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The Data Packet Insurance Patent of the Day goes to Portogo, Inc. of Minneapolis for Systems and methods for insuring data over the internet
07/26/05

6,922,720 Systems and methods for insuring data over the internet
  Issued: July 26, 2005
  Filed: March 7, 2002
  U.S. Class: 709/217
Abstract:  Systems and methods are provided which afford a technical application for insuring, bonding, and underwriting a transmission of a data set, streaming data, and/or document over the Internet through TCP/IP and all other electronic media such as WAP (wireless application protocol), VOIP (voice-over IP), fiber optic channels, microwave channels, and through standard electrical switches, electrical outlets and power lines. The present invention includes a computer readable medium having computer executable instruction to cause a system perform a method for insuring, bonding, and/or underwriting data transmission. The method includes enabling a first remote client coupled to a communications network to insure, bond, and/or underwrite a transmission of an electronic data set, streaming data, and/or document, with a selected coverage type for a selected coverage amount, from the first remote client to one or more second remote clients. The method further includes charging a fee to an appropriate account for the selected coverage type and amount.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 11:51:34 am into the following categories: Patents of the Day

The Threat-Free Ride Patent of the Day goes to Raytheon Company of Waltham for a Vehicle-borne system and method for countering an incoming threat
07/26/05

6,920,827 Vehicle-borne system and method for countering an incoming threat
  Issued: July 26, 2005
  Filed: October 31, 2003
  U.S. Class: 102/497
Abstract:  A vehicle-borne system for countering an incoming threat, the system including a sensing device configured to sense an incoming threat, and an active protection system including a maneuverable interceptor incorporating a plurality of kinetic energy rods and an aimable explosive charge configured to deploy the kinetic energy rods in a predetermined direction; the active protection system further including a detection subsystem configured to maneuver the interceptor to intercept the incoming threat, the detection subsystem further configured to determine if the interceptor will miss the threat, and then initiate the explosive charge to aim the kinetic energy rods into a disbursed cloud in the trajectory path of the incoming threat and between the incoming threat and the vehicle.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 11:50:50 am into the following categories: Patents of the Day

The Place Your Bets Patent of the Day goes to an Independent Inventor from Great Britain for a Betting on a plurality of roulette wheels
07/26/05

6,921,072 Betting on a plurality of roulette wheels
  Issued: July 26, 2005
  Filed: September 30, 2003
  U.S. Class: 273/142E
Abstract:  A method and apparatus for allowing a player to place a bet on a plurality of roulette wheels that are spun substantially simultaneously. A betting area is associated with the plurality of roulette wheels and the player can select a subset of the roulette wheels upon which he wishes to place a bet. At least the selected subset of wheels are spun substantially simultaneously and the player is rewarded depending on the outcome of the bet placed.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 11:50:00 am into the following categories: Patents of the Day

The Pregnant Pillow Patent of the Day goes to an Independent Inventor from New Jersey for a Postcoital positioning pillow
07/26/05

6,918,145 Postcoital positioning pillow
  Issued: July 19, 2005
  Filed: February 11, 2004
  U.S. Class: 5/632
Abstract:  A pillow adapted to allow a female user to comfortably assume a postcoital position that will enhance the likelihood of becoming pregnant. The pillow includes a lower concave portion placed beneath the buttocks of the user to maintain the hips in an elevated position and an upper convex portion having a height of at least 16 inches to support the legs of the user in a generally vertical upright position.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 11:49:19 am into the following categories: Patents of the Day

Reissue Applications Filed - 7/26/2005
07/26/05
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Requests for Ex Parte Reexamination - 7/26/2005
07/26/05
Posted by GEN-ERIC at 10:12:30 am into the following categories: OG Notice Links

454 Life Sciences Receives $11.5 Million in Milestones from Roche
07/26/05

454 Life Sciences, a majority-owned subsidiary of CuraGen Corporation , today announced the achievement of all initial milestones under their exclusive world-wide agreement with Roche, bringing the total milestone payments received by 454 Life Sciences from Roche to $11.5 million. "We are very pleased to have accomplished these initial milestones as these activities have laid the foundation for the commercial launch of 454 Life Sciences' Genome Sequencing Systems and reagents by Roche," stated Christopher K. McLeod, President and Chief Executive Officer of 454 Life Sciences. "In addition to enabling the commercial launch with Roche, these milestones triggered payments which we believe will advance us toward our goal of financial self-sufficiency."

