By Kevin E. Noonan — In the latest development in Interference No. 106,115 between Senior Party The Broad Institute, Harvard University, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (collectively, “Broad”) and Junior Party The University of…
Fitch Ratings has a nice discussion of the securitization deal concerning Delta Airlines and its mileage program around September 2020. Here is a description of the deal: The transaction is backed by payments to be…
Back on April 29, 2010, Apple’s late CEO Steve Job published an open letter simply titled “Thoughts on Flash.” The letter criticized Adobe Systems’ Flash platform and outlined reasons why the technology would not be…
Patently Apple wishes our fans, colleagues and even competitors a Happy New Year … View the original article here: Patently Apple wishes our Fans and Colleagues around the Globe a Happy New Year! The article…
Optimism over iPhone demand has contributed to recent gains in Apple shares, which touched an intraday record high earlier this week. The stock has added more than 20% since the start of November alone. Today,…
(Click on image to view in Jumbo Mode) Yes, it’s true, some techies do have a rich sense of humor. Boston Dynamic has greatly advanced their first clumsy version of the robot known as ‘Atlas’…
The USPTO recently released its FY2020 Performance and Accountability Report, with contains helpful information about allowance rates, average pendency, and other statistics about its review of patent and trademark applications this year. Each year, IP…
On the last patent application day of 2020, the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple that relates to systems and methods of controlling drones. Apple’s patent application is officially titled…
While Apple has been working on foldable iDevices for years, new rumors of Apple working on a folding device continue to surface. One of the most recent rumors surfaced today in Taiwan titled ” Apple…
In November Patently Apple posted a report titled “Apple is battling it out to Acquire ‘Wondery,’ the Largest Independent Podcast Publisher in the World.” There were four companies in the race for Wondery with Apple…
Apple has “suspended” proceedings again “Super Healthy Kids Inc.” for 30 days, according to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. View the original article here: The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has Granted Apple's Motion…
By Kevin E. Noonan — Last fall the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, in Interference no. 106,115, granted leave to Junior Party The University of California/Berkeley, the University of Vienna, and Emmanuelle Charpentier (collectively, “CVC”)…
An iOS app called Vybe, from ‘Vybe Together’ promoted private parties during the COVID-19 pandemic has been pulled by Apple. View the original article here: Apple Pulls Secret Party App from 'Vybe Together'' that Promoted…
Yesterday Patently Apple posted a report titled “Apple’s iPhone Devices Dominated Christmas Day Activations in the US by a Landslide Winning 9 out of 10 Spots. So it stands to reason that App Store purchases…
By Michael Borella — This decision is bad. Not an American Axle level of bad, but still quite far from good. Simio sued FlexSim in the District of Utah for alleged infringement of its U.S….
It’s being reported today that lost its copyright claims against Florida company Corellium that makes “virtual iPhones” used by security researchers to test for vulnerabilities to its system. However, the judge pointed out that Corellium…
On the last granted patent day of 2020, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office officially granted Apple 74 patents. In this report we cover Apple’s retail store rotating door system, link to a couple of…
It’s not always true that “the second is the first of the losers,” but when there are only two in a race, then there’s simply one winner and one loser. On December 11, Ericsson brought…
Christmas day in the United States is the single greatest day for new smartphone activations. And despite supply chain delays caused by COVID-19, Apple took 9 out of 10 spots View the original article here:…
On the last granted patent day of 2020, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office officially granted Apple a patent for a Virtual Acoustic System for headphones that produce 3D audio. View the original article here:…