Patents stories

Strategising intellectual property crucial for emerging tech growth
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Intellectual property strategies are key for the growth and competitiveness of emerging tech unicorns, warns industry expert.

Paul Martini of iboss crowned CyberSecurity CEO of the Year
Mon, 16th Oct 2023
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iboss CEO Paul Martini garners 'CyberSecurity CEO of the Year' title in recognition of his work in cybersecurity.

Huawei announces royalty rates for patent license programs
Wed, 26th Jul 2023
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The company announced royalty rates for its handsets, Wi-Fi, and IoT patent license programs, aimed at balancing innovation and adoption.

Huawei announces royalty rates for patent license programs
Fri, 14th Jul 2023
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The company promotes IP protection, balances innovation and adoption, and unveils rates for its handsets, Wi-Fi, and IoT patent license programs.

Concentric AI granted new patent for data security
Fri, 16th Jun 2023
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Concentric AI awarded patent for pioneering approach to data security, utilising large language models to determine risk.

IBM leads in machine learning research with 5400 patents
Thu, 3rd Mar 2022
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The company registered 5400 different machine learning patents between 2017 and 2021, beating Microsoft and Google for the top spot.

Legal challenge over decision that AI machines cannot be granted patents
Mon, 28th Feb 2022
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A legal challenge is being prepared to overturn the Intellectual Property Office's (IPONZ) decision not to recognise a machine as an inventor.

Rage against the machine: Can an AI programme be an inventor?
Tue, 22nd Feb 2022
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New Zealand has been caught by a global fight between humans and machines that might define intellectual property rights for the rest of the century.

SenSen Networks' AI breakthrough granted new US patent
Wed, 9th Feb 2022
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Enterprise AI software and solution provider, SenSen Networks, has announced it's been granted an additional patent by the US Patent and Trademark Office.

How an AI system called DABUS received a patent for its own invention
Thu, 5th Aug 2021
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Move over humans, it’s AI’s turn to take the spotlight in what could be a defining moment for the future of invention.

HPE, Facebook and Microsoft open up patent books in effort to tackle climate change
Fri, 30th Apr 2021
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As part of the Low-Carbon Patent Pledge, the three companies have made ‘hundreds’ of royalty free patents available.

Seagate opens patents to help fight COVID-19
Tue, 26th May 2020
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The company’s data storage innovations are now available as part of the Open COVID-19 Pledge and ongoing efforts to combat COVID-19 around the world.

Kaspersky named one of the top 100 global innovators
Mon, 16th Mar 2020
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For the second year, it made the Derwent Top 100 Global Innovator list by Clarivate Analytics, which includes giants like Amazon, Facebook and Google.

Datrium awarded patents for resiliency and encryption tech
Fri, 6th Mar 2020
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The patents were invented by Datrium’s leaders and engineering team. Many of the same team created the backup deduplication technology at Data Domain.

European Patent Office lauds Asia's efforts to protect IP
Tue, 3rd Sep 2019
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EPO partners with Asian nations to handle soaring patent submissions from the region.

‘Disruptor in software-defined blocks storage’ awarded US patent
Thu, 22nd Jun 2017
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Excelero recently announced that it was assigned a US patent for the underlying technology to its NVMesh server SAN solution.

AgigA Tech granted patent for Hybrid Non-Volatile RAM in China
Fri, 26th May 2017
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Enterprise and data center applications were previously constrained by the higher latency of existing storage solutions such as SSDs.

Kiwi innovation set to benefit from revamped trans-Tasman patent regime
Wed, 16th Nov 2016
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New Zealand and Australian businesses to benefit from improved advice on patenting as new Patents Amendment Bill passes.

Western Digital buys IBM patents, gears up to be leader in data storage
Mon, 29th Feb 2016
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Western Digital acquires over 100 patent assets from IBM to strengthen its technology leadership position. #technews #patents.

SenCbuds: The next big thing for earphones?
Wed, 17th Feb 2016
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With the help of patent pending sensor technology, SenCbuds instantly know when they are taken out of the user’s ear, and pause the media accordingly.

What the TPP means for NZ's tech sector
Mon, 17th Aug 2015
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IT professionals in New Zealand are concerned about the potential impact of the Trans Pacific Partnership on the technology industry.

Did Samsung rip off the iPhone? Yup.
Tue, 19th May 2015
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US court upholds finding of Samsung's infringement on Apple's patents, but reduces damages in long-running lawsuit.

Victorious Veeam slams Symantec following patent win
Thu, 14th May 2015
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Symantec's bid to 'stifle competition' because 'its legacy physical backup products could not compete' fails after Veeam wins three year patent battle.

In the innovative world... patent is a virtue
Tue, 19th Aug 2014
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New Zealand's Commerce Minister, Craig Foss, has praised the modernisation of the country's patent laws, bringing them in line with international standards.