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 02:31:06 am into the following categories: In The News

Major Infringement Alleged In Dispute Over Wireless Mesh Network Gateway System
07/26/05

An Atlanta-based wireless communications research development company, IPCO LLC, accused a provider of electricity metering products, Elster Electricity LLC, of patent infringement. IPCO LLC will seek upwards of $100 million in damages, according to sources from IPCO LLC. According to IPCO LLC, Elster Electricity Energy Axis System 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 Elster's infringement of the '516 Patent and will continue to suffer damages and irreparable harm in the future unless Elster is enjoined from infringing further the '516 Patent," said Joel Goldman, vice president general counsel for IPCO LLC.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 02:28:04 am into the following categories: In The News

San Jose company patent suit survives legal challenge
07/26/05

Power Integrations sued System General Corp., of Taipei, Taiwan, in 2004 for using Power Integrations-patented technology in one of its integrated circuits and in an LCD monitor that uses the circuits. The International Trade Commission in June announced Jun 8 it would investigate Power Integrations' claims against System General. If the ITC sees patent violations in the System General products, it could bar them from the U.S. market. Meanwhile, System General challenged the lawsuit alleging that California courts have no jurisdiction. But Power Integrations said Thursday that the court sided with them, which means that if the ITC doesn't take action, power Integrations' suit in state court can proceed.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 02:26:55 am into the following categories: In The News

The Hyper WallPaper Patent of the Day goes to Extended Digital, LLC of Irvine for a Custom computer wallpaper and marketing system and method
07/19/05

6,920,606 Custom computer wallpaper and marketing system and method
  Issued: July 19, 2005
  Filed: February 22, 2000
  U.S. Class: 715/501.1
Abstract:  An interactive system and method is disclosed for providing wallpaper or screen saver images for display on the background of a personal computer visual display. Wallpaper (or screen saver) images may be conveniently located by a consumer and downloaded from a wallpaper web site for use on the desktop of the consumer's personal computer. A clickable icon is incorporated into the wallpaper image or overlaid on the wallpaper image. When the icon is clicked on using a mouse, or otherwise activated by the consumer, the consumer's personal computer is automatically connected to a predetermined location on the Internet. Furthermore, sponsors may market their goods or services to consumers by paying a fee to have their clickable icons or advertisements incorporated into or overlaid on the wallpaper images. By clicking on the clickable icons or advertisements, the consumer is automatically connected to the sponsor's web site. In addition, a number of web sites may be affiliated with the wallpaper site, and consumers who subscribe to the wallpaper site may be able to conveniently purchase products or services from these affiliated sites by merely clicking on one or more pop-up buttons, or the like, after necessary consumer information has been given to the wallpaper web site.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 10:53:27 am into the following categories: Patents of the Day

The Proxy Parent Patent of the Day goes to BrightWave Enterprises, LLC of New York for an Infant nurturing medical device
07/19/05

6,918,770 Infant nurturing medical device
  Issued: July 19, 2005
  Filed: August 18, 2003
  U.S. Class: 434/262
Abstract:  An Infant Nurturing Device for performing parent-infant attachment comprising a pouch area, a proportional external pouch covering, means for producing simulated parental body temperature, means for producing simulated parental heartbeat, means for producing simulated parental voice, means for producing simulated parental breathing and a controller. The Infant Nurturing Device of the present invention is capable of performing adequate "Kangaroo Care" parent-infant attachment in the absence of biological parents.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 10:52:36 am into the following categories: Patents of the Day

The Animal Growth Patent of the Day goes to Global BioSciences, Inc. of Massachusetts for a Method and apparatus for butane-enhanced aquatic plant and animal growth
07/19/05

