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IP Headlines
New $400 million Aon fund with IP focus raises exciting prospects, says CIO Brian Hinman
Rare Acer patent disposal spurs creation of a new networking NPE, Rock Creek Networks, LLC
Senate Democrats' International Tax Plan Would Keep IP Incentives
Netlist Enters Into Strategic Agreements With SK Hynix
Intel's Fight Over VLSI Chip Patent Faces Wary Federal Circuit
BlackBerry: Revenue Falls Short During Patent Sales
LG Innotek develops AI-based patent analysis system
IP Policy and Cases
Ericsson Tells Federal Circuit That Samsung's FRAND Bid Distorts International Norms
Supreme Court Won't Hear WDTX Transfer Fight Between SynKloud and Adobe in IP Row
Texas Jury Told Roku Infringed ESW Holding's Interactive TV Patents
Restoring Balance: Increased Discretionary Authority of the PTAB Favors Patentees
Why Including An "Algorithm" Is Important For Software Patents - Part 1
Google v. Oracle: Use of Oracle’s API is a Fair Use
License to Copy: Your Software Code Isn’t Safe After Google v. Oracle
Scientific Games Hit With 3rd Card Shuffler Antitrust Suit, This One By Casino Queen Inc.
Consumer Electronics
Tampa public company, Masonite, teams up with Ring on a new residential technology
Foxconn revenues up 44% on iPhone demand, working from home
Future iPhones may predict when a battery will run out, give early warning
AR is ‘critically’ important for Apple’s future, says Tim Cook
Oculus Rift S discontinuation marks the end of an era
Is This the Future of Face Masks?
Will.i.am is launching a high-tech Xupermask in partnership with Honeywell
Developers adopt NFC tags to encourage plastic recycling
Oppo patents LG-like dual-screen phone
Semiconductors
Global chip shortage could last until the middle of 2022, foundries say
Intel CEO to attend White House meeting on chip supply chain
Taiwan's Acer Sees Global Chip Shortage Gradually Easing
Renesas eyes chip output in western Japan after fire at main plant
A new, positive approach could be the key to next-generation, transparent electronics
Automotive and EV
Faurecia selects Schneider as renewable electricity advisor
Subaru to idle Japan plant due to chip shortage
Mercedes-Benz unveils EQS specs: up to 478 miles of range on big 108 kWh battery pack
Churchill Capital Corp IV’s Lucid Motors Add Substance To EV Ambitions
VW will switch to mass-producing electric vehicles with bidirectional charging next year
Tesla introduces new 50% Supercharging discount at night in California to help with capacity
Awesomely Weird EV: Alibaba's $2,000 electric horseless carriage
Green and Solar
ESI Energy Services Inc. Going Private Transaction - Buyout Price Determined
Scientists Studying Solar Try Solving a Dusty Problem
Chinese Firms Position For An Energy Transition Copper Supercycle
UNIST, EPFL claim 25.6% efficiency world record for perovskite solar cell
Cooling PV modules with radiative sky cooling
Life Sciences and Covid
Kuros to receive $2 million milestone payment from Checkmate Pharmaceuticals
AB Science announces the signing of an exclusive licensing agreement with the University of Chicago
Can universal vaccines and treatments against future SARS-CoV-2 variants be developed?
The Threat That Covid-19 Poses Now
Covid Mutants Multiply as Scientists Race to Decode Variations
Why Experts Think You’ll Need a COVID-19 Booster Shot in the Future
Experts worry as Covid-19 variant, B.1.1.7, has spread to all 50 US states
What's the new coronavirus variant in India and how should it change the Covid response?
Double mutant India variant of coronavirus in California
CAL20.C SARS-CoV-2 variant skyrocketing in California evades host immune response
Michigan Becomes Newest COVID-19 Epicenter
246 ‘Fully Vaccinated’ Michigan Residents Get Covid-19, Three Die: Report
Miscellaneous
Digital taxes of $1B could provoke trade war between US and UK
Facebook refuses to provide documents requested by Apple in ongoing Epic case
Video Of Chinese Factory Robots Is Like A Creepy Robot Uprising Movie