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05/29/07
7,225,182 Recommending search terms using collaborative filtering and web spidering  05/29/07
7,223,545 Evolving new molecular function 05/29/07
7,225,122 System and method for computer analysis of computer generated communications to produce indications and warning of dangerous behavior  05/29/07
California-based Target Technology is suing Sony Computer Entertainment America, Sony Pictures and Sony DADC US over alleged patent infringement. Target Technology designs and supplies corrosion resistant thin film alloys for optical disc applications. Sony is accused of "wilfully and deliberately" infringingon Target's patents with its new high definition Blu-ray discs by making use of a highly reflective silver alloy material developed by Target founder Han Nee. The patent was filed in April 2004 and granted in March 2006. It is used in the majority of DVDs sold in the market today. Target is seeking a jury trial and is requesting a "permanent injunction preventing Sony from violating its patent rights in the future, as well as damages with interest". Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:50:59 am into the following categories: In The News05/29/07
Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas Wind Systems said it has won a patent infringement case brought against it by German wind power company Enercon GmbH. Germany's Federal Supreme Court has rejected Enercon's appeal to try the validity of its patent on lightning protection, Vestas said, adding that the court's decision implies that parallel proceedings brought by Enercon against it for patent infringement will also be rejected if they are not withdrawn. Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:49:04 am into the following categories: In The News05/29/07
TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. (TCS), a leading provider of mission-critical wireless data solutions, today announced that it has received a favorable decision from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia as to claims in its U.S. patent 6,985,748 titled "Inter-Carrier Messaging Service Providing Phone Number Only Experience" against Sybase 365 (formerly Mobile 365 and now a subsidiary of Sybase, Inc.). The patent describes technology that enables wireless subscribers to send messages to subscribers in other wireless carrier networks by simply entering the recipient's phone number. The jury found Sybase 365 infringed against the claims of the TCS patent and awarded TCS a one-time monetary payment of $12.1M for past damages which represents a 12% royalty. The jury also found Sybase 365's infringement willful and upheld the validity of the patent. The jury's finding is subject to post-trial motions and appeal. Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:48:13 am into the following categories: In The News05/29/07
Laird Technologies recently won a patent infringement lawsuit in Korea related to mobile phone antennas, the company said Wednesday. Laird Technologies filed the suit at the Seoul High Court in Korea against SB Telecom in August 2002 for infringement of Laird patents, registered in Korea, related to retractable antennas used in mobile phones, according to a release. In response to Laird Technologies' suit, South Korean firm SB Telecom filed two pairs of suits in October 2002 and November 2002, respectively, seeking to invalidate the patents and to confirm the scope of the patents, Laird said. Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:46:59 am into the following categories: In The News05/22/07
7,222,357 Method and system for hosting a web site on a digital camera  05/22/07
7,221,934 Mobile telephone network-based system for detection and location of hazardous agents  05/22/07
7,219,620 Timed food-filled toy dispenser  05/22/07
A jury for the U.S. District Court of Eastern Texas on Monday favored EchoStar Communications Corp. in a patent infringement suit filed by Forgent Networks Inc. over software used for digital video recorders (DVRs). Forgent had asked for more than $200 million in damages from Englewood-based EchoStar, the country's No. 2 satellite TV provider. In July 2005, Austin-based Forgent also sued Cable One, The Washington Post Co., Charter Communications, Comcast, Time Warner Cable and eight other cable carriers and media outlets. Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:12:32 am into the following categories: In The News05/22/07
Horse-racing wagering company Television Games Network (TVG) said Friday that it has filed a federal lawsuit against HRTV, a horse-racing television channel that is equally owned by Churchill Downs Inc. and Magna Entertainment Corp. The suit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, also names Magna and its telephone account wagering system, XpressBet Inc. In a news release, TVG accused Magna, HRTV and XpressBet of infringing two of its patents that "cover important features of interactive wagering systems: audio or video racing feeds and wagering on multiple tracks." TVG is seeking unspecified monetary damages and injunctive relief. Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:10:43 am into the following categories: In The News05/22/07