6,918,354 Method and apparatus for butane-enhanced aquatic plant and animal growth
  Issued: July 19, 2005
  Filed: December 19, 2002
  U.S. Class: 119/231
Abstract:  A method of enhancing aquatic organism growth is provided. The method comprises the step of introducing an alkane into water containing the organism. The alkane can be introduced intermittently, either alone or with another gas such as oxygen. Nutrients can be introduced with the alkane or separately. The alkane can comprise a butane substrate and can include at least one of n-butane and iso-butane. The organism can be selected from the group of: fish, crustaceans, mollusks, algae and aquatic plants. Organisms grown by the method and systems for practicing the method are also included.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 10:51:53 am into the following categories: Patents of the Day

Revised Procedure for Field of Search
07/19/05
Posted by GEN-ERIC at 10:26:11 am into the following categories: OG Notice Links

New Interference Search Procedure
07/19/05
Posted by GEN-ERIC at 10:25:21 am into the following categories: OG Notice Links

Western Digital to pay $24 mln to settle patent suit
07/19/05

Computer disk-drive maker Western Digital Corp. said on Wednesday that it will make a one-time payment of $24 million to settle a patent infringement lawsuit by Papst Licensing GmbH & Co. KG. The agreement, which was reached July 4, will result in a net charge to operations of $19 million, which will be reflected in the quarter ended July 1, Western Digital said in a U.S. regulatory filing. Papst Licensing, a German firm, has agreed to drop its lawsuit, release all past, present and future infringement claims of those Papst patents and grant a fully-paid license to certain patents, Western Digital said in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:07:32 am into the following categories: In The News

Microsoft, Alacritech Settle Longhorn Patent Suit
07/19/05

Microsoft has settled its legal spat with data networking firm Alacritech, which led to a court injunction stopping the "making, using, offering for sale, selling, importing or inducing others to use Microsoft's [forthcoming Windows API] Chimney or Longhorn software." The suit centered on two alleged patent infringements in which Microsoft was accused of using Alacritech's session-layer interface control (SLIC) technology to speed up data transfer. The settlement includes payment of undisclosed amounts to Alacritech and an agreement to develop the technology with Microsoft and Broadcom. "Alacritech's SLIC technology architecture is a key component of next-generation scalable networking," said Larry Boucher, president of Alacritech. "Today's agreement will help facilitate the widespread adoption of technology that is a key enabler of efficient data delivery."

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:06:32 am into the following categories: In The News

AmberWave files patent suit against Intel
07/19/05

Amberwave Systems Corp., a privately held developer of chip technology, has filed a patent-infringement suit against Intel Corp. Salem-based Amberwave claimed Monday that Intel is using its proprietary techniques as part of the ``strained silicon'' technology used in Pentium microprocessors. On May 25, Intel sought a determination that it doesn't infringe the patent. Amberwave Monday filed a counterclaim against Intel's action and said the litigation arose after Intel refused to negotiate a ``commercially reasonable" license agreement.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:04:50 am into the following categories: In The News

Shire Says Patent Suit to Go to Trial
07/19/05

British drug maker Shire Pharmaceuticals Group on Monday said that a patent infringement lawsuit it filed against Nostrum Pharmaceuticals, a New Jersey-based drug company, will go to trial after a U.S. federal court judge denied Nostrum's motion for summary judgment seeking to dismiss the case. Shire said it sued Nostrum in 2003 after Nostrum filed a new drug application seeking regulatory approval for a generic version of Carbatrol, Shire's leading epilepsy treatment. In the lawsuit, Shire said it charged that Nostrum infringed upon one of its patents that claims the formulas which include Carbatrol.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:03:52 am into the following categories: In The News

The Thought Matrix Patent of the Day goes to Thebrain Technologies, Corp. of Marina Del Rey for a Method and apparatus for displaying a network of thoughts from a thought's perspective
07/12/05

