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09/26/06
7,113,848 Human emulation robot system  09/26/06
7,112,737 System and method for providing a haptic effect to a musical instrument  09/26/06
7,112,362 Thermally movable plastic devices and toys 09/26/06
Japan's Pioneer has filed suit in the United States against Samsung SDI and Samsung Electronics for what it says are patent violations of its plasma display-panel technology. South Korea's Samsung SDI, the world's top plasma display-panel maker, said it plans to file a countersuit, although no date has been set. Pioneer's move, announced Monday, is the latest in a series of intellectual property suits and countersuits between Japanese companies and their Asian rivals as they seek to maintain a technological edge. "We decided that litigation was necessary to protect our intellectual property," Pioneer spokesman Kesanobu Yamagishi said of the suit, the first time the company has litigated for a possible patent infringement. Samsung SDI, which is also in patent spats with Japan's Matsushita Electric Industrial and Fujitsu, had been in talks with Pioneer since April 2005 about possible licensing agreements, but the talks fell through, Yamagishi said. Pioneer is asking for a court order to stop Samsung SDI's sales of plasma display panels and compensation for alleged violations of a patent for electrode configuration boosting display quality and another patent for a manufacturing step that increases display brightness. Posted by GEN-ERIC at 02:40:15 am into the following categories: In The News09/26/06
Micrel Inc., an industry leader in analog, high bandwidth communications and Ethernet IC solutions, and Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. ("MPS"), an industry leader in analog Power Management, announced today that they have reached a settlement of the patent infringement and trade secret misappropriation lawsuit brought by Micrel in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. The patents and alleged trade secrets were related to semiconductor manufacturing processes and semiconductor design elements. In the settlement, Micrel licensed U.S. Patent Nos. 5,517,046 and 5,556,796 to MPS. The companies agreed to dismiss all claims and counterclaims in the litigation with prejudice. Micrel also agreed to release MPS and its chief executive officer Michael Hsing and its chief design engineer Jim Moyer from all claims for any alleged trade secret claims based on any confidential information. In connection with the settlement, MPS agreed to pay $3,000,000 to Micrel. Posted by GEN-ERIC at 02:39:08 am into the following categories: In The News09/26/06
MANGOSOFT, INC. of Nashua, NH, a developer of internet-enabling business software solutions, announced today that its subsidiary, Mangosoft Intellectual Property, Inc., had filed a civil action earlier this morning in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas alleging patent infringement against eBay, Inc. of San Jose, California and its subsidiaries Skype Technologies SA and Skype Software Sarl of Luxembourg. The Complaint alleges that each of the defendants have infringed, and continue to infringe, U.S. Patent No. 6,647,393 entitled "Dynamic Directory Service" in violation of one or more provisions of 35 U.S.C. section 271. The complaint seeks damages for willful infringement as well as injunctive relief. Posted by GEN-ERIC at 02:37:07 am into the following categories: In The News09/26/06
Paltronics Inc., a world-leading manufacturer of casino gaming system solutions and display technology, today announced that it has filed an infringement suit against Progressive Gaming International Corporation and Mikohn Gaming Corporation for infringement of Paltronics' multi-screen gaming device video display system. Paltronics obtained its multi-screen gaming patent (U.S. Patent No. 7,008,324) in March, 2006. Posted by GEN-ERIC at 02:36:24 am into the following categories: In The News09/19/06
7,110,576 System and method for authenticating a mailpiece sender  09/19/06
7,111,252 Enhancing touch and feel on the internet  09/19/06
7,108,872 Use of odorants to alter blood flow to the vagina, and article of manufacture thereof 09/19/06
Toshiba Corp. said on Friday it would buy certain chip-related patents from Micron Technology Inc. and secure licences for all the patents held by Micron unit Lexar Media Inc. for $288 million, ending lawsuits between the Japanese electronics maker and Lexar. Micron in June acquired Lexar Media, which has been in a legal tussle with Toshiba since 2002 regarding flash memory patent infringement. Behind Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Toshiba is the world's second-largest maker of NAND-type flash memory chips, widely used in digital cameras, photo-snapping phones and portable music players such as Apple Computer Inc.'s iPod. Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:05:15 am into the following categories: In The News09/19/06
Paxar Americas Inc. has accepted a $63.75 million settlement for its patent-infringement lawsuit against Zebra Technologies Corp. The lawsuit, filed in 2003, alleged that Zebra violated eight of Paxar's patents with more than 50 of its products. Paxar Corp., based in White Plains, manufactures identification labels and tracking systems for the retail and apparel industry worldwide. Its customers include Levi Strauss, Nike, Adidas, Wal-Mart, J.C. Penney and The Limited. Zebra, based in Vernon Hills, Ill., produces bar code printers and other specialty printing technology to businesses and governments around the world. "It was a series of their (bar code) printers that incorporated our technology," said Paxar Vice President of Investor Relations Bob Powers. Zebra did not admit liability with respect to any claim, it said yesterday in a written statement. Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:04:10 am into the following categories: In The News09/19/06
OutlookSoft said Friday it fended off a patent infringement suit brought by business software company Hyperion. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas in December 2004, alleged that OutlookSoft infringed on two Hyperion patents. The jury found there was no infringement and the Hyperion patents in question were invalid, OutlookSoft said. “The judge and jury have affirmed what we have known all along—the patents in question are invalid,” OutlookSoft CEO Phil Wilmington said in a statement. “While the legal system works, we believe it is wrong for a company to use invalid patents in an attempt to thwart a competitor’s efforts to bring products to the market.” San Jose, California-based Hyperion and Stamford, Connecticut-based OutlookSoft are both makers of business performance management software that helps companies with tools such as budgeting, planning, reporting, and analyzing. Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:02:56 am into the following categories: In The News09/19/06
