EC report ‘a mockery’ say anti-patent protestors (TechWorld)
EC report ‘a mockery’ say anti-patent protestors (TechWorld)
R&D report strays into patent battle. An European Commission report into intellectual property issues in the IT industry has been criticised by patent campaigners as a “mockery and an insult”.
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Supreme Court patent case comes down to stating ‘obvious’ (USA Today)
Supreme Court patent case comes down to stating ‘obvious’ (USA Today)
In unusually spirited arguments Tuesday, several Supreme Court justices challenged the prevailing standard for when an invention is too closely tied to existing works to qualify for patent protection.
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Sony Files for Skin-Powered Headphones Patent (WebProNews)
Sony Files for Skin-Powered Headphones Patent (WebProNews)
Engineers at Sony are developing a set of wireless headphones that use a person’s skin to transmit a signal between the headpiece and music source. The current system uses two electrodes encased in fabric to send an electrical signal through the human body between 500 KHz and 3 MHz. According to the patent the electrode doesn’t have to be touching the body, but must be very close to it,
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