6,918,096 Method and apparatus for displaying a network of thoughts from a thought's perspective
  Issued: July 12, 2005
  Filed: March 30, 2001
  U.S. Class: 715/854
Abstract:  The invention employs a graphical user interface to facilitate user interaction with highly flexible, associative "matrices" that enable users to conveniently organize digitally-stored "thoughts" (inter-related information) and their network of inter-relationships. Each of the thoughts may be affiliated with one or more application programs, such as a word processing or spreadsheet utility, or an Internet browser. Users are able to conveniently select a current thought along with any applications or content associated with that thought by interacting with the graphical representation. That representation is automatically reoriented about the selected thought, and is revised to reflect only those thoughts having predetermined relations to that current thought. Users can easily modify the matrix by interactively redefining relations between thoughts. In addition, the system provides functionality that lets the user filter the matrix based on certain filter criteria. The system then regenerates the matrix and displays the filtered version of that original matrix.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 11:14:22 am into the following categories: Patents of the Day

The You Rang Patent of the Day goes to Two Independent Inventors from New York City for an Apparatus for disabling a telephone ringer
07/12/05

6,917,680 Apparatus for disabling a telephone ringer
  Issued: July 12, 2005
  Filed: February 11, 1999
  U.S. Class: 379/373.01
Abstract:  An apparatus for disabling a telephone ringer includes a light sensing device operable to produce a signal indicative of a level of ambient light; and a controller operable to receive the signal and disable the telephone ringer when the signal indicates that the ambient light has reached a predetermined level.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 11:13:09 am into the following categories: Patents of the Day

The Fish Art Patent of the Day goes to Suzhou Good View Aquaria Technology Co., Ltd. of China for a Wall-mountable aquarium
07/12/05

6,915,762 Wall-mountable aquarium
  Issued: July 12, 2005
  Filed: September 8, 2003
  U.S. Class: 119/257
Abstract:  A wall-mountable aquarium has a slim tank for containing water to keep living aquatic animals or plants. The tank includes a transparent front wall, a rear wall, opposite left and right side walls and a bottom wall, with the side and bottom walls being considerably narrower than the front and rear walls. A fixed enclosure is provided externally on at least one of the left and right side walls and bottom wall for containing part of accessory for the aquarium. A frame is attached on the front wall, which conceals the enclosure from direct sight from the front and includes a see-through portion therein to reveal only the living habitat inside the tank through the front wall.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 11:12:09 am into the following categories: Patents of the Day

New Pre-Appeal Brief Conference Pilot Program
07/12/05
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Changes to Implement the Search Fee Refund Provisions of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005
07/12/05
Posted by GEN-ERIC at 11:05:18 am into the following categories: OG Notice Links

QUALCOMM Sues Broadcom for Patent Infringement
07/12/05

QUALCOMM Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM - News), pioneer and innovator of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) and other cutting-edge wireless technologies, today filed suit against Broadcom Corporation in federal court in San Diego for infringement of seven QUALCOMM patents. QUALCOMM's lawsuit asserts infringement of patents that are "essential" to the manufacture or use of equipment that complies with the GSM, GPRS and EDGE cellular standards (the "GSM Standards") and to certain interoperability standards for wireless local area networks popularly known as Wi-Fi. Patents that are "essential" to a standard are those that must necessarily be infringed to comply with the requirements of the standard. QUALCOMM's complaint states that Broadcom is infringing six of the patents by the manufacture and sale of integrated circuits for use in GSM Standards handsets and is infringing the remaining patent by the manufacture and sale of semiconductors for Wi-Fi devices. QUALCOMM seeks an injunction against Broadcom's continued manufacture and sale of these products as well as monetary damages.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:09:32 am into the following categories: In The News

SanDisk’s Patent Infringement Suit Reinstated
07/12/05

Sunnyvale, Calif.-based SanDisk Corp. reported today that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) reversed a summary judgment ruling of non-infringement by a California District Court regarding SanDisk's U.S. Patent No. 5,602,987 ("'987 Patent") on July 8. As a result of the decision, SanDisk said it would renew the prosecution of its infringement claims against Ritek, Pretec and Memorex flash memory cards. SanDisk said the CAFC ruling supports its interpretation of the key inventive features claimed in the '987 patent, and thereby eliminates the primary non-infringement argument of Ritek, Pretec and Memorex.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:07:10 am into the following categories: In The News

