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The Evolution of USB (Universal Serial Bus) Standards

In the 1990s, office desktops were a tangled mess of serial, parallel, and proprietary cables. Universal Serial Bus (USB) changed all of...

Oracle v. Google Shows Why Freely Available Source Code Isn't Actually Free

In computing, source code is any collection of code, written using a human-readable programming language, usually as plain text. The...

What is Estoppel?

When one person has, by his declaration or by his act, intentionally caused or permitted another person to believe a thing to be true and...

Patent Drafting - Best Practices

Drafting a patent application is not as easy as many think. Many times those new to the industry fail to adequately describe inventions...

Smart Snore Detecting Devices - Patents & Perspectives

Snoring, a form of tensed breathing, interferes with quality and quantity of sleep, both for the person who snores and for the person who...

Germanium for Quantum Computing

On a fundamental level, computing systems rely on the ability to store and manipulate information represented and stored as a stream of...

Smart Clothing - IoT gets even closer!

Similar to the advancement of smartphones and tablets, wearable technology has been favored by early adopters and is now ready to expand...

Flexible Batteries - The Status Quo

Flexible batteries are an active area of research because they enable electronic products to be more bendable, adaptable, and...

Functional Claiming - What is "Structure" and Why is it Important?

A functional claim limitation describes an invention in terms of what it does, rather than describing its structural components....

Patent Licensing: Benefits, Pitfalls and Types

What is Patent Licensing? “The process of patent licensing includes a patent holder that legally allows another party to sell, import, or...