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Can This Patent Stop SIM Swaps?

By Eric Priezkalns 13 Sep 2018 Risk, Fraud & Security

Payfone says they have the ‘definitive’ means of preventing SIM swaps, but prospective customers will need to ask questions about what the tech really does.


How Sandvine Defeated Patent Trolls

By Eric Priezkalns 31 Jan 2018 Privacy & Intellectual Property

If a business tried to extort money by claiming you infringed their patent, would you be willing to fight them to a courtroom conclusion? Sandvine did, and won.


Telstra Tech Secrets Made Public by Legal Fight Despite Risk of Cyber ‘Miscreants’

By IPKat 6 Apr 2017 Privacy & Intellectual Property

The Aussie telco’s sloppy handling of patent information led the court to dismiss the application to keep it from the public.


Will 5G Be a Battle for National Champions?

By IPKat 20 Jul 2016 Privacy & Intellectual Property

The greater the technological difference between 4G and 5G, the greater the potential to create new national champions in countries like China.


FICO Patents ‘Revenue Assurance Analytics’

By Eric Priezkalns 30 Apr 2012 Privacy & Intellectual Property

Every month sees new battles waged over who owns the intellectual property rights to new technologies. Now it seems like the the battleground might extend…


WeDo Patents Data Gathering Technology

By Eric Priezkalns 25 Feb 2012 Privacy & Intellectual Property

WeDo, the Portuguese business assurance vendor, has secured a UK and European patent for a new data collecting technology; see their press release here. The…


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Watch Eric Priezkalns give his summary of the largest ever survey of revenue assurance, fraud management and cybersecurity (RAFMCS) pros working for communications providers worldwide.

 

Recent Comments

  • Eric Priezkalns Eric Priezkalns 20 Jun 2022
    New Data Shows Big Flaw in STIR/SHAKEN Is Now Even Worse
    You don't need to apologize, Dennis. The only person who was pedantic about the word 'authentication' was me. But I have reason to be pedantic as there is confusion between how the word is used by a...
  • Dennis Dupont Dennis Dupont 20 Jun 2022
    New Data Shows Big Flaw in STIR/SHAKEN Is Now Even Worse
    Sorry if I was being pedantic about that one word. I have been in the business of reading and implementing specs, so I may get hung up on them. Either way I think we have converged onto the root of...

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