DataTreasury Corporation Files Lawsuits Against Bank of America, Citigroup, Wachovia and Wells Fargo
07/12/05

DataTreasury Corporation, a Long Island-based payment processor, announced today that it has filed patent-infringement lawsuits in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas against four major banks. These lawsuits allege that Bank of America, Citigroup, Wachovia and Wells Fargo infringe U.S. Patent Nos. 5,910,988 and 6,032,137, which were issued to DataTreasury in 1999 and 2000 for image capture, centralized processing and electronic storage of document and check information. These patents describe a technology process capable of implementing the federally enacted Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act, popularly known as "Check 21." Annually, Bank of America processes approximately 9.4 billion checks, Citigroup approximately 2.4 billion, Wachovia approximately 4.5 billion and Wells Fargo approximately 3.7 billion. The filing of these four patent-infringement lawsuits follows the recent entry of two Consent Judgments signed by federal judges in Texas, judgments that ended patent-infringement lawsuits that had been pending against one of the world's largest and most respected financial institutions. (Copies of the original Consent Judgments are attached to this news release and may also be viewed at www.datatreasury.com/consentdocuments.) These Consent Judgments explicitly state that DataTreasury's patents are valid and enforceable, and the financial institution in question is now a licensee of DataTreasury's patents.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:05:43 am into the following categories: In The News

The Private Label Patent of the Day goes to General Electric Capital Corporation of Stamford for a Method for dual credit card system
07/05/05

6,915,277 Method for dual credit card system
  Issued: July 5, 2005
  Filed: June 14, 2000
  U.S. Class: 705/39
Abstract:  A dual credit card system is in two parts: a) the creation of a dual credit card; and b) the usage of a dual credit card. The creation begins with the receipt of an application by merchant for a dual credit card. The issuing organization issues the dual credit card to the applicant. The user may make a purchase with the dual credit card at either a private label merchant location or at a location accepting the bankcard. These locations may traditional physical locations, a web site on the Internet or a catalog. When a purchase is made at a merchant location, the processing of the merchant location dual credit card purchase is done via a private-label processing channel. If the user uses the dual credit card at a non-merchant location, the purchase may be processed through the VISA/MasterCard network.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 10:34:03 am into the following categories: Patents of the Day

The Tonehole Patent of the Day goes to Mountain Ocarinas Inc. of Connecticut for Flutes with multiple chambers that share compound bisected toneholes
07/05/05

6,914,179 Flutes with multiple chambers that share compound bisected toneholes
  Issued: July 5, 2005
  Filed: April 25, 2003
  U.S. Class: 84/384
Abstract:  One exemplary embodiment of a flute comprises first and second chambers in which sound is resonated and a tonehole disposed at and shared by the first and second chambers. The tonehole is coverable by a single finger of an operator's hand and is configured to facilitate airflow communication from the first chamber through the tonehole and airflow communication from the second chamber through the tonehole. An exemplary embodiment of an ocarina comprises an instrument body having a first chamber having a first airway through which air is received and a second chamber having a second airway through which air is received, a top cover disposed on the instrument body, an upper tonehole disposed through the top cover to facilitate airflow through the first chamber and airflow through the second chamber, and a bottom cover disposed on the instrument body. Another embodiment of a flute comprises first and second chambers in which sound is resonated, a blowing aperture through which air is provided into the first and second chambers, and a tonehole disposed at and shared by the first and second chambers.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 10:33:28 am into the following categories: Patents of the Day

The Test Kit Patent of the Day goes to Pearl Technology Holdings, LLC of California for a Sexual fidelity and sex crime verification
07/05/05

6,913,929 Sexual fidelity and sex crime verification
  Issued: July 5, 2005
  Filed: April 18, 2000
  U.S. Class: 436/63
Abstract:  A series of unique biochemical tests are combined to enable unskilled law enforcement and private investigation personnel to rapidly perform sex crime investigations on skin swipes and body fluid residues deposited on specific articles of clothing. The invention also allows spouses to privately identify and monitor infidelity activities of their mate through the application of this test kit to personal clothing and other areas where body fluids may be found.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 10:32:45 am into the following categories: Patents of the Day

