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“We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.”
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Quantum computers promise almost unimaginable computational speeds, but creating such futuristic computers has proven to be very difficult. “Normally, every... Read More »
Snaking a catheter through an artery in your groin and up to your heart might not sound like “fun” but when compared to open-heart surgery you have to ask ... Read More »
Organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) are the latest craze in consumer electronics, but thats set to change with new research from Umeå University in Sweden... Read More »
According to Computerworld’s Lucas Mearian IBM researchers will be announcing a major breakthrough for spintronics later this week in the journal Nature... Read More »
The National Research Council demands a photonics revolution... and so it shall be! Okay, so that demand may have been more of a recommendation. Who cares? It’s ... Read More »
In a decidedly bond-villain esque move, researchers have used a thin sliver of diamond to create one of the most powerful and refined X-ray lasers to date. Described... Read More »
Stompy the giant robot hexapod has been, well... stomping around the internet lately, and has now made its way to the IEEE Spectrum website. The brainchild of... Read More »
Ever wanted to take a picture or know more about something but have been too lazy to pull out your smartphone or tablet? Well, the MIT project EyeRing hopes to solve... Read More »
Getting a whole extra second added to your day might sound like a great thing -- okay it doesn’t really sound that great -- but if you're a programmer or... Read More »
Sorry for any mathematicians out there who are fans of police brutality, but cops aren’t literally beating criminals with math. Boring as it may be, the police... Read More »
Overcoming the Schottky barrier, researchers have constructed the first ever logic gates from un-doped silicon nanowires. Silicon nanowires are one of the great hopes ... Read More »
Disney Imagineers; just the name conjures images of the magical and whimsical world of Tomorrowland and Disney’s famous Epcot sphere. Tasked with bringing... Read More »
Penicillin, teflon, plastic, and now nanoparticles; all breakthrough discoveries stemming from scientific “failures.” University of Central Florida... Read More »
Quantum entanglement may be synonymous most quantum-technologies, but research lead by the National University of Singapore (NUS) hopes to change that. Collaborating... Read More »
Superman has to be hating himself about now. Researchers and engineers have already mimicked his flight, laser vision, and super strength, now they’re close to... Read More »
Researchers from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) have developed the first flexible lithium-ion battery. The darling of the portable... Read More »
As if Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook don’t have enough problems, Facebook’s being sued.
The patent infringement suit filed by Software Rights... Read More »
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Ray Van DykeYou gloss over patent law principles and assume much. Where a company takes another company's patented technology and is sued, then if that taking is shown, if that taking is egregious, and if the judge/jury thinks an example should be made, then the judge/jury MAY award enhanced damages. If the "taking" is accidental, then enhanced damages are normally not awarded.
Aug 13, 2012
Ray Van DykeSoftware patents are very important to many American companies. The reason we have controversy on software patents is these are fairly new. Plastics, sewing and other technologies that were cutting edge years ago have similar controversies. The patent system is rigorous and questionable patents can be invalidated either in court or at the Patent Office.
Aug 13, 2012
First proposed in 1984 -- the year not the novel -- quantum key distribution (QKD) has gotten a second look from researchers at the Institute of Physics and German... Read More »
If you’ve ever been curious what students at Tsinghua University in China do in their spare time you can stop, because apparently they build and test the... Read More »