Patents

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) will have to face a patent infringement lawsuit over the heart rate sensor technology in the Apple Watch, AppleInsider reported Monday, citing a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. What Happened: The original lawsuit - filed by Omni MedSci Inc. in...

Even as competition in the electric truck space is heating up, the details emerging on Tesla, Inc.'s (NASDAQ: TSLA) Cybertruck suggest the automaker could have a head start. What Happened: Tesla's Cybertruck will come with a retractable truck bed cover with embedded solar cells, a patent...

Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (OTC: SSNLF) inked a multi-year agreement on global patent licenses, including patents relating to cellular technologies. The cross-license agreement encompasses sales of network...

Semiconductor and IP solutions provider MoSys Inc (NASDAQ: MOSY) has extended its patent portfolio through the acquisition of five patents in the area of search and classification algorithms. MoSys's Stellar Packet Classification IP uses search and classification...

Many companies that have blockchain or cryptocurrency business lines have announced non-fungible token plans or are seen by investors as possible NFT plays. One major apparel company could soon be a NFT stock via patents granted for digital sneakers. What Happened: In 2019, Nike Inc...

Apple could have to pay $308.5 million for infringing a digital rights management patent.  What Happened: A federal jury in Marshall, Texas, on Friday ruled that Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) infringed a patent related to Personalized Media Communications LLC’s (PMC) digital...

BlackBerry Ltd (NYSE: BB) was issued a patent Tuesday for “methods and systems for autonomous vehicle refueling.” What Happened: The Waterloo, Ontario-based technology company applied for the patent on Aug. 23, 2017, and it covers a signaling...

Ant Group, the financial technology affiliate of e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Limited (NYSE: BABA) retained its spot as the largest holder of blockchain patents in 2020, according to a report by International Asset Management that cited data from Clarivate’s Derwent World...

Shares of BlackBerry Ltd (NYSE: BB) were trading higher Friday after the Canadian company confirmed that it settled a legal spat with Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB). What Happened: BlackBerry confirmed in a statement to Bloomberg it settled a dispute with the social media giant related to patent...

One of the hot small cap stocks this week is Microvision Inc (NASDAQ: MVIS), with shares up 84% in the last five days. Shares are moving again Tuesday. What Happened: A new patent was issued to Microvision that covers “scanning 3D imaging device with power control using multiple...

Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) has filed for a patent for a system that can detect damaged windshields in a vehicle electrically and can even schedule a repair job. What Happened: The Tim Cook-led company filed for the patent on Nov. 19, CNET Roadshow first noticed. The system examines the...

Moderna Inc (NASDAQ: MRNA), which could potentially obtain emergency use authorization for its investigational coronavirus vaccine candidate before the year is out, said it will not enforce patents related to its COVID-19 vaccine during the pandemic. What Happened: The Cambridge,...

Square Inc (NYSE: SQ), the financial technology company co-founded by Jack Dorsey, has launched an initiative to encourage open-sourced innovation-sharing in the cryptocurrency domain. What Happened:  The company launched COPA or Cryptocurrency Open Patent Alliance, which addresses the patent...

Heat Biologics Inc (NASDAQ: HTBX) shares were trading more than 50% higher Monday after the Durham, North, Carolina-based biopharma company said in an SEC filing that it has filed a provisional patent application that would apply its immune system activating technology for the treatment or...