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11/29/05
6,970,083 Video tripwire  11/29/05
6,971,031 National identification card system and biometric identity verification method for negotiating transactions  11/29/05
6,970,864 Method and apparatus for converting a geographic location to a direct marketing area for a query  11/29/05
In what's shaping up as a key case in the ongoing debate over patent reform, the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear eBay's appeal of a patent-infringement case it lost in district court two years ago. The high court Monday granted a petition to review the original decision, in which the district court ordered eBay to pay MercExchange, a small Virginia developer of E-commerce applications, $25 million in damages for violating a patent it holds for direct online buying (No. 5,845,265). A federal appeals court granted a stay on the case earlier this year while eBay sought to have it brought before the Supreme Court, which is expected to hear arguments in the spring. In addition to seeking an overturn of the damages awarded to MercExchange, eBay is questioning the appeals court's recommendation that an injunction be issued preventing eBay from continuing to violate the patent with its "Buy It Now" feature. The Supreme Court's decision on the injunction matter could prove integral as Congress weighs options to overhaul the patent system, which has been under fire for being out of step with the times by granting too many patents to so-called "obvious" inventions that either cobble together existing technologies or that really are little more than automated business processes. Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:56:41 am into the following categories: In The News11/29/05
New York-based Pfizer Inc. continued its string of legal victories against India's Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals Inc., a generic drug maker. Pfizer said Tuesday a U.S. appeals court upheld the imposition of a preliminary injunction against sales of a generic quinapril product manufactured by Ranbaxy and marketed by TevaPharmaceuticals USA Inc. The injunction came in March. Ranbaxy and Teva launched their product in December 2004. Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:55:16 am into the following categories: In The News11/29/05
GraphOn has said that it has filed a lawsuit against AutoTrader.com alleging infringement of two of GraphOn's patents. In February 2005, GraphOn obtained the subject patents as part of its acquisition of Network Engineering Software, Inc. (NES). In addition to the subject patents, GraphOn acquired intellectual property, other patents, and patent applications resulting from more than ten years of development effort by NES. The Complaint, filed in United States District Court in the Eastern District of Texas, alleges infringement of U.S. Patent Nos. 6,324,538 and 6,850,940 which protect GraphOn's unique method of maintaining an automated and network accessible database. The suit alleges that AutoTrader.com infringes the GraphOn patents on its popular AutoTrader.com website. The suit seeks preliminary and permanent injunctive relief along with unspecified damages and fees. Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:53:26 am into the following categories: In The News11/22/05
6,966,840 Amusement device that senses odorous gases in a bathroom  11/22/05
6,968,348 Method and system for creating and maintaining an index for tracking files relating to people  11/22/05
6,967,275 Song-matching system and method  11/22/05
Corning Inc. announced that the US District Court for the District of Delaware has ruled that SRU Biosystems of Woburn, Mass., infringed on a patent exclusively licensed to Corning for optical biosensors that enable label-independent detection of chemical, biochemical and biological substances in a sample. The court ruled that the patent is valid, and also found that SRU induced patent infringement through its testing activities with a potential customer. Posted by GEN-ERIC at 01:13:07 am into the following categories: In The News11/22/05
A British software firm filed a patent infringement suit against the Reuters Group PLC news agency over its Instinet Group Inc. electronic brokerage. Ariel Communications says it retains rights over the original code used to build Instinet, Finextra.com reported Friday. A company official says Ariel invested $175,000 in Instinet and signed a deal with the electronic brokerage in 1975 giving it perpetual rights over all future developments of the Instinet software. Posted by GEN-ERIC at 01:12:23 am into the following categories: In The News11/22/05
Station Casinos, Inc. today announced that on November 14, 2005, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the decision by the District Court of the District of Nevada granting the Company's motion for summary judgment on Harrah's claims that the Company had infringed upon Harrah's "National Customer Recognition System and Methods" patents, U.S. Patents Nos. 5,761,647 and 6,183,362 and related claims of U.S. Patent No. 6,003,013 entitled "Customer Worth Differentiation By Selective Activation Of Physical Instrumentalities Within The Casino". The patents allegedly related to Harrah's customer rewards and tracking program. In granting that motion, the District Court ruled that the Harrah's Patents are invalid as a matter of law due to indefiniteness and lack of adequate written description of the claimed subject matter. Posted by GEN-ERIC at 01:11:12 am into the following categories: In The News11/22/05
