Ford patents voice command vehicle doors
he US Patent No. 9,890,576, granted on February 13th 2018, is titled: “Active door operation based on voice commands”. The summary discloses that an audio sensor is mounted on the exterior of the vehicle and is configured for listening to voice commands. The vehicle...
GEO UIBM – An online platform to fight fakes
GEO UIBM is a project launched by the Directorate General for Counterfeit Protection at UIBM – the Italian Patents and Trademarks Office (Direzione generale per la Lotta alla contraffazione – Ufficio italiano brevetti e marchi) – that has been made...
European Patent in Tunisia
Starting 1 December 2017, thanks to an agreement between the European Patents Office (EPO) and the Tunisian National Institute for Standardisation and Industrial Property (INNORPI), European patents can be validated in Tunisia and given the same standing as Tunisian...
USA – Want to protect your patent? Just sell it to Native Americans!
The well-known pharmaceutical company Allergan has signed an agreement with a Native American tribe regarding a group of patents protecting their ophthalmic drug “Restasis®”. Allergan has transferred the set of patents to the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe which, in turn,...