Intellectual Property News Roundup 26. Bringing you the best from the web.

Is it the end of a gaming era? Not if the majority have their say, it seems. Sony’s latest patent application could put an end to the second hand games market. Find the patent application, plus drawings, here. 

Click here to read more on a new way of viewing photography, whether it comes to light remains to be seen. For those too excited to wait to find out, Fujifilm have already introduced a similar hybrid viewfinder to the market.  

Hoorah! – A solution to shedding that unwelcome Christmas weight. Well, perhaps this is slightly extreme for such means! 

It seems patent trolls are now targeting the consumer directly, rather than entering into battle higher up the food chain. Read on to find out how one in particular is trying to benefit from the supposed “broken patent system” – according to this article in the Huffington Post. 

China trumps the rest of the world with patent applications filed in 2011, according to the WIPO. Click here to read the full details. 

The New Year should be a joyous time for sporting brands with many choosing to get fit as their New Year’s Resolution. However this latest battle may leave a sour taste in the mouth of one fitness giant, with others recently recovering from the same treatment.