Tag: patent

Shopify wins reversal of $40 mln web-technology patent verdict

Canadian e-commerce platform Shopify has convinced a Delaware federal court to overturn a jury’s decision that the company owes $40 million in damages for infringing patents related to website-building technology. Reuters U.S. District Judge Richard Andrews said on Friday, opens new tab that there was insufficient evidence to support the jury’s findings that Shopify infringed the patents, [...]read moreShopify wins reversal of $40 mln web-technology patent verdict

Toyota seeks patent for chameleon color-changing paint

No one knows better than the folks who manufacture and market automobiles how crucial the choice of color is. Now, hoping to chase the concept of some of BMW’s technologies, Toyota is developing a method to modify their vehicles’ colors, chameleon-like, by using heat and light. As initially spotted by USA Today, the technique has been [...]read moreToyota seeks patent for chameleon color-changing paint

AI cannot be patent inventor UK Supreme Court rules in landmark case

By Reuters Published Dec 20, 2023 A U.S. computer scientist on Wednesday lost his bid to register patents over inventions created by his artificial intelligence system in a landmark case in Britain about whether AI can own patent rights. Reuters Stephen Thaler wanted to be granted two patents in the UK for inventions he says [...]read moreAI cannot be patent inventor UK Supreme Court rules in landmark case

Google faces $1.67 billion damages demand at AI-related patent trial

By Reuters API Published Jan 9, 2024 Alphabet’s Google went before a federal jury in Boston on Tuesday to argue against a computer scientist’s claims that it should pay his company $1.67 billion for infringing patents that allegedly cover the processors used to power artificial intelligence technology in Google products. A lawyer for Singular Computing, [...]read moreGoogle faces $1.67 billion damages demand at AI-related patent trial