Tag: Patents
FTC challenges patents held by drugmakers, including for Ozempic
A box of Ozempic and contents sit on a table in Dudley, North Tyneside, Britain, October 31, 2023. Lee Smith | ReutersThe Federal Trade Commission on [...]
Why Does Maxine Waters Care About Meta’s Crypto Patents?
In early 2022, Arun Sundararajan wrote a Harvard Business Review case study about how established brands could utilize non-fungible tokens, aka NFTs, [...]
Biden administration asserts power to seize drug patents
President Joe Biden speaks about protecting Social Security, Medicare, and lowering prescription drug costs, during a visit to OB Johnson Park and Com [...]
ENS developers urge Unstoppable Domains to drop patents or face lawsuit
Founder and lead developer of Ethereum Name Service (ENS) Nick Johnson is urging blockchain domains company Unstoppable Domains to drop a recently awa [...]
U.S loses HIV patent suit against Gilead Sciences over PrEP
The logo of Gilead Sciences pharmaceutical company is seen in Oceanside, California, April 29, 2020.Mike Blake | ReutersA Delaware federal court jury [...]
Apple job listings and patents hint at foray into ‘3D mixed-reality world’
Technology giant Apple appears to be working towards the development of a metaverse-sounding “3D mixed-reality world,” according to related patent fil [...]
Kraft Foods files for NFT and Metaverse patents, Seth Green gets his ape back, and more…
American food manufacturing and processing giant Kraft Foods Group has filed NFT and Metaverse patents for several of its popular brands. The firm joi [...]
Meta joins patent alliance, pledges free crypto patents for all
The Crypto Open Patent Alliance (COPA) has welcomed Meta as a member, with the social media giants vowing to make its core crypto patents accessible t [...]
What Facebook’s Patents Tell Us About the Fight for the Soul of the Metaverse
This episode is sponsored by Nexo, Abra and FTX US.Download this episodeOn this week’s “Long Reads Sunday,” NLW reads David Z. Morris’ “Meta Leans In [...]
Why Moderna, Pfizer and the NIH debate who owns the Covid vaccine
It's been well over a year since a landmark proposal brought the issue of patent waiver for the mRNA Covid vaccine to the spotlight. But many observer [...]
Disney patents technology for a theme park Metaverse
Disney has been approved for a patent that would create personalized interactive attractions for theme park visitors. The technology would facilita [...]
Lululemon fires back at Peloton in growing feud over clothing patents
An employee restocks clothes on display at the Lululemon Athletica sports apparel store on Regent Street in London.Simon Dawson | Bloomberg | Getty [...]
Nike is quietly preparing for the metaverse
Zoom In IconArrows pointing outwardsFirst Facebook, now Nike?The apparel giant has taken its first steps into the metaverse. The Oregon-based compa [...]
Hazard that science shall be forgotten after pandemic
Fabiola Gianotti, the director-general of scientific analysis middle CERN, informed CNBC that she fears that science may largely be forgotten follo [...]
Pope Francis backs Biden name to waive Covid vaccine patents
Pope Francis sporting a face masks attends an inter-religious prayer service for peace together with different non secular representatives within t [...]