O2Micro(R) International Limited announced today that the jury in the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Texas returned a verdict favorable to O2Micro in its patent infringement action against Taiwan Sumida Electronics Inc. The jury found that Taiwan Sumida inverter modules incorporating inverter controllers manufactured by Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. ("MPS") infringed claims 1, 2, 9, 12 and 18 of U.S. Patent Number 6,396,722 held by O2Micro and that the infringement was willful. Posted by GEN-ERIC at 01:07:39 am into the following categories: In The News11/15/05
6,965,889 Approach for generating rules  11/15/05
6,965,685 Biometric sensor  11/15/05
6,966,064 System and method for processing audio-only programs in a television receiver  11/15/05
The US Supreme Court may be about to rewrite some of the most fundamental rules of innovation in America, as it considers a handful of cases that could change the course of US intellectual property law and undermine the value of patents owned by domestic and foreign companies. Congress has been struggling for months to write a new law that would reform the country's patent system, which has been criticised for granting too many, often poor-quality, patents, and for encouraging ruinously costly litigation. But legislative attempts at reform appear to have foundered, so attention has turned to the Supreme Court to create a better balance between competition and innovation. The court has three cases before it and a fourth that could arrive soon, which test some of the most fundamental tenets of US patent jurisprudence. Which country's courts should decide patent disputes that cross borders? And even more fundamentally, What can be patented in the first place? How obvious must an invention be to forfeit patent protection? And should challengers in patent infringement suits – even those who are not using the patent to produce anything – be allowed to shut down defendants whose products depend on many patents? Posted by GEN-ERIC at 02:38:13 am into the following categories: In The News11/15/05
The U.S. Department of Justice has asked a judge to ensure that government users can continue to send each other e-mail on their “essential” BlackBerry devices, even though the court has ruled against the maker of BlackBerry devices in a patent infringement case (see "Patent tussle could shut down BlackBerry service in U.S."). The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia may soon reinstate an injunction requiring Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM) to stop selling BlackBerry devices and software in the U.S., but the DOJ, in a statement of interest filed with the court, argued that government workers would lose an important tool if BlackBerry devices are no longer available. “The United States has a considerable interest in this action, to assure that its use of BlackBerry devices and software... is not impeded and that the public interest is not substantially harmed by any injunctive relief,” wrote Paul McNulty, U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, in the Nov. 8 document. BlackBerry devices are widely used by government and congressional workers in Washington. Posted by GEN-ERIC at 02:36:35 am into the following categories: In The News11/15/05
Global biotechnology giant Amgen Inc. Wednesday announced that it is suing some units of Roche Group for the alleged patent infringement of its popular anemia treatment. Amgen has alleged in its case filed in the district court of Boston that products sold by F Hoffmann-LaRoche Ltd, Roche Diagnostics GmbH and Hoffmann-LaRoche Inc infringe six patents protecting Epogen, a product based on the kidney hormone erythropoietin, which increases the amount of red blood cells. Epogen is given to kidney failure patients and those on dialysis. Amgen has sought a permanent injunction against Roche for making, importing, using or selling erythropoietin products protected by the former's patents. Posted by GEN-ERIC at 02:35:44 am into the following categories: In The News11/08/05
6,963,848 Methods and system of obtaining consumer reviews  11/08/05
6,962,519 Areola pad  11/08/05
6,962,336 Credit card debt management board game  11/08/05
A patent war involving leading mobile phone and chip makers intensified on Monday, with Qualcomm announcing it was suing Nokia for infringement of a dozen of its patents. The move by the US mobile chip maker appeared to be a response to last month's complaints to the European Commission by Nokia and five other companies that Qualcomm was being anti-competitive in refusing to license its patents to the industry on "fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory terms." Qualcomm said it filed suit on Friday in a federal court in San Diego alleging infringement of 11 of its patents and one owned by its subsidiary SnapTrack. Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:04:49 am into the following categories: In The News11/08/05
Chief Justice John Roberts has removed himself from a patent infringement case because of a conflict, acknowledging he made a mistake in taking part in the early stages of the appeal. Roberts didn't explain why he recused himself from the case, which justices announced on Monday that they would review. His former law firm filed the appeal on behalf of Burlington-based Laboratory Corporation. The company is accused of infringing on the patent for a test that helps predict strokes, heart attacks and dementia. In February, the Supreme Court had asked the Bush administration to weigh in on whether the case should be argued at the court. The administration recommended that the justices reject the appeal. It was considered a surprise when the court agreed to take the case. Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:04:10 am into the following categories: In The NewsIPCO LLC filed another patent infringement lawsuit this time alleged against Cellnet Technology Inc.
