The Future of Human-Computer Interaction: Electromyography Wrist Interfaces for Augmented Reality Applications
Author: Jennifer B. Maisel Published: March 22, 2021 As part of its three-part series on the future of human-computer interaction (HCI), Facebook Reality Labs recently published a blog post describing a wrist-based wearable device that uses electromyography (EMG) to translate electrical motor nerve signals that travel through the wrist to the hand into digital commands that can be…
Virginia is 2nd to Enact Consumer Privacy Law, And It Has a Couple of Twists
Author: Jenny L. Colgate Published: March 3, 2021 Yesterday, Virginia passed the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (VCDPA), making it the second state (behind California, with its California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA) to enact a general consumer privacy law. The VCDPA will take effect on January 1, 2023, which is also the same day the California…
Suspending the Rules: A Year’s Worth of USPTO Petitions
Author: Richard E. Waterman Published: August 17, 2021 In some circumstances, patent applicants may petition the Patent Office to suspend non-statutory rules under 37 CFR § 1.183. As the text of the rule indicates, the Patent Office will only grant such petitions “[i]n an extraordinary situation, when justice requires,” but does not clarify the type of…
In Qualcomm v. Intel, Federal Circuit Defends Procedural Rights Before the PTAB
Author: Dylan Haversack Published: August 9, 2021 Last month, in Qualcomm Inc. v. Intel Corp., the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“the CAFC”) vacated and remanded the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“the Board”) on six inter partes review (“IPR”) decisions that held claims 1-15, 17-25, and 27-33 of Qualcomm’s U.S. Patent No. 9,608,675 (“the…