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08/29/06
7,100,190 Automobile web cam and communications system incorporating a network of automobile web cams  08/29/06
7,097,622 Non-invasive, quantitative somatosensory apparatus for the evaluation of erectile dysfunction  08/29/06
7,098,790 Electronic device attached to a pet  08/29/06
Apple Computer Inc. will pay $100 million to settle a dispute with Creative Technology Ltd. over patents covering technology used in digital music players, the companies said Wednesday. Cupertino-based Apple will pay Singapore-based Creative for a paid-up license to use Creative's recently-awarded patent in all Apple products. Creative had sued Apple for patent infringement, alleging iPods infringe Creative's patents. Apple countersued. Apple can recoup a portion of its payment if Creative is successful in licensing this patent to others, the companies said. In addition, Creative has joined Apple's "Made for iPod" program and will be announcing its own iPod accessory products later this year. "Creative is very fortunate to have been granted this early patent," said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO. "This settlement resolves all of our differences with Creative, including the five lawsuits currently pending between the companies, and removes the uncertainty and distraction of prolonged litigation." Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:24:13 am into the following categories: In The News08/29/06
A U.S. federal court has ruled that Samsung Electronics and Matsushita Electric Industrial did not infringe on each other's memory chip patents, Samsung said on Monday. The ruling by the court on Friday was related to one of a series of patent disputes between the two firms as they compete in the market for dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chips, used in personal computers, as well as flat panels. In the lawsuit filed in May 2002, Matsushita sought $300 million in damages from Samsung, accusing the South Korean company of infringing on three DRAM technology patents. "The New Jersey federal court in the United States ruled that both Samsung and Matsushita had not infringed on each other's patents," Samsung, the world's largest memory chip maker, told the Korea Exchange in a filing on Monday. But Matsushita rejected the ruling. "Samsung violated Matsushita's chip patents, and this ruling is unacceptable," said a spokesman from Matsushita, the world's largest consumer electronics maker. "We are studying necessary measures to overturn this verdict, including a possible appeal." Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:22:51 am into the following categories: In The News08/29/06
Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: ENDP - News), a market leader in pain management, announced today that it has reached an agreement with The Purdue Frederick Company, The P.F. Laboratories, Inc., and Euro-Celtique, S.A. to settle long-running litigation claiming that Endo's oxycodone extended-release tablets, 10mg, 20mg, 40mg, and 80mg, a bioequivalent version of Purdue Frederick's OxyContin®, infringe Purdue's U.S. Patent Nos. 5,549,912, 5,508,042 and 5,656,295. Pursuant to the settlement, Endo will continue selling to its customers its oxycodone extended-release products until December 31, 2006. Endo, as well as its manufacturers, distributors, purchasers, and patients, will be released from all liability for infringement of Purdue's patents in connection with Endo's prior and future sales of these products. Though the settlement agreement will be submitted to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice as required by statute, the release will survive unless overturned by a court order. Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:21:46 am into the following categories: In The News08/29/06
A California biotechnology firm has voluntarily withdrawn an enzyme product from the market after losing a patent infringement lawsuit to Novozymes. Genencor International Inc., a Palo Alto, Calif.-based subsidiary of Danisco, has halted sales of Spezyme Ethyl, an alpha amylase enzyme. The decision follows a federal judge's ruling in a Delaware court that Genencor was selling enzymes protected by Novozymes' patent rights to the American ethanol market. Novozymes said in a written statement Friday that damages have yet to be decided in the case but that the company currently claims "several million" dollars for loss of profits. Novozymes, which was spun off from Novo Nordisk in 2000, develops enzymes for use in the manufacture of cellulosic-based ethanol. Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:19:18 am into the following categories: In The News08/22/06
7,096,214 System and method for supporting editorial opinion in the ranking of search results  08/22/06
7,093,724 Bicycle advertising rack  08/22/06
