“We don’t think, in the short term, that it’s the magic bullet,” Michel said during a meeting of EU leaders in Porto, Portugal, adding that Brussels is ready to discuss “concrete” US proposals on intellectual property rights of vaccines. Instead, vaccine producers should boost deliveries overseas, he said. “We encourage …
Read More »Merkel opposes Biden’s call to waive Covid-19 vaccine patent protections, as Spain says proposal ‘not enough’
“The limiting factor for the production of vaccines are manufacturing capacities and high quality standards, not the patents,” a spokesperson for Merkel said Thursday, according to Bloomberg. “The protection of intellectual property is a source of innovation and this has to remain so in the future.” US Trade Representative Katherine …
Read More »Von der Leyen says EU ready to discuss Covid-19 vaccine patent waiver following US’ backing of proposal
Speaking on Thursday, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the EU would be willing to look at proposals to waive Covid-19 vaccine patents after the US gave its backing to the plan on Wednesday. “The EU is also ready to discuss any proposals that addresses the crisis in …
Read More »In Spotify, music listens to you: streaming platform wins patent to surveil users’ emotions to recommend music
Spotify has received a patent that will allow it to use speech recognition and sound analysis to assess a user’s demographic attributes, determine their emotional state, and even glean insight into their location. The information will be used – hypothetically, at least – to pick the perfect song to play …
Read More »Real-life dystopia? Microsoft’s patent to reanimate dead as ‘chatbots’ has Black Mirror fans worried
The living-dead chatbot would be fed all available traces of the deceased – their “images, voice data, social media posts, electronic messages,” and other data – in an effort to mimic their personality as closely as possible. Videos would also be used to generate a 2D or 3D model of …
Read More »Russian inventor won by Apple in patent court
Entrepreneur and inventor from Moscow Artashes Ikonomov defended the right for the patented device “Mobile phone emergency”. To invalidate the registration of a patent null and void, demanded the Russian representation Apple, but patent office and the intellectual property rights Court sided Ikonomova. In addition, the patent on it (or …
Read More »Funeral homes in Moscow patent coronavirus
Employees of the Moscow funeral home “the First urban ritual”, providing funeral services, decided to patent the coronavirus as its trademark. The corresponding application filed with Rospatent, according to the Telegram-channel Mash. It is noted that ritualistic planned to assign and monetize the word “coronavirus”, “coronavirus” and COVID-19. Request response …
Read More »Oppo patent a smartphone with a folding top
This patent can be called a further development released in 2013 smartphone Oppo N1. OPPO has applied for a patent, developing a version of the smartphone, where folding is the upper quarter of the screen. This design allows to use the smartphone is only one camera, which can be the …
Read More »Mercedes plans to obtain a patent for a new type of airbag
Cushion to protect pedestrians want to build in front of the car In 2015, Mercedes-Benz filed in the U.S. patent office for a new type of airbag built into the front car. However, it was published only in early August of this year. First cushion to protect pedestrians made by …
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The level of a person’s life is usually estimated revenues and values, which he managed to surround himself for the time conscious life. First and foremost, personality is evaluated by the number of natural property, which can be directly see and touch a house, apartment, car, own business. It is …
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