Patents

Battles over trademarks and patents are nothing new and have been pivotal in companies getting a competitive edge over the years. New trademark filings indicate that four Major League Baseball teams have something else in mind when it comes to this type of intellectual property. What Happened...

Video game giant Sony Group Corp (NYSE: SONY) has more patents related to non-fungible tokens (NFTs) up its sleeve.  What Happened: As the owner of the PlayStation video game consoles and several video game studios, Sony is one of the leading companies in the video game sector. While...

Clinical-stage biopharma company Reunion Neuroscience Inc. (NASDAQ: REUN) filed a lawsuit against drug discovery business Mindset Pharma Inc. (OTCQB: MSSTF) in the District Court of New Jersey. Reunion alleges that Mindset purposefully copied its psychedelic compound RE104...

Biotech company PsyBio Therapeutics Corp. (OTCQB: PSYBF) has filed four new U.S. Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) applications aiming to convert five provisional patent applications.  These new filings bring the total number of PCT conversion filings completed by the company to 10. They “...

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has scored a win against AliveCor, a medical device company, in a highly-publicized dispute.  What Happened: On Tuesday, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's Patent Trial and Appeal Board ruled that three AliveCor patents covering heart monitoring technologies for...

India's Office of the Controller-General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks granted approval for a new compound created by the biotech company Clearmind Medicine Inc. (OTC Pink: CMNDF). Clearmind, whose work focuses on the discovery and development of novel psychedelic-derived therapeutics to...

Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) is pushing ahead with its electric vehicle project codenamed Titan in several key areas. What happened: The Cupertino company received a patent on Tuesday that depicts a new design for its ideal charging station. As seen in the diagrams, the driver...

Companies have pulled out of Russia in record numbers after the country invaded Ukraine. Russia is retaliating against some of the companies by looking the other way or ending patent protection on trademarks. Here’s the latest. There’s A New McDonald’s: A new trademark filing in...

The Russia-Ukraine conflict has caused many U.S. companies to end or suspend operations in Russia. The end result could be the loss of patents and assets in the country, according to a new report. What Happened: Russia has legalized patent theft from countries that are “unfriendly...

This article was originally published on Psychedelic Spotlight and appears here with permission. In this opinion piece, Psychedelic Investor James Hallifax leans heavy on sarcasm to point out why it's problematic that a patent has been granted for an "invention" that is currently...

Nike Inc. (NYSE: NKE) has filed a lawsuit against Lululemon Athletica Inc. (NASDAQ: LULU), accusing the apparel company of patent infringement over its at-home Mirror fitness device and accompanying mobile apps. What Happened: Nike said in its lawsuit that it owns a robust portfolio of patents...

A patent filed by Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office shows how multiple charging systems, including solar cells, can be used to power electric vehicles. What Happened: The patent, first noted on Business Insider,  detailed charging methodologies such...

This article was originally published on Psychedelic Spotlight and appears here with permission. "If a small number of companies secure wide swaths of intellectual property early on, then the beneficial impact of that shift may be blunted," warn researchers.  Psychedelic patents...

GeoVax Labs Inc (NASDAQ: GOVX) has received a U.S. patent covering its vector platform for expressing tumor-associated antigens in virus-like particles (VLPs). The platform comes from a Modified Vaccinia Ankara (MVA) viral vector and encompasses GeoVax's Mucin 1 (MUC1) tumor-...

A series of trademark applications filed by Nike Inc (NYSE: NKE) indicate the multinational sneaker and apparel giant is preparing to enter the metaverse. What Happened: According to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, on Oct. 27 Nike filed applications for “Nike,” the...