7,093,468 Key ring  08/22/06
Microsoft Corp. could face another lawsuit from a patent portfolio company over technology within its SQL Server database. Timeline Inc., of Seattle, Washington, said Monday it terminated a limited license agreement forged with Microsoft in 1999 after the software giant allegedly breached its terms. Timeline also charged that Microsoft's SQL Server infringes on patents held by Timeline concerning online analytical processing. As a result, Timeline filed a motion in U.S. federal district court in Seattle, asking to add Microsoft as a defendant in a case against ProClarity Corp, a maker of add-on reporting and data visualization products that complement Microsoft's SQL Server. Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:23:39 am into the following categories: In The News08/22/06
TiVo applauded a federal appeals court ruling Friday that temporarily blocked EchoStar Communications Corp., parent of the Dish satellite-TV service, from disabling more than 3 million digital video recorders, the Associated Press reported. The appeals court blocked an injunction that was issued Thursday by a federal district court judge in Texarkana, Texas. The injunction followed a jury decision in April that EchoStar infringed on San Jose-based TiVo's patent for "time-warp" technology -- the ability to record a live television program while playing another, the wire service said. Judge David Folsom also increased the jury's verdict that Colorado-based EchoStar should pay $74 million in damages to $89.6 million -- beyond the $87 million that TiVo's lawyers asked the jury to award. Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:21:45 am into the following categories: In The News08/22/06
DexCom Inc., which is developing a device to monitor blood glucose levels, on Friday said a federal judge stayed a motion made by DexCom in a patent infringement case brought by Abbott Laboratories Inc.'s ABT.N diabetes unit, and said the court has dismissed one claim in Abbott's lawsuit. DexCom said the judge delayed the case until the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office could reexamine Abbott's patents. DexCom said the court noted that granting the stay would "simplify the issues and focus the litigation," in the event that some or all of the four patents are found to be invalid. Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:20:13 am into the following categories: In The News08/22/06
Deep Nines, Inc., a network security solutions provider, filed a lawsuit yesterday against McAfee, Inc., alleging infringement and false marking of its recently issued U.S. patent on a key network security technology. The alleged infringement and false marking concerns U.S. patent number 7,058,976, issued to DeepNines on June 6, 2006, which involves combining a firewall and a signature-based intrusion detection/prevention solution (IDS/IPS) on a single, inline device that takes action in real-time. DeepNines filed and won an interference against McAfee regarding this patent in March 2005, but McAfee has continued to mark and sell products that claim this patent as their own. DeepNines is asking the court for damages and a permanent injunction to prevent McAfee from marketing and selling the infringing products. DeepNines is being represented by the law firm Fish & Richardson P.C. "We intend to protect our intellectual property, just as we respect the intellectual property rights of others," said Dan Jackson, president of DeepNines. "Although DeepNines continuously monitors the products of its competitors, at this point, our focus remains on McAfee for both infringing our patent and falsely marking its products with a patent that is invalid and purports to claim the same invention covered by our patent." Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:18:31 am into the following categories: In The News08/15/06
7,092,957 Computerized national online parcel-level map data portal  08/15/06
7,093,136 Methods, systems, computer program products, and data structures for limiting the dissemination of electronic email  08/15/06
7,090,907 Adhesive coated label having tactile feel  08/15/06
Drug developer ZymoGenetics Inc. said Monday it filed a patent infringement lawsuit against New York-based Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. over fusion protein technology. The lawsuit, filed with the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, seeks both injunctive relief and damages. The company, which licenses the technology to other drug companies, did not provide further details about the lawsuit. Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:56:28 am into the following categories: In The News08/15/06
