patents
Anheuser-Busch claims Heineken stole its keg design
This Bud’s not for you: Anheuser-Busch claims Heineken ripped off its design for a new kind of keg. The Budweiser maker is suing its Dutch competitor over Heineken’s Brewlock tap...
Hydrogen-powered truck maker claims Tesla copied its designs
Nikola Motor Co., which makes hydrogen-powered semi trucks, filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against electric automaker Tesla alleging design patent infringements. Tesla’s Semi, its first electric heavy duty truck, is...
Amazon's Alexa could start listening to everything you say
Amazon has admitted it's considering eavesdropping on every conversation you have using Alexa speakers -- or even your smartphone. The terrifying concept suggests a future where products and services could...
Apple ordered to pay $500M in damages to patent troll
As the Honorable Judge Chamberlain Haller famously said, “Win some, lose some.” Apple emerged victorious after it took South Korean consumer tech giant Samsung to court for stealing its designs and...
Tech startup sues Apple over Apple Watch's heart rate sensor
Apple has been slapped with a patent infringement lawsuit over the Apple Watch’s heart rate sensor, according to a report from Axios. Filed by a company called OmniMedSci, the lawsuit...
Amazon wants you to shout at delivery drones to stop them from crashing
Amazon's unmanned delivery drones could one day respond when you call to them or wave. The gestures the drones could recognize are detailed in the company's latest patent and include...
Apple is working on a crumb-resistant keyboard
Calling all MacBook owners: Break out the cookies, it's time to celebrate. Apple is working on the single greatest invention in its glorious history: a keyboard that keeps crumbs at...
Amazon files patents for wristbands that track workers
Big tech is embracing Big Brother. Amazon has secured a pair of patents for wristbands that can track workers’ hand movements while on the job. The wristbands would emit ultrasonic...
Tivo sues Comcast over technology patent
Tivo slapped Comcast with a round of patent lawsuits, setting the table for another round of royalty disputes. The lawsuits, filed in California and Massachusetts federal courts, claim that Comcast...
Supreme Court rejects Samsung's appeal on Apple patent ruling
The US Supreme Court on Monday refused to step back into the years-long feud over patents between the world’s top smartphone makers, declining to hear Samsung’s appeal of a lower...
Crocs may lose its patent on ugly shoe designs
Crocs are in the fight of their life. For years the plastic clog maker has been suing rivals, including USA Dawgs, which makes a lookalike clog, claiming that Dawgs and...
Facebook might be trying to pull off a smartphone miracle
Modular smartphones sound great on paper. They’re devices that would significantly outlive traditional handsets, as the user would be able to upgrade the hardware by simply swapping the old parts...
Amazon patents bizarre plan to store product in giant underwater pools
Amazon has designed an underwater warehouse to store goods which are summoned to the surface by playing sounds. The futuristic concept was detailed in a recent patent filed by the...
Roomba to face competition from more affordable gadgets
The Roomba could be in danger of getting stepped on. IRobot, manufacturer of the pricey robotic vacuum cleaner, may face competition from a litter of lower-cost gadgets later this year...
Amazon’s latest patent will enrage consumers
People have been using Amazon to compare prices since the site made its debut in 1994, but soon Amazon may kill customers’ ability to do just that in its own...
Israel's tech startups are giving Silicon Valley a run for its money
Wondering where to find the next tech startup propelling humanity to the next best thing? Israel’s answer to Silicon Valley is Silicon Wadi, an area around Tel Aviv on the...
Key supplier wants to ban the iPhone from US
One of Apple's key suppliers could ask a US trade agency to ban imports of the popular smartphone in the US as a legal spat wages on. Qualcomm, which makes...
Apple planning iPhone 'bumpers' to protect dropped iPhones
Apple may soon be installing bumpers on iPhones which will stop them smashing when they are dropped. The tech giant has been awarded a patent for a high-tech automated bumper...
Shares of UK chip maker tumble after Apple jilt
A British chip maker is finding out that life after Apple can be tough. Shares in Imagination Tech crashed more than 70 percent on Monday after the UK company said...
Patent court lifts iPhone ban in China
A ban on selling iPhone 6 and 6 Plus phones in China got overturned after a Chinese court ruled in favor of Apple in a design patent dispute. Last May,...