Tesla is putting an effort to make battery packs safer; recently we noticed that Tesla has set powerpack to test its safety feature with impressive results. In this latest effort Tesla filed a new application for a patent for an apparatus and method for charging batteries safely. We noticed an awesome instance earlier this [...]
A recent patent from general motors’ adds one more tool by linking the aero tweaks to the suspension’s ride height. The official documents use a Corvette as a demonstration, which might point towards a future a future application of this tech. according to GM, the active aero element could be “may be one of [...]
A new policy brief from the Centre for International Governance Innovation, in Waterloo, Canada argues that Canada should pursue a weaker national patent regime. Acknowledging that Canada already has agreed to certain levels of protection through international treaties and trade agreements, Blit warns that future agreements that strengthen intellectual property protections would not benefit Canada. [...]
At the world’s biggest computer fair, the CEBIT in Hannover , Germany today , an official of the European Patent Office promoted patents for CII(computer implemented inventions), also called software patents by critics. CII continues to grow considerably, according to EPO. While mathematical methods, programs for computers, and presentations of information are excluded by [...]
Should attorney-client privilege extend to communications between clients and patent agents? In March earlier this year, a split decision by the Federal Circuit answered this question in the affirmative. This is a unique extension of the attorney-client privilege due to the nature of the patent agent profession. Patent agents are not required to go [...]
Two Swedish women have designed an airbag helmet as a university project. It is meant for cyclists. Terese Alstin and Anna Haupt had their World patent application System and method for protecting a bodypart publishedas long ago as May 2007. About Invention- The Hövding® (“Chieftain” in Swedish) is a collar containing an airbag, helium as [...]
