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Nintendo secures two more patents, making a U.S. anti-Palworld lawsuit more likely

Nintendo secured two more patents against Palworld, increasing the chance of a U.S. lawsuit against Pocketpair by late spring or summer 2025.

Windows Central

Galaxy Ring 2 'dream battery' tech would only partially solve the smart ring problem

Samsung wants to make its next smart ring last longer, but there's more to longevity than a denser battery.

Android Central

Oura Ring 5: Everything we want to see

Oura's Ring 4 was a traditional smart ring, but Oura's patents show some incredible ideas that could pay off in the Ring 5.

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Cavaliers File For 'Cavalanche' Trademark After Clinching Playoff Spot

The Cleveland Cavaliers submitted paperwork to trademark the fan-favorite phrase "Cavalanche" their own. According to the USPTO, the filing...

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Meghan recreates Diana's iconic look as she gives tour of California mansion's garden

Meghan filmed herself wearing same jumper as Princess Diana wore in 1995

Evening Standard

Meghan Markle 'banned' from selling clothes under new As Ever brand

The Duchess of Sussex cannot use her ‘As Ever’ brand to sell clothing

Evening Standard

Nintendo applying for anti-Palworld patents in the US with a whopping 22 out of 23 rejected, but "they are fighting"

Nintendo and The Pokémon Company recently received two new U.S. patents related to game mechanics, such as capturing and fighting characters. These patents are similar to those being used in their Japanese lawsuit against Pocketpair over the game Palworld.

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Utah Hockey Club Has 'Yetis' Nickname Rejected by U.S. Patent Office

The Utah Hockey Club might have to come up with a nickname cooler than YETI.

Sports Illustrated

Wild new SRAM patent might make turbo trainers a lot easier to use

Patent claims new indoor trainer design will allow users to install their bicycles 'quickly and easily' with limited wear

Cycling Weekly

Trump and Vance will make America competitive again, former patent office director says

China leads in 37 of 44 critical technologies, Andrei Iancu, who served as director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office under Trump, warns.

Fortune

Global Trademark Bullying Conference By GLIPS - Shields Awarded To Firms Of The Global Trademark Group

GLIPS hosted the Global Trademark Bullying Conference, highlighting the growing issue of trademark bullying in the digital era. Trademark bullies exploit u...

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Unnecessary Legislation Could Clog The Drug Development Pipeline

The Medication Affordability and Patent Integrity Act would add additional mountains of redundant paperwork requirements for biotechs to navigate.

International Business Times

Meghan Markle's logo rejection presents a golden design opportunity

The USPTO may have done her a favour.

Creative Bloq

Apple could bring Touch ID back to iPhone — but not in the way you’d expect

The latest Apple patent to appear features a smart case with fancy new buttons — and it could see Touch ID return to iPhones.

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US patent agency sides with Aussies in JP Morgan battle

JP Morgan Chase has failed in its challenge to invalidate Australian software developer Identitii's software patent.

Fortune

Big Tech's abuse of the patent system must end—take it from me, I've fought Google over IP for years

The bipartisan PREVAIL Act and RESTORE Patent Rights Act would make critical reforms to curb the abuse of the U.S. patent system by Big Tech.

iMore

This impressive Vision Pro feature will scale back on Apple's future glasses-like version

A recent patent has revealed that Apple wants to scale back its eye-tracking feature on future glasses-like versions of the Vision Pro headset.

Reason

Supreme Court: You Can't Trademark Your 'Trump Too Small' T-Shirts

As Justice Sonia Sotomayor noted during oral arguments, the right to sell a shirt is different from the right to be the only one who can sell that shirt.

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TechRadar

Forget the Samsung Galaxy Ring – a Fitbit smart ring could be en route, according to a new patent

A newly-granted Fitbit patent for a smart ring suggests it could be working on a Samsung Galaxy Ring rival –and that's an exciting prospect.

PC Gamer

Valve has now filed for a trademark for Deadlock, the hero shooter it refuses to admit exists

The trademark filing covers online games and competitions.

TechRadar

US Patent and Trademark office says data leak affected filers

Postal addresses were leaked in an unprotected dataset sitting on the USPTO site for months.

TechRadar

I went looking for the inventors building real Star Wars lightsabers and was surprised at what I found

Toy lightsabers are everywhere but is anyone building the real thing?

Tom’s Guide

Apple just filed a crucial patent for the iPhone Flip — what we know

A new Apple patent for a hinge shows that research is still ongoing into future folding iPhones and iPads.

Tom’s Guide

A future Apple HomePod could look more like a soundbar — what we know

An Apple patent reveals a HomePod with a soundbar-inspired design, and that seems like a great idea.

Salon

David Chang's "chili crunch" controversy

Chang's Momofuku Goods is coming after companies using “chili crunch” and “chile crunch” on their condiment labels

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