Ozer's News - April 15th
Headlines
Apple Gets New Damages Trial After $506M Patent Verdict For PanOptis
Intel Owes VLSI Another $3B For Chip IP, Economist Ryan Sullivan Tells Jury
Mosaid Technologies Returns to its Roots - Conversant is once again Mosaid
BitPay joins COPA to share open source projects & use shared patent library
Colgate patents cannabinoid CBD oral care toothpaste
IP News, Policy & Practice
Who are SEP leaders and standards developers for smart factory technologies?
Microsoft Head of IP: Changes at the PTAB are undermining the intent of the AIA
Data on Patents That Are Non-Transitory Innovation?
How mapping IP and other intangibles can drive business value
How India can chart a course to IP leadership
Province Brands of Canada Announces CAD$25 Million Capital Commitment from GEM Global Yield LLC
97% Of 18-34 Year-Olds Agree To ‘Terms Of Service’ Agreements Without Reading Them
IP Cases
Gilstrap Won't Let Amazon Dodge $5M Mic Patent Jury Verdict for Vocalife
Roku Gets Mixed PTAB Ruling In Remote Control Patents Row with Universal Electronics
Dish Targets Peloton, Icon, Lululemon In Streaming IP Suits
Finjan Beats Investor Suit Over $44M Fortress Deal, For Now
ToolGen Files Protective Orders in CRISPR Interferences
Judge Warns Lawyers Not To Be Slobs In Video Hearings
Consumer Electronics
Cool Swedish Audio Brand Unveils The World’s First Self-Charging Wireless Headphones
Sony Electronics Unveils Two New Native 4K Home Cinema Projectors
South Korean Conglomerate SK Group Ups Investment In Fast-Growing Vietnamese Market
Ericsson Partners New Zealand-Based Firm to Deploy 5G
Asus eyes 20% of India’s consumer laptop market
Vulkan 1.2.175 specification brings provisional 'Vulkan Video' extensions
Semiconductors
Gartner Says Worldwide Semiconductor Revenue Grew 10.4% In 2020
TSMC expects flat 2Q21, raises capex outlook
TSMC Lifts Targets After Warning Chip Crunch May Spill Into 2022
Apple supplier, TSMC, says chip shortage could last until 2022
Samsung Under Pressure Following Chip Shortage Talks In White House
Will Samsung Electronics Produce Automotive Chips Like Intel?
Nvidia warns the great GPU shortage will continue throughout 2021
ASML CEO says that attempting to restrict chip shipments to China will fail
UV LEDs Get Smaller And Brighter
Automotive and EV
Here Comes The Sun: Humble Motors
Faurecia Partners With Schneider to Purchase Offsite Renewable Electricity
Faurecia: A Good Play On The Automotive Industry
Agnelli, Peugeot families agree to consult on Stellantis
Toyota Motor Europe market share climbs to a record high of 6.6% in first quarter
Audi targets EV mass market with Q4 e-tron
Mazda's MX-30 EV coming to California
Vitesco eyes spinoff completion, shifts toward EVs
EV Maker Polestar raises $550m to help fund product expansion
Battery recycling startup plans new U.S. plant to feed EV boom
Green and Solar
Hunt Perovskite Technologies Awarded Funding from Department of Energy
Venture fund ETV launches to back energy transition tech start-ups
Sol Systems Flips the Switch at Seven Solar Projects for Walmart
Ikea owner buys stake in Russian solar portfolio
Viper Networks Signs $150 Million JV Agreement with BIET Group to Launch Renewable Energy Power
Majority of Minnesota’s electricity was zero-emission in 2020
Fraunhofer ISE Sets New World Record of 26 Percent Efficiency for Both-Sides-Contacted Solar Cell
Low outdoor degradation for 20.76%-efficient solar cells made of UMG silicon
EPRI Announces Board of Directors Changes
FinTech
Fintech apps outperform banks as pandemic shakes consumer finances
Bank of America profit doubles in 1Q to $8.1 billion
WEX To Acquire benefitexpress For $275 Million
ARK snaps up $246 million worth of Coinbase in market debut
Who Are Coinbase's Competitors?
Fintech leader, One Finance CEO says overhaul of digital finance in banking 'coming fast'
Life Sciences and Covid
AbbVie Stock Takes Hit From FDA’s Extra-Cautious Approach to Drug Approval
TetraScience raises $80M in Series B to help life sciences companies analyze data
Tiny wireless implant detects oxygen deep within the body
Antibiotic pipeline offers little hope to counter 'silent pandemic' of superbugs, WHO warns
Merck to Discontinue Development of MK-7110 for Covid-19
Mutations, Variants and Strains: A Coronavirus Guide
J&J COVID vaccine use paused due to a possible one-in-a-million complication
Why would a COVID vaccine cause rare blood clots? Researchers have found clues
CDC reports 5,800 Covid infections in fully vaccinated people
Miscellaneous