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The RoboReader Patent of the Day goes to Evolution Robotics, Inc. of Pasadena for a Computer and vision-based augmented interaction in the use of printed media
10/16/07

7,283,983 Computer and vision-based augmented interaction in the use of printed media
  Issued: October 16, 2007
  Filed: January 9, 2004
  U.S. Class: 706/20
Abstract:  Media and gesture recognition apparatus and methods are disclosed. A computerized system views a first printed media using an electronic visual sensor. The system retrieves information corresponding to the viewed printed media from a database. Using the electronic visual sensor, the system views at least a first user gesture relative to at least a portion of the first printed media. The system interprets the gesture as a command, and based at least in part on the first gesture and the retrieved information, the system electronically speaks aloud at least a portion of the retrieved information.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 01:32:16 pm into the following categories: Patents of the Day

The Stop Calling Patent of the Day goes to Tekelec of North Carolina for Methods and systems for automatically registering complaints against calling parties
10/16/07

7,283,969 Methods and systems for automatically registering complaints against calling parties
  Issued: October 16, 2007
  Filed: November 22, 2000
  U.S. Class: 705/1
Abstract:  Disclosed is a communication system that is adapted to notify a calling party that no further call attempts should be made and to automatically register a complaint with a calling party complaint registration database. The calling party complaint database is further adapted to notify an enforcement authority of repeated violations by a calling party. The called party communication terminal is adapted to automatically block subsequent call or communication attempts from a repeat offending calling party while simultaneously sending an additional complaint registration to the calling party complaint registration database.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 01:31:00 pm into the following categories: Patents of the Day

The Yo Top Patent of the Day goes to SW14 Group LLC of Sherman Oaks for a Combination yo-yo and top
10/16/07

7,281,965 Combination yo-yo and top
  Issued: October 16, 2007
  Filed: April 14, 2005
  U.S. Class: 446/250
Abstract:  The present invention is directed to a combination yo-yo and top device comprising first and second yo-yo body halves, a hollow dowel element detachably connecting one of the yo-yo body halves to the other, a ball bearing element mounted on the hollow dowel element between the yo-yo body halves, a first flywheel assembly having an elongated flywheel axle, wherein the first flywheel assembly is adapted for attachment to the yo-yo body, a second flywheel assembly adapted for attachment to the yo-yo body, a string element having a first end coupled to the hollow dowel element, a power element adapted for attachment to either the first flywheel assembly or the second flywheel assembly to activate both flywheel assemblies, and, at least one removable top component adapted to be secured to the yo-yo body to convert the device from a yo-yo to a top.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 01:30:26 pm into the following categories: Patents of the Day

Reissue Applications Filed - 10/16/2007
10/16/07
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Requests for Ex Parte Reexamination Filed - 10/16/2007
10/16/07
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RC2 Sues Munchkin, Inc For "Sippy Cup" Patent Infringement
10/16/07

RC2, whom you probably know as the company that makes the lead-tainted Thomas & Friends toys, has filed a lawsuit against rival Munchkin, INC for allegedly infringing on a spill-proof sippy cup patent. Munchkin, INC, which had no comment for the Chicago Sun-Times about the matter, does display a note on their spill-proof sippy cup product page proclaiming: Patents pending. Quick, Munchkin, INC! Hire Verizon's magical flying lawyers before RC2 gets them first.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:39:18 am into the following categories: In The News

IPG Photonics settles with Scientific Atlanta
10/16/07

IPG Photonics Corp., a maker of fiber lasers and amplifiers, said Thursday it settled a patent infringement lawsuit with Scientific-Atlanta, a unit of networking equipment company Cisco Systems Inc. Terms were not disclosed. The company said the settlement will not affect its financial statements or condition. IPG said the agreement settled Scientific-Atlanta's claims against the company as well as IPG's counterclaims. Scientific-Atlanta sued IPG in April 2005 claiming patent infringement.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:37:29 am into the following categories: In The News

Trading Technologies International wins patent infringement case against eSpeed
10/16/07

Trading Technologies International Inc. won a patent infringement lawsuit against eSpeed Inc. related to certain versions of its futures-trading software last used three years ago. A jury in a U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois found that ESpeed must pay $3.5 million in damages. "All of eSpeed's current products have already been found to not infringe the patents that were litigated in this case," eSpeed Chairman, Chief Executive and President Howard Lutnick said in a statement. The patent infringement case related to the period from August to December 2004. In August 2007 the Patent and Trademark Office said it would re-examine patents held by Chicago-based Trading Technologies due to "substantial new questions of patentability." The Illinois court has yet to try certain issues related to the patents' validity and enforceability, which could eliminate the judgment, ESpeed said.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:36:24 am into the following categories: In The News

Arete Power Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Beacon Power
10/16/07

Arete Power, Inc. filed a patent infringement suit on October 9, 2007, against Wilmington Massachusetts-based Beacon Power Corporation. The lawsuit, which was filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, alleges that flywheel energy storage systems being manufactured and sold by Beacon Power infringe U.S. Patent No. 6,710,489. The lawsuit seeks damages from Beacon Power, as well as injunctive relief preventing further infringement. Arete Power, Inc. is a Reno, Nevada-based developer and manufacturer of advanced flywheel energy storage systems and holder of 23 patents related to flywheel energy storage technology.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:35:11 am into the following categories: In The News
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