• All Our Patent Are Belong To You http://www.teslamotors.com/blog/all-our-patent-are-belong-you 314 comments 12/6/2014
• How Facebook’s Winning The War Against Yahoo, Patent By Patent http://techcrunch.com/2012/04/04/yahoo-vs-facebook/ 3 comments 4/4/2012
• Google Awarded Driverless Vehicle Patent http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?OS=PN%2F8%2C078%2C349&RS=PN%2F8%2C078%2C349&Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&f=G&l=50&p=1&r=1&s1=8%2C078%2C349.PN.&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm 95 comments 15/12/2011

• After Decades of Pressure, US Drugmaker J&J Gives Up Patent on Life-Saving TB Drug https://thewire.in/health/after-decades-of-pressure-us-drugmaker-jj-gives-up-patent-on-life-saving-tb-drug 148 comments 1/10/2023 upliftingnews
• US court rules, once again, that AI software can’t invent a patent https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/10/us-court-rules-once-again-that-ai-software-cant-hold-a-patent/ 35 comments 20/10/2022 technews
• Apple has been granted a patent for an emergency communication system, designed to extend cellular coverage to areas that would otherwise have no signal https://9to5mac.com/2022/07/20/emergency-communication-system/ 17 comments 20/7/2022 technology
• Syntropy Awarded Second Foundational Patent On Tokenomics + Networking https://medium.com/syntropynet/syntropy-awarded-second-foundational-patent-on-tokenomics-networking-91d4b3dc86de 4 comments 6/5/2022 cryptocurrency
• USPS submits patent for blockchain based voting system http://appft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-parser?sect1=pto1&sect2=hitoff&d=pg01&p=1&u=/netahtml/pto/srchnum.html&r=1&f=g&l=50&s1=20200258338.pgnr.&os=&rs= 12 comments 18/8/2020 politics
• In a first, China knocks U.S. from top spot in global patent race https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-patents/in-a-first-china-knocks-u-s-from-top-spot-in-global-patent-race-iduskbn21p1p9 14 comments 7/4/2020 technology
• GNOME is raising funds to fight a patent troll and invalidate their patent https://www.gnome.org/news/2019/10/gnome-files-defense-against-patent-troll/ 143 comments 27/10/2019 linux
• Scientist Behind The Navy's "UFO Patents" Has Now Filed One For A Compact Fusion Reactor [United States of America] https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/30256/scientist-behind-the-navys-ufo-patents-has-now-filed-one-for-a-compact-fusion-reactor 4 comments 10/10/2019 aliens
• You're Huawei off base on this, Rubio: Lawyers slam US senator's bid to ban Chinese giant from filing patent lawsuits https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/06/21/huawei_patents_rubio/ 14 comments 23/6/2019 politics
• Does anyone else think that software patents have been too weak since around 2015? https://www.reddit.com/r/freesoftware/comments/afut2f/does_anyone_else_think_that_software_patents_have/ 2 comments 14/1/2019 freesoftware
• Patent filings reveal new details about Microsoft’s vision for a foldable, dual-screen Surface device [X-post from /r/surface] https://www.geekwire.com/2018/patent-filings-reveal-new-details-microsofts-vision-foldable-dual-screen-surface-device/ 18 comments 11/10/2018 windowsphone
• Ford wants to patent a driverless police car that ambushes lawbreakers using artificial intelligence https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/innovations/wp/2018/01/30/ford-submitted-a-patent-for-an-autonomous-police-car-the-u-s-government-just-approved-it/ 5 comments 31/1/2018 technology
• Donskoi scores his first of the night on the patented FFF move https://streamable.com/2eiqr 22 comments 21/11/2017 hockey
• Google Accused of Trying to Patent Public Domain Technology https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/google-accused-of-trying-to-patent-public-domain-technology/ 28 comments 11/9/2017 technology
• Apache Foundation bans projects from using React's “BSD+Patent” Code https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/legal-303?focusedcommentid=16088663&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel#comment-16088663 25 comments 16/7/2017 webdev
• White House Plan To Reduce Drug Prices... Is To EXTEND Patents? https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170620/00213937625/white-house-plan-to-reduce-drug-prices-is-to-extend-patents.shtml 4 comments 21/6/2017 politics
• The New Unitary Patent Court will make Europe the largest patent marketplace of the world http://www.greyb.com/unified-patent-court-and-global-patent-market/ 3 comments 7/5/2016 europe
