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The Is It You Patent of the Day goes to Pitney Bowes Inc. of Stamford for a System and method for authenticating a mailpiece sender
09/19/06

7,110,576 System and method for authenticating a mailpiece sender
  Issued: September 19, 2006
  Filed: December 30, 2002
  U.S. Class: 382/119
Abstract:  A method and system for authenticating the sender of a mailpiece is described for identifying certain mailpieces as originating from known trusted senders. In one configuration, biometric information and/or biometric metadata is captured when a user writes on a mailpiece with a digital pen. That data is then compared to reference data in a database. Registrant data is then loaded into storage device on the mailpiece and may be digitally signed and/or encrypted by the trusted third party. In another configuration, a mailpiece includes the signature of a sender and the biometric data includes authentication data obtained from the signature that is compared to the biometric data related to the signature obtained during a sender registration process.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 11:15:11 am into the following categories: Patents of the Day

The Cyber Book Patent of the Day goes to an Independent Inventor from San Diego for Enhancing touch and feel on the internet
09/19/06

7,111,252 Enhancing touch and feel on the internet
  Issued: September 19, 2006
  Filed: February 16, 2000
  U.S. Class: 715/851
Abstract:  A system for enabling touch and feel over the internet provides a three-dimensional representation of a good being sold, that three-dimensional representation being viewable from a number of different directions. The good being sold is in a package and the package is displayed from the number of different directions. The present invention has the good being a book, and the inside and outside covers of the book are displayed and specified pages of the book can be displayed. The user can read from either the label or the covers just like as if the were actually handling the good.

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

The Aphrodisiac Patent of the Day goes to Inscentivation, Inc. of Chicago for Use of odorants to alter blood flow to the vagina, and article of manufacture thereof
09/19/06

7,108,872 Use of odorants to alter blood flow to the vagina, and article of manufacture thereof
  Issued: September 19, 2006
  Filed: November 7, 2000
  U.S. Class: 424/758
Abstract:  A non-invasive method of altering vaginal blood flow in a female individual to augment or lessen sexual arousal is provided. The method involves administering an individual odorant or odorant mixture for inhalation that is sufficient to alter vaginal blood flow of the female by about -20% to about +30% compared to a baseline vaginal blood flow without inhalation of the odorant. Also provided is a method for screening an odorant for its capacity to increase or decrease vaginal blood flow, and an article of manufacture, or kit, containing an odorant and instructions for its use in altering vaginal blood flow.

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09/19/06
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09/19/06
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Toshiba to buy patents from Micron for $288 mln
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 News

Paxar wins $63.75 million settlement
09/19/06

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 News

Hyperion Loses Patent Suit
09/19/06

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 News

Magma, Synopsys Patent Battle Marches On
09/19/06

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 News
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