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AI in patent law: Enabler or hindrance?

November 11, 2019
Filing a patent is the clerical equivalent of pulling teeth — at least in the U.S. It first requires inventors to determine the type of intellectual property (IP) protection they require (i.e., utility, design, or plant). Then they’re on the hook to conduct a United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) database search for similar inventions. If and only if the novelty of their idea…
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New iPhone 12 renders imagine slab sides, smaller notch, four ‘cameras’

November 11, 2019
We’ve already seen one set of iPhone 12 renders, though we noted at the time that the notch-free design shown isn’t feasible for next year’s models. Today, though, new iPhone 12 concept images give us a more realistic idea of how next year’s flagship iPhone design might look, based on reports from noted Apple supply-chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo…
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Realme takes chunk of India mobile market as Samsung slides

November 11, 2019
Realme keeps on increasing its share of the Indian smartphone market, growing shipments more than 400 percent year-on-year to grab 14.3 percent in the third quarter of 2019, according to figures from IDC. That’s a huge increase on the 3.1 percent recorded a year ago when…
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Samsung patents SAMOLED brand for screens ahead of Galaxy S11 launch

November 11, 2019
Samsung is already working on the Galaxy S11 lineup, and the latest reports give us more info about the front and the back of the smartphones. According to the Korean Intellectual Property Office, the manufacturer has trademarked the SAMOLED moniker in the Smartphone Displays category, meaning the panel of the S flagship will once again change its name. In a separate leak, a well-trusted leakster…
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Microsoft AI helps diagnose cervical cancer faster

November 11, 2019
In some cases, AI-assisted cancer detection might be more than a convenience — it could be the key to getting a diagnosis in the first place. Microsoft and SRL Diagnostics have developed an AI tool that helps detect cervical cancer, freeing doctors in India and other…
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Weekly poll: Xiaomi Mi Note 10 - is this the new camera king?

November 10, 2019
The Xiaomi Mi Note 10 is the first smartphone in the world to bring a 108MP camera – that’s 13 times the resolution of a 4K TV! It’s also the first phone to offer five different focal lengths, something the Nokia 9 PureView (the first penta camera phone) could not manage. And yet this is a mid-range phone – the Snapdragon 730G is a solid performer, but certainly not at a flagship level.
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