What began as the threat of a Yahoo patent jackal coveting the Facebook lion's share soon flashed fangs as a lawsuit on March 12, 2012, with Yahoo alleging Facebook's infringement of these 10 patents. The blatantly opportunistic timing of the move -- given Facebook's IPO -- is akin to Yahoo's attack against Google during its own IPO in 2004 and has been much decried by the online community as
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Researchers at UCLA’s school of engineering and UCLA’s California Nanosystems Institute (CNSI) have developed a device to convert sunlight into electricity efficiently and cost effectively using organic polymers. UCLA’s Yang Yang’s research team has built a device with a new 'tandem' structure for power-conversion. In July 2011,
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Unraveling autism | Patexia.com
Posted by jamesanderson12398 51 days ago (http://www.patexia.com)
A slew of autism research has been making headlines recently. Since Autism Spectrum Disorder is a neurological developmental disorder that has a lifelong impact on the children who suffer from it and the families who strive to provide the best quality of life for their autistic children, all this attention is a positive sign. April 2nd is Autism Awareness Day, along with April being dedicated to
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How Apple's nano-SIMs ruin a FRANDship | Patexia.com
Posted by dalesteyn50 53 days ago (http://www.patexia.com)
You know about SIMs, right? Not the Will Wright virtual life kind, but the Subscriber Identity Modules that live in your smartphone. They maintain your basic data and bottom-level passwords, even when you swap the devices that they’re plugged into. Or, conversely, they allow you to keep the same device and simply swap SIMs (e.g., when switching carriers, or traveling abroad).
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The Great Wall of China, The Forbidden City and the Yu Yuan Gardens were not exactly the tourist attractions on Apple chief executive, Tim Cook’s, mind during his vacation in China this past week. Visiting Foxconn Technology, Vice Premier Li Keqiang and Mayor Guo Kinglong, however, were ranked high in his itinerary. It was Cook’s first time as chief executive making an appearance at the manufactu
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Microfluidic chip quickly diagnoses flu | Patexia.com
Posted by johnsmith7866 56 days ago (http://www.patexia.com)
The H1N1 flu pandemic in 2009 underscored weaknesses in methods to diagnose the flu, from frequent false negatives to long wait times for results.
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GSK settles patent dispute for cancer drug | Patexia.com
Posted by jamesanderson12398 56 days ago (http://www.patexia.com)
Genmab has announced that GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) entered into a patent settlement agreement with Genentech and City of Hope for Ofatumumab.
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After two laps through the federal court system, Prometheus has at last received its final verdict from the US Supreme Court: this patent claiming administration of a therapeutic drug and observation of its metabolite levels is invalid for being based on laws of nature. This verdict is met with mixed responses; those companies holding similar patents fear a blow to innovation as companies are mor
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