Disney Disney's new Cars ride uses patent technology that lets you steer freely across a mountain race course Ruben Bolling

Technology BMW patents logo-shaped screw to block DIY repairs Gail Sherman

art Why is patent art so weird? Grant St. Clair

patents Inventor patents horse blinders for humans with ADHD Allan Rose Hill

patents This US president is the only one to hold a patent Allan Rose Hill

patents Patent troll crushed by Cloudflare Gail Sherman

gadgets Apple Watch pulled from shelves over patent ruling Rob Beschizza

drugs Government to pharma companies: stop registering sham patents to delay generics Rob Beschizza

apple Apple just patented a modular display system with a record player connected to it David Pescovitz

makers Building a "Fractal Chair" from a 1913 patent Gareth Branwyn

patents Patented tube for breathing air from behind toilet bend during a fire Rob Beschizza

gadgets Apple patents "that made people lose their minds" Rob Beschizza

Engineering Coat hanger radio David Pescovitz

patents Pillow with a built-in hand to hold David Pescovitz

patents Eddie Van Halen once filed a patent for a "musical instrument support" with some awesome artwork Thom Dunn

artificial intelligence An AI that invented two things can't receive patent Mark Frauenfelder

Weird Patent for a toy turtle operated by houseflies David Pescovitz

happy mutants Make: a non-patent-infringing enclosure for your 3D printer Cory Doctorow

Copyfight Adversarial Interoperability Cory Doctorow

Business Facebook has filed a laughable patent-application for the well-known practice of "shadow banning" Cory Doctorow