JPMorgan, the largest US bank, tries to patent an electronic currency astonishingly similar to bitcoin. Strangely the patent itself does not mention any crypto currencies or Bitcoin. Many say that Bitcoin caused a lot of friction over at the legacy banking institutions and this patent may be a Bitcoin killer.

Gitlab walked away in fear that GraphQL, a popular query language for grabbing data, may infringe pending Facebook patents, making corporate usage of the technology problematic.

Banana Halloween Costumes sparked a feud between Kmart Corp., Sears Holding Corp. and Silvertop Associates, Inc. regarding copyright infringement, trade dress infringement, and unfair competition.

New GOP Tax Framework: big boost for the US Economy or the increase in inequality?

The person who invented the first search engine called it Archie but did not patent it.

Amazon got approval for their wireless heart rate detection. This technology based on biometrics should improve accuracy of facial recognition.

Saudi Arabia is to allow women to drive cars. This new law might strongly boost Saudi Arabia's economy with this new work force.

A musical zipper? A zipper with a sound chip has been granted a patent!

The current policy of the US Copyright Office rejects claims made for art created by non-humans. Nevertheless, the “courts have always assumed that authorship is a human phenomenon,” says Annemarie Bridy, a law professor at the University of Idaho and an affiliate scholar at Stanford University.

Talks about last week’s Apple presentation of face ID haven’t settled down and Amazon got approval for their wireless heart rate detection. This technology based on biometrics should improve the accuracy of facial recognition.