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The URL Key Patent of the Day goes to International Business Machines Corporation of Armonk for Efficient retrieval of uniform resource locators
10/18/05

6,957,224 Efficient retrieval of uniform resource locators
  Issued: October 18, 2005
  Filed: September 11, 2000
  U.S. Class: 707/102
Abstract:  A system, method and computer program product for providing links to remotely located information in a network of remotely connected computers. The system may or may not include a server providing an interface between shorthand codes and corresponding original files. If the server is included, a uniform resource locator (URL) is registered with a server. A shorthand link is associate with the registered URL. The associated shorthand link and URL are logged in a registry database. When a request is received for a shorthand link, the registry database is searched for an associated URL. If the shorthand link is found to be associated with an URL, the URL is fetched, otherwise an error message is returned. If the server is not included, all URLs located at a root page may be listed and associated with shorthand keys or links. Associated files and keys are indexed in an index file. The shorthand codes or keys are combined with the root page to form shorthand URLs. Requests are made for the shorthand URLs and the index file is searched for the requested shorthand URL. If the requested shorthand URL is encountered, the corresponding file is returned; otherwise, an error message is returned.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 10:34:49 am into the following categories: Patents of the Day

The Talking Sign Patent of the Day goes to Talksign Limited of Great Britain for Display signs comprising a flat panel loudspeaker
10/18/05

6,956,492 Display signs comprising a flat panel loudspeaker
  Issued: October 18, 2005
  Filed: November 16, 2001
  U.S. Class: 340/686.1
Abstract:  A display sign is in the form of a flat panel loudspeaker, the graphics of the display being carried on one exposed surface of the flat panel, the latter being provided with one or more transducers such that the flat panel may be energized to transmit sound in accordance with signals supplied to the one or more transducers. The sign may also be provided with an arrangement for storing inputs made by a user for later retrieval.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 10:34:11 am into the following categories: Patents of the Day

The Fret Position Patent of the Day goes to an Independent Inventor from Great Britain for a Method of determining the fret positions for a fingerboard
10/18/05

6,956,158 Method of determining the fret positions for a fingerboard
  Issued: October 18, 2005
  Filed: November 23, 2003
  U.S. Class: 84/312
Abstract:  The position for a fret on a fingerboard for a stringed instrument having non-parallel strings of different scale lengths is determined by interpolating between, or extrapolating from, a fret position (R1, R2 etc.; G1, G2 etc.; Q1, Q2 etc.) on a first fret scale and a corresponding fret position (F1, F2 etc.) on a second fret scale (F-F'; L-L').

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 10:33:26 am into the following categories: Patents of the Day

Reissue Applications Filed - 10/18/2005
10/18/05
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Requests for Ex Parte Reexamination Filed - 10/18/2005
10/18/05
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Lexar awarded $465 million in flash memory suit against Toshiba
10/18/05

A California court affirmed a jury verdict Friday ordering Toshiba Corp. and a subsidiary to pay Lexar Media Inc. $465.4 million for sharing trade secrets with another rival maker of flash memory chips used in digital cameras and consumer electronics. In March, a Santa Clara County Superior Court jury found that Japanese electronics maker Toshiba violated its fiduciary duty and stole Lexar's trade secrets. Toshiba vowed to fight the decision. "We will continue to pursue all legal avenues available to us to correct what we believe to be an erroneous jury verdict in this case, including filing post-trial motions or applicable appeals," the company said in a statement. During the appeals process, Lexar said California law allows it to start accruing interest at a rate of 10 percent on the amount of the award, or roughly $46 million a year.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 02:49:44 am into the following categories: In The News

Medtronic awarded $51m in patent infringement case against BrainLAB AG
10/18/05

A jury in the U.S. District Court in Denver has awarded $51 million to Medtronic Navigation in a longstanding dispute with BrainLAB AG, of Germany, involving four patents related to image-guided surgical techniques and devices. Medtronic Navigation claimed that BrainLAB AG's VectorVision, Kolibri, Exactrac, and BrainSuite infringed claims of four patents held by Medtronic. Medtronic immediately requested an injunction, but the court declined to rule on this issue at this time. "We will always place a premium on our intellectual property and are extremely happy with the jury's decision in this case," said Pete Wehrly, Medtronic Vice President and President of Medtronic's Spinal and Navigation businesses. BrainLAB is seeking a modification of the jury’s verdict. Final judgment on the case by the District Court is still pending.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 02:48:30 am into the following categories: In The News

Ixys ordered to pay $6.2M in patent dispute
10/18/05

Ixys Corp. said on Wednesday that a jury has ordered it to pay $6.2 million dagaes in a patent infringement claim by International Rectiffier Corp. Santa Clara-based Ixys said it will appeal the jury award in the latest trial in its long-running dispute with IRS over three patents. The power semiconductor maker was originally ordered to pay IRF more than $27 million for willfully infringing on the patents but that was vacated on appeal. A jury then decided that Ixys did not infringe on two of the disputed patents, but did infringe on a third, although not willfully. On Oct. 6, the jury awarded IRF $6.2 million.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 02:46:41 am into the following categories: In The News
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