11/08/05
A local Atlanta based wireless communications research development company IPCO LLC "plaintiff" accused a wireless technology provider for utility meter reading products, Cellnet Technology, Inc. "defendant", of patent infringement, IPCO LLC will seek upward of $200 million in total damages, according to sources from IPCO LLC. According to IPCO LLC, Cellnet Technology, Inc., wireless system for automatic meter reading willfully and deliberately infringes IPCO's U.S. Patent No. 6,249,516, which was issued to the plaintiff in 2001. IPCO filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. "IPCO has suffered damages as a result of Cellnet's infringement of the '516 Patent and will continue to suffer damages and irreparable harm in the future unless Cellnet is enjoined from infringing further the '516 Patent," says Joel Goldman, Vice President General Council for IPCO LLC. Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:02:40 am into the following categories: In The News11/08/05
BriteSmile Development, Inc. ("BDI"), a wholly owned subsidiary of BriteSmile, Inc. (NasdaqSC: BSML) filed on October 28, 2005, a patent infringement suit against competitor, Discus Dental, Inc. ("Discus") in federal court in California. The suit alleges that Discus' Zoom! 2 tooth whitening system infringes a patent issued to BDI on October 25, 2005, because it employs a high pH pre- treatment prior to contacting teeth with a hydrogen peroxide composition. BriteSmile and Discus have been involved in patent litigation since 2002 over patents directed to novel tooth whitening technology owned by BriteSmile and BDI. The new suit alleges that, as a result of that litigation, Discus attempted to reformulate its tooth whitening products to avoid infringement -- including launching the Zoom! 2 Chairside Whitening System. The new suit alleges that, despite the reformulation, the Zoom! 2 system infringes the newly issued BDI patent. Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:01:44 am into the following categories: In The News11/01/05
6,961,756 Innovation management network  11/01/05
6,961,722 Automated electronic dictionary  11/01/05
6,961,678 Method and system for using cooperative game theory to resolve statistical and other joint effects  11/01/05
The Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal from Microsoft concerning its liability in a patent-infringement case involving Eolas Technologies and the University of California. A jury in 2003 ordered Microsoft to pay 521 (m) million for infringing patents held by the company and the university on code that enables a variety of software applications to work with Web browsers. An appeals court reversed parts of that decision earlier this year, sending it back to district court. Microsoft, however, appealed to the Supreme Court for a ruling on whether the appeals court was correct in basing the award on worldwide sales rather than domestic sales. The company argued that basing the award on worldwide sales is an expansion of the scope of U-S patents. Posted by GEN-ERIC at 02:05:09 am into the following categories: In The News11/01/05
US Internet measurement specialist Nielsen//NetRatings has settled its lawsuit against Visual Sciences, by entering into a licensing agreement with the company. NetRatings launched the lawsuit earlier this year, alleging infringement of some of its data collection and analysis patents. Under the settlement, NetRatings has licensed certain patents - relating to the collection, analysis and reporting of information about computer usage and activity - to Visual Sciences. William Pulver, President and CEO of NetRatings, says the settlement reinforces his company’s confidence in its strategy to ‘protect the investments we’ve made in the intellectual property that drives the company’s innovative product offering’. Posted by GEN-ERIC at 02:03:45 am into the following categories: In The News11/01/05
Genetic analysis tool-maker Illumina Inc. is lobbing another intellectual property claim at rival Affymetrix Inc., with whom it has been mired in patent-infringement litigation for a year. Illumina said this week that it has asked the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) to investigate the proper ownership of a patent Affymetrix picked up through its acquisition of ParAllele Bioscience Inc., which closed Monday. The patent in question is #6,858,412, "Direct multiplex characterization of genomic DNA," which covers molecular inversion probe technology. The patent application was filed in 2001 and granted by the PTO in February 2005 to Stanford University, which exclusively licensed it to ParAllele. Posted by GEN-ERIC at 02:02:46 am into the following categories: In The News11/01/05
Molecular Diagnostics, Inc. filed suit on Friday, October 21, 2005 against Diamics, Inc. and Diamics LLC. for unfair business practices, misappropriation of MDI trade secrets and proprietary information, and Patent and Copyright infringement. The civil suit was filed in the Federal District Court for the Northern District of California against Diamics, Inc, seeking injunctive relief and damages in excess of $30,000,000. MDI is a biomolecular diagnostics company engaged in the design, development and commercialization of cost-effective screening systems to assist in the early detection of cancer. MDI has designed and developed a fully-automated, objective analysis and diagnostic system for cervical screening. Diamics was formed by Peter Gombrich, MDI's former Chairman of the Board and CEO. MDI alleges that Gombrich and a former employee, misappropriated MDI's proprietary information, trade secrets and patented products. The suit charges Diamics with misappropriation of trade secrets, unfair business practices, conversion, and Patent and Copyright infringement. The suit alleges that Diamics' actions in converting MDI's assets and proprietary Trade Secrets to its own use were accompanied by oppressive and malicious actions to take MDI's proprietary trade secrets and convert them to its own use without any agreements, compensation or consideration, and to do irreparable harm to MDI. Posted by GEN-ERIC at 02:01:27 am into the following categories: In The News11/01/05
Audiovox Corporation today announced that it has favorably settled the patent infringement action which it filed against Epsilon Electronics, Inc., Power Acoustik Electronics and Farenheit Technologies charging them with infringement of U.S. Patent Number 5,775,762 covering all-in-one automotive overhead video systems. "This settlement represents a significant step in our efforts to enforce and protect the technology enveloped in our all-in-one overhead patent and our commitment to strengthening our intellectual property," said Patrick M. Lavelle, President and CEO of Audiovox Corporation. Posted by GEN-ERIC at 01:59:33 am into the following categories: In The News
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