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@inthehands@hachyderm.io
2026-01-04 17:30:39

5. “But what are we supposed to do exactly?!” − Fight for digital sovereignty. Fight for a more independent financial system. Stop honoring US pharma patents. Form large coalitions to threaten economic sanctions. Limit travel, or increase the friction of it. Target the comfort of the billionaires who are bankrolling this. There is a long list of actions countries can take if •and only if• their populations create the political pressure for it.

@toxi@mastodon.thi.ng
2025-12-25 20:03:57

The new Zygote issue 39 is featuring stunning art by Kate MccGwire[1] and articles about:
Forward Motion: Robert J. Full’s Career of Discovery
Science of Seeing: Plant It and They Will Come
Cutting Without Cutting: Lessons from the Sawfly
Interview with Arindam Phani and Seonghwan (Sam) Kim
Building with Biology
Turning Bio-Inspired Ideas Into Patents
Biomimicry in Architecture

Zygote 39 cover art: Close-up detail of a sculpture with fluid swirling forms made of feathers. KateMccGwire | Flux (detail), 2017 | Mixed media with magpie feathers
@outer@mas.to
2026-01-15 23:04:00

Frederick McKinley "Casey" Jones was a man we should all know about. He was a self-taught genius--though his parents abandoned him at 12. He ran away from his orphanage at 17.
He had 60 patents to his name, though he probably should have had more. The refrigeration units he invented for trains and trucks, ALONE, should have guaranteed him lasting fame!

This Black northern Minnesota inventor changed the world. Many Minnesotans don’t know him
Frederick McKinley Jones invented refrigerated shipping, allowing trucks and trains to move fresh and frozen food worldwide. The self-taught engineer who lived in Hallock held dozens of patents that transformed America, but it’s likely many Minnesotans don’t know him.

@newstik@social.heise.de
2025-12-23 01:52:39

There are just too many patents granted. Example 33,444,592: This company literally sticks a microwave oven on top of a fridge and gets a #patent for that.
danby.com/microfridge-patent-a

MicroFridge Patent Approvals | Danby Canada
The US Patent and Trademark Office’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board upheld the patentability of Intirion’s innovative MicroFridge® combination appliance. All of the combination microwave and refrigerator units featuring integrated smoke sensors and power management technology were also confirmed as patentable.

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-02-12 23:40:52

A US jury finds Apple did not infringe Optis' 4G wireless technology patents, after two earlier trial verdicts Optis had won were overturned (Blake Brittain/Reuters)
reuters.com/legal/litigation/a

@nemobis@mamot.fr
2026-01-13 14:26:51

The #EU - #Mercosur deal «reaffirms standards established under the WTO's Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) and introduces enhanced protections for copyrights, trademarks, designs, patents and trade secrets».
Also «simulations project a rise in GHG emissions across M…

@drgeraint@glasgow.social
2026-02-12 09:09:15

Legal logic.
"The Supreme Court ruled that a computer program can be patented if it involves the use of physical hardware - which lawyers said was a significant change to the law - and that, as an artificial neural network can only be used on hardware it could in principle be patented."

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-02-06 13:40:52

How an appeal changed the way the USPTO assesses AI patents under the US Patent Act, signaling a shift towards more favorable treatment of AI and ML inventions (Matthew Carey/Bloomberg Law)
news.bloomberglaw.com/tech-and

AI Patent Eligibility Has Shifted With One Machine-Learning Case
Opinion: A patent case involving inventor Guillaume Desjardins has evolved into a cornerstone of modern patent eligibility practice for AI technologies in just four months.