DataTreasury Corporation, a Texas-based check-processing company, today announced that Merrill Lynch has acquired a license to utilize six of DataTreasury's financial transaction patents on a worldwide basis. These patents relate to technologies involved in the electronic processing of checks and other financial instruments, and they are currently the basis of a series of high-profile patent-infringement lawsuits DataTreasury has filed against a number of banks and financial services companies. This litigation is being handled by attorneys Ed Hohn and Rod Cooper, partners in the Dallas office of Nix, Patterson & Roach, LLP. At no time was Merrill Lynch a defendant in this litigation. The terms of Merrill Lynch's licensing agreement are confidential. Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:55:41 am into the following categories: In The News08/15/06
Palomar Medical Technologies Inc. has filed a patent infringement lawsuit in the United States District Court in Massachusetts against cosmetic laser maker Candela Corp. The Associated Press reported Thursday that Palomar has specifically targeted Candela's technologies used in its GentleYag and GentleLas hair-removal systems, saying the products infringe on patents that Palomar is exclusively licensing from Massachusetts General Hospital. Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:52:58 am into the following categories: In The News08/15/06
Altnet, Inc. today announced that it has commenced patent infringement proceedings against StreamCast Networks, Inc and its chief executive, Michael Weiss. The case was launched today in the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Altnet and the other plaintiffs allege that StreamCast and its CEO, Michael Weiss, intentionally infringe Altnet's "TrueNames" patents as part of its music and movie file distribution business. The patents infringed are 5,978791 - 6,415,280 - 6,928,442. They are well established and recognized patents that are critical to efficient on-line "peer-to-peer" file distribution systems, which Altnet uses to sell licensed contented worldwide. Michael Speck, manager of enforcement programs said, "StreamCast have been given ample opportunity by all to mend their ways. Their determination to continue distributing infringing material has left us with no choice but to prosecute them." Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:51:22 am into the following categories: In The News08/08/06
7,089,495 Video enhanced gravemarker  08/08/06
7,088,949 Automated essay scoring  08/08/06
7,089,218 Method for inclusion of psychological temperament in an electronic emulation of the human brain  08/08/06
Ericsson AB is the world’s biggest producer of mobile phone networks and they have now sued South Korean company Samsung saying that they are infringing upon 11 of their patents related to mobile phone technologies. The company claims in the lawsuit filed in courts that Samsung wrongly used patented technology including methods of reducing cell phone power usage and amplifying and adjusting radio frequency. Ericsson had already filed a lawsuit against Samsung in February this year and they had asked the courts to rule that Samsung infringed its patents. In addition, the company asked the courts to conclude that phones made by a joint venture with Sony Corp do not infringe Samsung patents. Posted by GEN-ERIC at 03:02:54 am into the following categories: In The News08/08/06
A report by UK site The Inquirer has highlighted a complaint filed on July 31, 2006 by Texas-based firm Anascape Ltd against both Nintendo and Microsoft in a Texas district court for infringement on no less than twelve game hardware and controller-related patents. The complaint has called for a jury trial in order for the dispute to be settled. Among those patents included in the company's complaint are patent numbers 5,999,084, labeled "Variable Conductance Sensor"; 6,102,802, labeled “Game controller with analog pressure sensor(s)”; 6,135,886, labeled “Variable Conductance Sensor with Elastomeric Dome Cap”; 6,208,271, labeled “Remote Controller with Analog Button”; 6,222,525, labeled “Image Controller with Sheet Connected Sensors”; and 6,343,991, labeled “Game Control with Analog Pressure Sensor”. In addition, the complaint goes on to allege infringement by the two companies on additional patents, including 6,344,791, labeled “Variable Sensor with Tactile Feedback”; 6,347,997, labeled “Analog Controls Housed with Electronic Displays”; 6,351,205, labeled “Variable Conductance Sensor”; 6,400,303, labeled “Remote Controller with Analog Pressure Sensor”; 6,563,415, labeled “Analog Sensor with Snap Through Tactile Feedback”; and 6,906,700, labeled “3D Controller with Vibration”. Each of the patents were filed by Brad Armstrong of Paradise, California between the years of 1996 and 2001, and were awarded to him at various dates between 1999 and 2005. Posted by GEN-ERIC at 02:59:59 am into the following categories: In The News08/08/06
