I see an intrinsic paradox in #OpenScience and the pressure of academic #patent race. In my view, science should be open and researchers in academia encouraged not to patent. Patents in private sector should also include a 1% share to give back to basic science as acknolwledgment of its commonwealth. To make it fair one could think of a universal non profit foundation dedicated to provide funds for basic science. or managed by @unesco Is it such a #crazyidea?
Apple darf seine Uhren in den USA vorerst weiterverkaufen
Im Streit um ein Patent zur Messung des Blutsauerstoffs galt seit Dienstag in den USA ein Import- und Verkaufsstopp für die neuesten Modelle der Apple Watch. Ein Gericht entschied nun: Bis zum Abschluss des Berufungsverfahrens dürfen die Smartwatches weiter verkauft werden.
OK, so Dropbox is sending user files to an third party AI system.
That resurrects some questions that I've had for a long time:
Does use of external data services, such as Dropbox, Gmail, etc, for unencrypted files risk losing or damaging patents (due to pre-issuance disclosure), trade secrets, legal privileges, medical privacy, or any other situation in which there are obligations to protect materials from disclosure?
Consider how angry a university or company could be if Dropbox caused a patent application (or issued patent) to become invalid because of improper external disclosure?
By-the-way, when I refer to encryption, I mean encryption under the control of the user/data owner so that the provider (e.g. Dropbox, Gmail) can not see anything but encrypted bits - and even that may leave sensitive source/destination information in the clear.
New study: "The #OpenScience, #patent-free nature of the project enabled a large number of collaborators to provide in-kind support…By making all #data immediately available and ensuring that all compounds are purchasable…without the need for materials transfer agreements, we aim to accelerate research globally along parallel tracks…We hope that this can serve as an alternative model for antiviral discovery and future #pandemic preparedness." https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.abo7201
Smart people of mastodon: is there an easy layman friendly way of searching existing IP/patent kid of thing to see if your idea isn’t as innovative as you think? #ip#intelectualproperty#patent
#Trump was discussed today at #SCOTUS proceedings, even though he didn’t really have a stake in the case being argued.
It’s a #patent / #FirstAmendment suit in which use of the phrase #TrumpTooSmall on T-shirts is being disputed. The parties are the attorney who wants the trademark & the US patent office.
"Walsh had an ambitious goal: develop apples that were heat-tolerant but also fire blight-resistant, and on trees short enough to be easily pruned or harvested from the ground."
Johannes Sendtner worked on a fascinating piece of technology last year. Today, we would like to share some details with you.
The box depicted is called the "ZERO Microkiller," and its task is to recharge Qi-equipped smartphones wirelessly while simultaneously disinfecting them using UV radiation. To that end, UV LEDs are attached to the sides and the lid so that various items can be cleaned, and mirrors help avoid disinfection shadows.
It is dimensioned so that even larger smartphones can fit inside comfortably, while the outer shell is small enough to be integrated into the center armrest of a car.
While the idea is convincingly simple, and the Microkiller's function was proven in a laboratory, there are several technologically advanced ideas that we wanted to patent. Unfortunately, Ford Motor Company filed a similar application a few months before us.
Martin Goetz, recipient of the first software patent, has died - RiP. Related story, I had the privilege of announcing the software #patent on windows on a PC. Developer Gary Pope at Quarterdeck Office Systems, a brilliant thinker & programmer, wrote the code for DESQview, a windowing, multiprocessing, operating environment that enabled PCs running DOS to display multiple programs in separate windows on a screen. It was the FIRST windowing program available to DOS users. When asked about it, Bill Gates said: “DOS won’t do that.” But it did. Gary used a tick of the processor clock to create and switch between multiple windows on the screen. He devised a system of pseudo screen buffers to work as containers for each off-the-shelf app running. It was brilliant. But we all know what happened then. Microsoft got rid of DOS, and substituted their own windowing OS, creating a walled garden. I often wonder what the computing world would look like if DESQview had won that war. #softwarehttps://www.theregister.com/2023/10/23/martin_goetz_obit/