JD Supra

Design Patents for Computer-Generated Icons and Interfaces: How the USPTO's Major Updated Guidance Creates More Flexibility

For technology companies navigating the increasingly hostile terrain of software utility patent protection and Section 101 ...
The Next Web

DIY brain-computer interfaces have arrived — why that’s cool (and why it isn’t)

A US-based science group intends to use a “crowd sale” to distribute brain-computer interfaces to a community of hackers. Dun-dun-dunnnnn! In our definition “Hackers” are creative problem-solvers, who ...
JD Supra

Increased Flexibility for Graphical User Interface Design Patent Applicants

On March 12, 2026, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) released new guidance[1] (the “Guidance”) that updates ...
ExtremeTech

DARPA devotes $60M to making an implantable, wideband brain-computer interface

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EurekAlert!

A new brain-computer interface with a flexible backing

Engineering researchers have invented an advanced brain-computer interface with a flexible and moldable backing and penetrating microneedles. Adding a flexible backing to this kind of brain-computer ...