A Johnson & Johnson unit has filed a lawsuit alleging that Wyeth blockbuster Effexor antidepressant infringes a J&J patent. The lawsuit was filed by J&J's Alza unit on July 26 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas; Wyeth disclosed the suit in a regulatory filing Monday. The suit alleges Wyeth's manufacture and sale of the extended-release version of Effexor _ known as Effexor XR _ willfully infringes a U.S. patent held by Alza. The patent was issued in August 2002, according to the lawsuit, and covers a controlled-release method of administering an antidepressant; it expires in 2019. The lawsuit seeks a court order that Wyeth pay Alza damages, and that the amount be tripled because Wyeth willfully infringed the patent. Posted by GEN-ERIC at 02:57:12 am into the following categories: In The News08/08/06
Semiconductor design firm OPTi Inc. said Friday it settled its 2004 patent infringement lawsuit against graphics chip maker Nvidia Corp. OPTi said it is dismissing the lawsuit and granting Nvidia a non-exclusive license for the technologies disputed in the lawsuit. In exchange, Nvidia will pay $10 million for the license grant, and $1 million for a fully paid-up license to use the Compact ISA-Bus Interface patents. Nvidia will also pay $750,000 in quarterly royalties to use OPTi's Predictive Snooping technology, starting in February 2007 and continuing for up to 12 quarters. Posted by GEN-ERIC at 02:55:54 am into the following categories: In The News08/01/06
7,085,746 Method and system for notifying mail users of mail piece contamination  08/01/06
7,082,706 Systems and methods for creating aerial messages  08/01/06
7,085,936 System and method for using login correlations to detect intrusions  08/01/06
RealNetworks Inc. Friday said it has won a patent-infringement suit that Ethos Technologies Inc. brought against the company in 2002. A jury in a U.S. District Court in Massachusetts found that RealNetworks has not infringed on all 10 of the complaints filed by Ethos, according to Matt Greaves, a spokesman for RealNetworks. The verdict, which was unanimous, also found that seven of the 10 claims Ethos made in the suit were invalid, he said. Ethos filed suit in 2002 against RealNetworks claiming the San Francisco company had infringed its patents with software that RealNetworks offers to help users download its "premium" products such as RealPlayer, Greaves said. Ethos had sought over US$200 million in damages in the suit. Posted by GEN-ERIC at 02:48:27 am into the following categories: In The News08/01/06
Rambus Inc. has accepted a court's lowered damage award in a patent infringement case against Hynix Semiconductor Inc., the company said late Thursday. Los Altos-based Rambus said it elected the judge's reduction of a jury's about $307 million award down to $133.6 million. If Rambus had refused to accept the lower amount, the judge ruled, South Korea-based Hynix would be granted a new trial on the issue of damages. The damages award results from a San Jose federal jury finding in April that Hynix, the world's second-largest memory chipmaker, infringed Rambus patents on dynamic random access memory -- or DRAM -- between June 2000 and the end of 2005. Posted by GEN-ERIC at 02:47:32 am into the following categories: In The News08/01/06
Drug developer Repligen Corp. said Monday that a federal court refused to dismiss its claims in patent infringement lawsuit against the drugmaker ImClone Systems Inc. The company said the U.S. District Court in Massachusetts declined to issue a summary judgment requested by ImClone. In its motion, ImClone had argued that Repligen's claims should be dismissed because a patent in question had been exhausted. Repligen alleges that ImClone's production of the cancer drug Erbitux infringes a patent that is owned by Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is licensed exclusively to Repligen. The patent covers certain genetic elements that increase protein production in a mammalian cell. Posted by GEN-ERIC at 02:45:51 am into the following categories: In The News08/01/06
Polymer Group, Inc. (PGI), one of the world's leading producers of engineered materials, announced that it, through certain of its subsidiaries, has filed a suit against The Kroger Co. (Kroger), Inter-American Products, Inc. (Inter-American) and U.S. Nonwovens Corp. for patent infringement related to private-label imaged wipes sold through Kroger's retail food stores. The suit, filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta Division, alleges that Kroger is willfully infringing PGI's U.S. Patent No. RE 38,505, which relates to hydroentangled nonwoven fabrics having raised patterns. The allegedly infringing product is Kroger's "Everyday Living(R) Refill Dusting Cloths." Posted by GEN-ERIC at 02:44:53 am into the following categories: In The News
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