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03/29/05
6,871,595 Dissemination of odorants in combination with audiovisual messages to modify behavior 03/29/05
6,873,966 Distributed network voting system  03/29/05
6,872,145 Solo-operable seesaw  03/29/05
A jury in California has found Toshiba and one of its U.S. units liable in a case brought by Lexar Media concerning flash memory and ordered Toshiba to pay US$380 million in damages, Lexar said last week. Toshiba and Toshiba America Electronic Components were found liable of breach of fiduciary duty and theft of trade secrets in the case in the Superior Court for the State of California, County of Santa Clara. Additionally, the jury found Toshiba guilty of actions which may support punitive damages, said Eric Whitaker, executive vice president and general counsel of Lexar. Evidence will be presented to the jury on Thursday to support a claim for further damages. Whitaker said the amount of damages claimed will be made public in court on Thursday and will be based on the net worth of Toshiba. Toshiba declined to comment on the jury's recommendation. Both the jury's recommendation on Wednesday and subsequent awards that might be made are subject to confirmation by the judge in the case. Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:09:03 am into the following categories: In The News03/29/05
A judge has ordered Sony Corp. to pay $90.7 million to a company that develops technology that enhances video game realism but immediately stayed an order that would halt U.S. sales of Sony's popular PlayStation consoles. San Jose-based Immersion Corp. sued Sony in 2002, saying the Japanese company violated two of its patents, using them to create tactile feedback features. A federal jury in Oakland decided in favor of Immersion in September and ordered Sony to pay $82 million in damages. On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken affirmed the decision and tacked on $8.7 million in interest. She also ordered the sales ban but granted Sony an immediate stay pending the company's expected appeal. Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:08:05 am into the following categories: In The News03/29/05
IBM Corp. has reached a settlement agreement with software developer Compuware Corp., which sued IBM in 2002 for an alleged litany of violations including copyright infringement, antitrust law abuses and unfair competitive acts. Under the deal's terms, IBM will spend US$400 million over the next four years on Compuware software and services, the two companies announced Tuesday. Compuware's initial complaint in March 2002 charged IBM with using Compuware source code in IBM's File Manager and Fault Analyzer tools; illegally tying customer purchases of mainframe software tools to purchases of other key IBM software products; steering its services customers to its own products without fair competition; and denying rival vendors necessary technical information on IBM hardware and software. The trial on the case began in February in the District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, near Compuware's Detroit headquarters. Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:07:04 am into the following categories: In The News03/29/05
Wireless equipment maker LM Ericsson said Wednesday it is suing Britain-based mobile phone company Sendo in three countries for alleged patent infringement. Sendo responded by accusing Ericsson of unfair licensing practices and said it has filed a complaint against the Swedish company with European Union competition authorities. Ericsson said Sendo's mobile phone products infringe on certain Ericsson patents covering GSM and GPRS technologies. It said it filed the lawsuits in Britain, the Netherlands and Germany. Ericsson said it is seeking an injunction against the continued sale and marketing of Sendo's mobile phone products and unspecified monetary damages. Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:06:10 am into the following categories: In The News03/29/05
Intermec Technologies Corp., a pioneer in automated data capture technologies, on Wednesday filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware charging Symbol Technologies of Holtsville, New York, with infringement of Intermec intellectual property related to key Intermec wireless access, terminal and software technologies. Symbol products infringe six Intermec patents, according to the lawsuit. "Symbol's unauthorized use of Intermec's patents is a clear violation of patent law and involves a substantial part of Symbol's automated data capture product line," said Intermec President Tom Miller. The patents cover: a coherent, integrated wireless data capture system capable of distributing data over a network; portable, battery-powered data processing devices capable of running a multi-tasking operating system; and handheld portable data capture devices with graphical user interfaces (GUI), the ability to accept handwritten information and the ability to process that information. Intermec is seeking damages and a permanent injunction to prohibit further infringement of Intermec patents. Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:05:19 am into the following categories: In The News03/29/05
A federal jury ruled in favor of Johnson & Johnson on Thursday in its coronary stent patent infringement lawsuit against Boston Scientific Corp. Boston Scientific said it plans to appeal the ruling. The case was a retrial of an 8-year-old lawsuit. In 2000, a jury ordered Boston Scientific to pay a Johnson & Johnson unit $324 million, but a district judge ordered a new trial after review. Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:04:27 am into the following categories: In The News
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