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04/18/06
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Burst.com Inc. on Monday filed counterclaims accusing Apple Computer Inc. of infringing four of Burst's U.S. patents. The claims, filed in Federal District Court in San Francisco, alleges that Cupertino-based Apple's iTunes Music Store, iTunes software, the iPod devices, and QuickTime streaming products infringe Santa Rosa-based Burst (Pink Sheets:BRST) patents. Brought to you by Cingular The filings are in response to a suit that Apple filed against Burst in January, seeking a declaration that Burst's patents are invalid and that Apple does not infringe them. Burst requests in its counterclaims that Apple pay a "reasonable" royalty, and also seeks an injunction against further infringement. Burst.com is represented in the action against Apple by San Francisco law firm Hosie McArthur, which also represented Burst in last year's litigation against Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft Corp. In March 2005, Microsoft settled that litigation by paying Burst $60 million for a non-exclusive license to Burst's patents. Posted by GEN-ERIC at 03:41:53 am into the following categories: In The News04/18/06
TiVo Inc. won a landmark victory in its patent infringement lawsuit against EchoStar Communications, a satellite pay-TV operator, on Thursday when it was awarded $73.9 million in damages by the Jury. The amount awarded to TiVo is only about $14 million less than the total damages the company requested. The favorable verdict is expected to resurrect the fledgling company and encourage a shift in digital video recorder strategies at major pay TV operators. Industry observers feel that the ruling would strengthen TiVo's hand in negotiating what have been very elusive licensing deals with cable TV companies. On January 5, 2004 TiVo, a pioneer in "time warped" television technology , filed a patent infringement suit, alleging that EchoStar's technology violated its multimedia time warping system. The time warping technology gives viewers the ability to pause, rewind, or fast-forward live TV programs. Posted by GEN-ERIC at 03:40:15 am into the following categories: In The News04/18/06
RealNetworks Friday said it has won a patent-infringement suit that Ethos Technologies 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 03:36:10 am into the following categories: In The News04/18/06
Medtronic said Friday it is suing Kyphon for patent infringement, based on patents covering balloon dilatation catheters. The company said that its vascular and spinal divisions have filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, seeking injunctive relief and monetary damages. The suit alleges that Kyphon is directly and indirectly infringing on a minimum of four patents related to balloon dilatation catheters and spinal treatment. The complaint also seeks a declaratory judgment from the court that five Kyphon patents are inapplicable to Medtronic's osteotome device that treats spinal disorders without the use of a balloon. Posted by GEN-ERIC at 03:34:58 am into the following categories: In The News
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