• Apple pays $25M to a university, and the patent troll it cut a deal with http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/04/apple-pays-25m-to-a-university-and-the-patent-troll-it-cut-a-deal-with/ 3 comments 21/4/2016 apple
• New patent to manufacture graphene microwave http://www.graphene-uses.com/new-patent-to-manufacture-graphene-microwave/ 4 comments 21/1/2016 technology
• Patent trolls watch out - Apple and Google join forces http://www.pfhub.com/patent-trolls-watch-out-apple-and-google-join-forces-to-make-you-think-twice-349/ 18 comments 6/2/2014 apple
• Samsung patent filing envisions wraparound smartphone screen of the future | Samsung wants to wrap a flexible AMOLED display around the sides of a device. http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/11/samsung-patent-filing-envisions-wraparound-smartphone-screen-of-the-future/ 3 comments 19/11/2013 technology
• Apple and Google win approval for Kodak patents, step forward for patent peace beginning with photography? http://www.macmurmur.com/2013/01/12/apple-and-google-win-approval-for-kodak-patents/ 7 comments 13/1/2013 apple
• Kodak agrees to sell its digital imaging patent portfolio for $525M to a consortium of 12 licensees, including Apple, Google and Facebook. http://techcrunch.com/2012/12/19/kodak-to-sell-digital-imaging-patent-portfolio-for-525m/ 10 comments 19/12/2012 technology
• US patent chief to software patent critics: “Give it a rest already” http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/11/us-patent-chief-to-software-patent-critics-give-it-a-rest-already/ 6 comments 20/11/2012 freeculture
• Microsoft patent spies on consumers to enforce DRM http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-patent-spies-on-consumers-to-enforce-drm-7000007102/ 5 comments 10/11/2012 technology
• Samsung loses $12 billion in market value after Apple patent trial verdict http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-08-26/samsung-facing-product-delays-after-apple-wins-u-s-jury-verdict.html 136 comments 27/8/2012 technology
• Time Warner Cable (TWC) patents method for disabling fast-forward function on DVRs http://www.fiercecable.com/story/time-warner-cable-patents-method-disabling-fast-forward-function-dvrs/2012-06-19 36 comments 20/6/2012 technology
• The Silencing of Maya: A 4yo girl threatened to lose her ability to express herself due to software patents http://niederfamily.blogspot.be/2012/06/silencing-of-maya.html 122 comments 15/6/2012 linux
• Patent troll Nathan Myhrvold defends patent trolling, calls tech industry immature http://www.engadget.com/2012/05/30/intellectual-ventures-nathan-myhrvold-defends-patent-trolling/ 7 comments 31/5/2012 technology
• The Real Victims in the Patent Wars -- How the software industry's litigation explosion is devastating small startups. http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2012/02/patent_wars_silicon_valley_and_diy_software_innovators_.html 91 comments 28/2/2012 technology
• Condé Nast settles with patent troll; Fark fights, offers them a settlement of "you get jack shit and go fuck yourself", troll accepts settlement and rescinds NDA. Why did CN not fight? http://www.fark.com/comments/6464878/patent-infringement-lawsuit-against-fark-settled-for-zero-dollars-also-patent-trolls-suck-hairy-donkey-balls 9 comments 10/8/2011 reddit.com
• I watched the Patent Absurdity 'documentary' and wasn't convinced; to me, sofware patents are not wrongheaded---after all, EVERYTHING is mathematics and information. Instead software has shown (in a kind of 'taking it to the limit' way) that the idea of patenting is fundamentally flawed IN GENERAL. http://patentabsurdity.com/download.html 55 comments 18/4/2010 linux
• Facebook just got *granted* a patent for the news feed. Implications for Twitter? http://thenextweb.com/socialmedia/2010/02/26/facebook-patented-feed/ 108 comments 26/2/2010 business
• AP: Monsanto's patented genes in 95% of soy, 80% of corn in US http://rawstory.com/2009/12/ap-monsanto-dominating-seed-markets-patented-genetics/ 21 comments 13/12/2009 politics
• Judge invalidates software patent, citing Bilski http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/07/10/1218231 20 comments 11/7/2009 programming
• Microsoft granted patent for Page Up / Page Down http://www.itwire.com/content/view/20193/53/ 2 comments 22/8/2008 technology
• US Patent 7,415,666: Method and system for navigating paginated content in page-based increments http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-parser?sect1=pto1&sect2=hitoff&d=pall&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2Fpto%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=g&l=50&s1=7,415,666.pn.&os=pn/7,415,666&rs=pn/7,415,666 102 comments 22/8/2008 programming