Forgent Networks Inc., which provides scheduling software and licenses intellectual property, reported Monday it has agreed in principle to settle a patent lawsuit against DirecTV Group Inc. for $8 million. According to the agreement, which was effective May 13, the companies will "work in good faith to reach a final definitive settlement agreement," which will include an $8 million payment by DirecTV. Forgent has also agreed to grant DirecTV a patent license. Forgent, based in Austin, Texas, initiated patent lawsuits in July 2005 against 15 companies in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. The company sought an injunction against sales of products infringing on the patent and monetary damages. Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:09:48 am into the following categories: In The News05/22/07
Shares of Monolithic Power Systems Inc. spiked in Wednesday's trading after it received a favorable verdict in a patent infringement case filed by O2Micro International Ltd. In a statement released on Wednesday, O2Micro said it plans to appeal the verdict. The jury ruled, in a case filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, that two of O2Micro's claims on one patent had been infringed, but found four other claims had not been infringed, and that the claims were invalid, according to O2Micro. Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:08:52 am into the following categories: In The News05/15/07
7,219,368 Robust visual passwords  The Build A Better Patent of the Day goes to an Independent Inventor from Minnesota for a Mouse trap
05/15/07
7,216,457 Mouse trap  05/15/07
7,218,240 Synthetically generated sound cues  05/15/07
Online retailer Amazon.com and IBM settled all their patent-infringement lawsuits and signed a long-term patent cross-license agreement, the companies said Tuesday. Under the deal, Amazon.com will pay International Business Machines Corp. an undisclosed amount of money, and each company will shares some of their technology. Amazon.com Inc. spokeswoman Patty Smith said the settlement will not affect financial results and that Amazon.com has already factored the money into its financial guidance for the second quarter and full fiscal year. Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:08:09 am into the following categories: In The News05/15/07
Heart valve maker Edwards Lifesciences Corp. said Thursday it filed a patent infringement lawsuit in Germany against CoreValve Inc. The lawsuit seeks relief for alleged infringement of a patent used in Edwards' transcatheter heart valve technology. Edwards said the patent is co-owned by Dr. Henning Rud Andersen of Aarhus, Denmark, and his colleagues, who licensed it in 1993 to Heartport Inc., now a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson. Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:06:40 am into the following categories: In The News05/15/07
Israeli generic drug developer Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. said Friday a court ruled against it in a patent dispute with Eisai Co's over the heartburn drug Aciphex. The US District Court for the Southern District of New York upheld Eisai's patent on the drug, Teva said. Eisai sued Israel-based Teva in 2003 over its plans for a generic version of Aciphex. Teva had received Food and Drug Administration approval for the generic version. Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:05:45 am into the following categories: In The News05/15/07
Taiwan's Acer Inc. blamed three of its PC contract manufacturing partners for a patent infringement lawsuit filed in the U.S. by Hewlett-Packard Co. Acer, the world's third-largest computer vendor, has filed a lawsuit against its Taiwan ODM partners: Quanta Computer Inc., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., and Wistron Corp. As an ODM partner of Acer, the firms are not allowed to make products for HP using Acer's patents and vice versa, a spokesperson for Acer said. Quanta said it would cooperate accordingly with Acer on the case. Hon Hai and Wistron could not be immediately reached for comment. Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:04:44 am into the following categories: In The News05/08/07
7,216,100 Method for obtaining and allocating investment income based on the capitalization of intellectual property  05/08/07
7,215,328 Multimedia keyboard  05/08/07
7,214,187 System and method for identification of false statements  05/08/07
HP has filed a lawsuit against Germany-based Pelikan Hardcopy Deutschland for patent infringement of HP printer cartridges. The lawsuit claims three patents involving ink cartridge design and three regarding ink formulation have been trodden on. The complaint was filed in Düsseldorf District Court. The cartridges are sold in Germany under the Pelikan brand and designated as H06 and H08 color cartridges. HP PR manager Sarah Stevens said that even though the cartridges are labeled as remanufactured, "they appear new to us." Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:15:43 am into the following categories: In The News05/08/07
Nokia Corp. will fight a patent-infringement complaint brought by a New Zealand company over technology used in nearly all of the Espoo, Finland-based manufacturer's mobile phones. "We will actively defend the rights of Nokia," a company spokeswoman said today. Michael S. Sutton Ltd. filed a complaint against Nokia in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, accusing the company of infringing on technology that prepares message packets for data transmission, according to documents filed with the court Monday. The company claims that its technology is used in numerous messaging applications on Nokia phones, including Short Messaging Service, Multimedia Messaging Service and Nokia's implementation of the Wireless Application Protocol. Sutton had previously filed the complaint against Nokia but then voluntarily dismissed it, according to the Nokia spokeswoman. Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:14:43 am into the following categories: In The News05/08/07
