patents
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A Bizarre Statistical Fact About Patents In San Francisco
I have discovered something extremely strange about San Francisco. It has to do with how many patents the city has produced in the past 25 years.
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Toyota Made Over 5600 Of Its Fuel Cell Patents Available Royalty-Free
In an effort to help spread the adoption and further the development of the hydrogen fuel cell technology the company developed for its FCV concept vehicle — now known as the Mirai — Toyota has announced that it’s making approximately 5680 fuel cell patents available for royalty-free use.
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Startups Can Now Buy Insurance Against Patent Trolls
Probably the worst thing about America’s very broken patent system is the existence of patent trolls: companies that own intellectual property for the sole purpose of using it to sue other, actually productive, firms.
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Even The Sound Of Darth Vader Breathing Is Trademarked
Darth Vader’s caped getup and face mask is spooky and all, but there’s nothing like the grisly, mechanical sound of his breath. Which is why Lucasfilm keeps a close eye on who uses it — even going so far as to trademark 234 seconds of it with the US Patent and Trademark Office.