denon HEOS Again: Understanding the Patent Lawsuits”
After Microsoft seemingly abandoned its Windows Phone endeavors, and then sold off Nokia’s feature phone division and rights; fans of the company’s mobile – and Lumia brand – have wandered around aimlessly hoping for some good news. Several leaks have appeared since October of last year pointing to a complete refresh, codenamed ‘Andromeda’. As reported, this forms some part of the company’s aim to target the mobile market with a single core OS. Continue reading “Microsoft patents locking mechanism fueling more Surface Phone rumors”
