Patents Stories for 2019

Court Rules Apple Doesn't Owe Patent Troll $503 Million 29
How Cloudflare Stood up to a Patent Troll -- and Won 58
'Hyperstealth' Invisibility Cloak Developed For Military Use 113
US Supreme Court Snubs University of Wisconsin Appeal in Patent Fight With Apple 15
GNOME Foundation Is Being Sued Because of Shotwell Photo Manager 44
Apple Considers Using Iconic Logo As a Notification Light, Patent App Suggests 42
Apple Patents Watch Band That Could ID You From Your Wrist Skin 23
Microsoft Readies exFAT Patents For Linux and Open Source 119
Why Are There So Many Weird Tech Patents? 35
An AI System Should Be Recognized As the Inventor of Two Ideas In Patents Filed On Its Behalf, Academics Say 93
University of California Sues Five Major Retailers Over Edison-Style LED Bulbs 238
Apple In Advanced Talks To Buy Intel's Smartphone-Modem Chip Business 64
Intel Launches Blockbuster Auction For Its Mobile Portfolio 30
Amazon Patents 'Surveillance As a Service' Tech For Its Delivery Drones 47
Senator Rubio Targets Huawei Over Patents 178
Huawei Asks Verizon To Pay Over $1 Billion For Over 230 Patents 184
Retired Georgia Tech Professor Is Suing Uber, Lyft For Patent Infringement 109
Amazon Patent Reveals Plans To Allow Alexa To Listen, Record Users At All Times 171
US Judge Says Qualcomm Violated Antitrust Law 51
PepsiCo Sues Four Indian Farmers For Using Its Patented Lay's Potatoes 223
Amazon Is Working On Hot Air Balloon Drone That Approaches Homes Silently 94
Bank of America Tech Chief Is Skeptical of Blockchain Even Though The Company Has the Most Patents For It 82
Grandson of Legendary John Deere Inventor Calls Out Company On Right To Repair 67
Apple Dealt Legal Blow as Jury Awards Qualcomm $31 Million 47
Samsung Patents Wireless TV With No Power Cable 55
Folding iPhone Patent Application Shows How the Company Could Prevent Damage In Cold Weather 51
BlackBerry Sues Twitter For Patent Infringement 49
Apple To Close Retail Stores In the Patent Troll-Favored Eastern District of Texas 54
Qualcomm Urges US Regulators To Reverse Course, Ban Some iPhones 36
Return To Sender: High Court To Hear Undeliverable Mail Case 141
US Patent Operations May Shut Down In Second Week of February 81
Software Patents Poised To Make a Comeback Under New Patent Office Rules 77
IBM Tops 2018 Patent List as AI and Quantum Computing Gain Prominence 26
Apple Receives a New Patent For 'Smart Fabric' 52

Somebody ought to cross ball point pens with coat hangers so that the pens will multiply instead of disappear.