Microsoft has released two versions of its Surface Duo handheld device, each with two displays. But a newly surfaced patent filing indicates that the company has considered, at least, a… Read More
Amazon isn’t just thinking about delivery with its drones. The new patent made public this week reveals an idea for a drone-powered towing system designed for skiers, surfers, skaters, and… Read More
One of Redfin’s co-founders is suing the high-tech real estate brokerage for patent infringement and intellectual property theft, alleging that the violations handicapped his current startup. Surefield founder David Eraker… Read More
Never let it be said that Amazon Prime Air VP Gur Kimchi thinks small: His latest patent lays out a plan for a launch system that could theoretically send payloads… Read More
If the winds of change are blowing when it comes to how packages will be delivered to our homes, Amazon appears to at least be thinking about how location markers… Read More
Insulated bags for pizza deliveries and cooler bags for ice-cold drinks are nothing new. But how about if you put them together? Amazon’s inventors thought the idea was novel enough… Read More
Today’s featured stories Years after patenting the concept, Amazon admits putting workers in a cage would be a bad idea Updated: Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma plans to retire after building… Read More
Update: One day after this story published, Washington State University and Phytelligence issued their own public statements. One of the world’s most highly-anticipated apple varieties is at the core of an… Read More
To err is human. To prove you’re not a computer by making a mistake is divine. That’s the premise of a patent application from Amazon, made public this week, that… Read More
From outdated party decorations to that iTunes single you didn’t really mean to buy, Amazon has been behind every unintentional, one-click purchase on the internet. Until now. READ THE PATENT:… Read More
In the future, Amazon drones may be able to tell you to get out of the way — and listen to your response — when delivering a package. The Seattle… Read More
Amazon engineers are spending a lot of time thinking about how to make the company’s lofty drone delivery ambitions a reality. Witness the wide range of whimsical patents that imagine… Read More
Two of Amazon’s newly published patents cover some unorthodox features for delivery drones, including rotor arms that extend and bend as well as a winch for lowering packages to the… Read More
Imagine sitting at an intersection, waiting for the light to change, when your dazed reverie is interrupted by a drone landing on the stoplight. That future might not be too far… Read More
Our vision of the future has long included computers that we control with a wave of the hand. But what if that hand was also used to determine more about the… Read More
Apple’s high-profile case against the FBI may be getting more attention these days, but the iPhone maker has been battling Samsung over a set of design patents for much longer. Today,… Read More
Oh, the irony. Just a few weeks after Google’s self-driving car hit a bus in its hometown, the search giant received a patent titled “Bus Detection for an Autonomous Vehicle.”… Read More
Amazon thinks passwords are on the outs, and the company has a vision for the future of authentication: Selfies. The e-commerce giant recently filed a patent application for a two-step photo verification… Read More
In a world where copy and paste is commonplace, typing out quotes should be a thing of the past. But even with the rise of ebooks, it’s still practically impossible to get quotes… Read More
Drone deliveries and self-driving cars are both right around the corner. Amazon showed off functioning, autonomous Prime Air drones last year, and Teslas are already smart enough to prevent crashes. Today, Google was… Read More
Microsoft is licensing a set of patents based on “file storage and other system technologies” to GoPro, the Redmond-based software giant announced today. “This agreement with GoPro shows the incredible… Read More
It’s been almost four years since Steve Jobs died from pancreatic cancer, but that doesn’t mean he’s done getting patents. The US Patent and Trademark Office awarded Jobs a patent… Read More
A patent awarded to Boeing this week outlines the aerospace giant’s plans for keeping drones in the air longer. The patent describes inflatable drones that drop tethers to the ground to recharge internal batteries,… Read More
Why bother with delivery by drone when you can deliver — and make — the product on the same truck? That appears to be the thinking behind a patent application… Read More
Being sued for patent infringement is no fun — and especially if you’re a fast-growing young startup. But that’s exactly what happened to GlobeSherpa, the Portland-based startup that built TriMet’s successful public… Read More
Microsoft — but not Apple — has agreed to invest in Intellectual Ventures (IV), the patent holding firm and technology company run by former Microsoft technology chief Nathan Myhrvold. Reuters… Read More
Zillow has scored a win in a patent case brought by LendingTree, which alleged that the Seattle-based real estate company, along with Adchemy and NexTag, was using technology patented by… Read More
The U.S. government is moving forward with its plan to curb the practices of patent holding firms and on Thursday announced three new executive actions for a nationwide patent reform. One of… Read More
Nintendo and HTC have both landed a win against patent trolls, thanks to a decision by the U.S. International Trade Commission. The two companies were included in a massive ruling… Read More
Nokia’s patent war with HTC has come to a close, according to a press release put out by the Finnish electronics company. The two companies have agreed to settle all… Read More