Requests for Ex Parte Reexamination - 7/5/2005
07/05/05
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Acceptance of Amendments - 7/5/2005
07/05/05
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Jury rules in favor of Boston Scientific
07/05/05

A Delaware jury Friday ruled for Boston Scientific Corp. and against Johnson & Johnson Inc. in a key test of patents protecting its drug-eluting stent technology. The jury said J&J's Cypher stent infringes a Boston Scientific patent-protecting technology that allows drug coatings to be applied to stents, medical devices used in the treatment of cardiovascular disease. The jury also found J&J's Cypher, Bx Velocity, Bx Sonic and Genesis stents infringe a design patent held by Boston Scientific. The patent contest is the third this year in Delaware federal court between the country's two largest makers of drug-coated stents. Natick, Mass.-based Boston Scientific lost two earlier patent fights with its rival in the multi-billion dollar stent technology market this year in the same court. In June, New Brunswick, N.J.-based J&J won a jury verdict against Boston Scientific on patent infringement claims against the framework design of Boston Scientific's market-leading Taxus Express drug-eluting stent.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:59:25 am into the following categories: In The News

Kinetic Concepts Announces Issuance of Markman Ruling in BlueSky Patent Suit
07/05/05

Kinetic Concepts Inc. (NYSE:KCI) today announced that the Federal District Court for the Western District of Texas issued its ruling on the Markman hearing in KCI's patent suit against BlueSky Medical. In its ruling, the Court construed certain terms of U.S. Patent No. 5,636,643 ("the '643 patent") and ruled that other terms were definite and did not require construction by the Court. "We are pleased with the Court's Markman ruling," said Dennert O. Ware, President and CEO of KCI. "We believe the ruling is an important development in our efforts to protect our intellectual property assets." The Court has separately granted leave for both sides to file amended pleadings in the case. KCI's amended pleadings assert infringement of an additional patent, U.S. Patent number 5,645,081 ("the '081 patent"). The '643 and '081 patents are both owned by Wake Forest University and licensed exclusively to KCI. The Defendants' amended pleadings include additional anti-trust allegations against KCI. As a result of the amended pleadings, it is possible that an additional Markman hearing could be held. A new trial date has not yet been set for the case.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:58:13 am into the following categories: In The News

Timeline Sues ProClarity for Patent Infringement
07/05/05

Timeline Inc. (OTCBB:TMLN) announced it has filed a patent infringement action against ProClarity Corporation, a private company headquartered in Boise, Idaho. This action, filed in the Federal District Court for Western Washington, seeks substantial damages and to enjoin ProClarity from any further licensing of certain ProClarity software modules in the United States. ProClarity is a provider of reporting and data visualization products with an emphasis on analytic solutions based on Microsoft's Analysis Services module; a part of Microsoft's SQL Server data base management system. "ProClarity is a market leader in providing add-on products to run on Microsoft's SQL Server data base systems," stated Charles R. Osenbaugh, President and CEO of Timeline. For the past three years, ProClarity has been named to the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 and Inc. Magazine 500 based on achieving 1,126% five-year revenue growth with revenues estimated at $15 million at December 31, 2003. "We believe a good portion of ProClarity's revenue stream was generated by software products which infringe Timeline's patents. Furthermore, ProClarity also offers a platform development product on which other software developers may develop infringing product."

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:57:14 am into the following categories: In The News

Alliance Gaming Files Suit Against Rival
07/05/05

Alliance Gaming Corp., which operates casinos and sells Bally brand gambling products, on Thursday said it filed a lawsuit against Shuffle Master Inc. for alleged patent infringement. The company, which filed the lawsuit in Seattle, contends that Shuffle Master encroached on Alliance's proprietary technology. The complaint also charges that Shuffle Master breached a confidentiality agreement regarding Alliance's gambling table monitoring technology. The lawsuit revolves around Shuffle Master's "MD2 Shuffler." A spokesman for Shuffle Master was not immediately available for comment.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:55:58 am into the following categories: In The News
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