A Federal Court in New Jersey on Wednesday ruled on summary judgment that the contractor/homeowner matching service operated by InterActiveCorp's (IAC) subsidiary Service Magic, Inc. infringes a patent held by Source Search Technologies, LLC (SST). The Court rejected Service Magic's request to dismiss the infringement claim, characterizing a Service Magic argument as "beyond comprehension." SST is presently in litigation to enforce the patent against Service Magic and LendingTree, both IAC subsidiaries. "This is a big step forward for us against a defendant who has continually denied that they are infringing. We are confident our infringement claim against LendingTree will yield the same result" says Keith Giovannoli, Managing Partner of SST. SST owns patented technology which allows for the efficient matching of buyers and sellers over a computerized system. Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:11:42 am into the following categories: In The News05/08/07
Pall Corp. said Friday it filed a lawsuit against Entegris Inc., claiming that the company's filter cartridge line infringes four Pall patents. The suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, seeks compensatory damages and a permanent injunction barring Entegris from selling the products. A representative for Entegris could not immediately be reached for comment. The company said in April it filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Pall, alleging that some products in Pall's PhotoKleen line of fluid separation devices violate Entegris patents. Entegris is seeking an injunction against Pall to marketing those products. Pall makes filtration, separation and purification systems. Its products are used by industries ranging from biotechnology and pharmaceuticals to energy, electronics and transportation. Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:10:50 am into the following categories: In The News05/01/07
7,210,938 System and method of virtual schooling  05/01/07
7,212,985 Automated system and method for managing a process for the shopping and selection of human entities  05/01/07
7,210,537 Method of controlling fires  05/01/07
Forgent Networks Inc. settled a lawsuit with nine of the 15 companies involved in a patent infringement suit. Forgent is getting $20 million and struck licensing deals from the nine companies, which include Cable One Inc.; Charter Communications Inc.; Comcast Corporation; Comcast STB Software DVR LLC; Cox Communications Inc.; Digeo Inc.; Motorola Inc.; Scientific-Atlanta Inc.; and Time Warner Cable Inc. Forgent says all parties agreed to release claims against each other. In July 2005, Forgent sued 15 companies defending its "746" patent, which relates to technology for storing and retrieving multimedia data that allows playback during recording. The 746 patent expires on May 21, 2011. Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:12:19 am into the following categories: In The News05/01/07
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday sided with software and technology companies in two major patent rulings that could leave them less vulnerable to infringement lawsuits. The high court moved to curb the liability of firms for infringing products sold overseas and in another case loosened a key legal standard making it easier to invalidate some patents on the grounds they are obvious inventions. The decisions were applauded by software and technology companies. "These decisions are a clear victory for promoting patent quality and more equitable damages standards," said Robert Holleyman, president of the Business Software Alliance trade group, in a statement. Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:11:00 am into the following categories: In The News05/01/07
A Wisconsin judge told Garmin Ltd. that the company can't proceed with its patent-infringement claims against chief rival TomTom NV. Judge Barbara Crabb made the ruling in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin on Tuesday, Garmin said in a release Thursday. The decision follows a string of legal counterclaims between Olathe-based Garmin and TomTom, based in the Netherlands. In her ruling, Crabb said Garmin could not go forward with several of its remaining patent-infringement claims against TomTom. She reiterated her previous ruling that Garmin had not infringed on any of TomTom's patents, the release said. The case started in February 2006, when Garmin filed a lawsuit alleging that TomTom had infringed on five of Garmin's navigation-related patents. TomTom then filed a countersuit and alleged that Garmin had infringed on three patents TomTom acquired in 2006, Garmin said. Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:09:38 am into the following categories: In The News05/01/07
Motorola has obtained an order granting non-infringement in a patent case brought by the University of Texas System. A Federal District Court issued an order finding that certain Motorola handsets do not infringe on Texas University's U.S. Patent No. 4,674,112. The University of Texas System claims that its patent covers software used for text messaging on nearly all handsets, and that University of Texas System is owed hundreds of millions of dollars in damages. The court found that University of Texas System interpreted the claims of the text-messaging patent for the lawsuit in a different way than when the University filed for the patent. Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:08:33 am into the following categories: In The News
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