Magma Design Automation Inc., which makes software for chip design, said Monday it will proceed with its antitrust and patent infringement lawsuits against its larger competitor Synopsys Inc., after Synopsys scaled back its own patent claims against Magma last week. Last September, Mountain View, Calif.-based Synopsys sued Magma for infringing on three patents; Friday, the company dedicated two of those patents to the public domain, leaving just one in dispute. A hearing for the remaining patent claim is scheduled for December. Magma, based in Santa Clara, Calif., said Monday it is going ahead with its 2005 charges that Synopsys's suit violates antitrust law, and that Synopsys's own technology infringes on four of Magma's patents. Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:01:46 am into the following categories: In The News09/12/06
7,106,216 Radio wave system for repelling birds from aircraft  09/12/06
7,107,227 Method and system for publicizing commercial transactions on a computer network  09/12/06
7,107,447 Use of pseudonyms vs. real names  09/12/06
3M Co. is suing Colorox Co.'s Brita Products division and a unit of Sears Holdings Corp. over patents related to water purification systems. The patent is tied to a cartridge-based filtration system produced by 3M's subsidiary, CUNO Inc. 3M, which makes Aqua-Pure water filters, purchased CUNO in August of last year. The lawsuit asks a court to bar Sears from selling products that 3M believes infringe on its existing patents. Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:21:57 am into the following categories: In The News09/12/06
A Jury in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin unanimously determined that Abbott Laboratories willfully infringed Innogenetics U.S. Patent No. 5,846,704 which covered a method of genotyping the Hepatitis C Virus or HCV. The court directed Abbott to pay Innogenetics $7 million for infringement damages till date. Innogenetics said that the damages awarded might be increased up to three times since the jury specifically determined that Abbott infringed patent willfully. Innogenetics added that based on the strength of the verdict it would seek an injunction against Abbott diagnostic products that infringe its patent and also pursue other available remedies. Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:20:42 am into the following categories: In The News09/12/06
I2 Technologies accused SAP of patent infringement in a lawsuit filed Tuesday. A maker of supply chain management (SCM) software, i2 claims that SAP has infringed seven patents granted between 1998 and 2006. The alleged patent infringements, listed in the lawsuit that i2 filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, relate to SCM models and tools in areas such as managing factory planning systems, negotiating and tracking the sale of goods and allocating manufactured product to sellers. Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:19:47 am into the following categories: In The News09/12/06
Cree Inc., a maker of semiconductor products and light-emitting diodes, said Monday it filed a patent infringement lawsuit against BridgeLux Inc., seeking monetary damages and injunctive relief to prohibit further infringement. The suit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, and deals with patents related to light extraction structures used in light-emitting diodes and semiconductor devices made using a gallium nitride-based buffer technology. One of the patents is owned by Boston University which licensed it to Cree on an exclusive basis. Boston University is a co-plaintiff in the suit. Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:15:18 am into the following categories: In The News09/05/06
7,100,513 Programmable pyrotechnic projectile and methods for producing firework patterns therewith  09/05/06
7,101,282 Free long distance calls on slot machines  09/05/06
7,103,553 Assistive call center interface  09/05/06
Pfizer Inc said it has won a patent challenge by generic drug manufacturer Synthon Pharmaceuticals over the active ingredient in its hypertension drug Norvasc. The company said a federal court in the Middle District of North Carolina upheld the company's US patent covering amlodipine besylate. The decision, which is subject to appeal, prohibits Synthon from launching a generic version of amlodipine until September 2007. Posted by GEN-ERIC at 02:25:54 am into the following categories: In The News09/05/06
Shares of Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. rose on Friday, a day after a judge halted sales of a generic form of Plavix because of possible patent infringement. Canadian drugmaker Apotex Inc. began selling a cheap, generic version of the blood thinner three weeks ago, but Manhattan U.S. District Judge Sidney Stein blocked sales because of a patent dispute. The ruling was only a partial win for Bristol-Myers and its French partner Sanofi Adventis. Judge Sidney Stein refused to order a recall of any generics that have already been sold to distributors. Plavix is used by 48 million Americans and is Bristol-Meyers’ best-selling product. Posted by GEN-ERIC at 02:25:01 am into the following categories: In The News09/05/06
Offshore drilling contractor Transocean Inc. said late Thursday a federal jury found that rival GlobalSantaFe Corp. infringed upon its dual drilling technology patents. GlobalSantaFe said the jury has ordered it to pay damages of $3.6 million for using the patented structures on two of its offshore rigs. The jury also found that the company willfully infringed the patents, which could mean a higher award for Transocean. Posted by GEN-ERIC at 02:20:48 am into the following categories: In The News09/05/06
U.S. Bank has settled a legal dispute surrounding its right to use ATMs as points of sale. Global Cash Access Inc. originally filed a patent infringement lawsuit against U.S. Bank and Ultron Inc., both subsidiaries of Minneapolis-based U.S. Bancorp. Global Cash also had sued two divisions of Fidelity National Information Services, in Jacksonville, Fla. Both U.S. Bank and Fidelity National filed counterclaims against Global Cash, saying the company had engaged in unfair trade practices. The companies reached a settlement Thursday. The terms of the settlement did not call for any party involved to pay out cash. Other details of the settlement were not disclosed. Posted by GEN-ERIC at 02:19:43 am into the following categories: In The News
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