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The Genre Detection Patent of the Day goes to Sony Corporation of Tokyo for a System and method for determining genre of audio
11/20/07

7,297,860 System and method for determining genre of audio
  Issued: November 20, 2007
  Filed: November 12, 2004
  U.S. Class: 84/615
Abstract:  Both the beat and genre of music are used to select or generate a dance robot object for display of a robot icon on a computer monitor or for establishing the movements of a three-dimensional robot. The detected genre can define the type of dance performed by the robot. Also, the detected genre can be used to sort music. The genre can be detected using a neural network or by correlating the compressibility of the music to a genre.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 11:06:25 am into the following categories: Patents of the Day

The 3D Table Patent of the Day goes to an Independent Inventor from Michigan for Periodic table of the elements in three dimensional form
11/20/07

7,297,000 Periodic table of the elements in three dimensional form
  Issued: November 20, 2007
  Filed: November 26, 2003
  U.S. Class: 434/282
Abstract:  Disclosed is a three dimensional arrangement for the Periodic Table of the Elements that is based on an elliptical rather than rectangular arrangement represented in conventional charts. The three dimensional arrangement contains a continuous unidirectional periodic spiral of objects, the spiral having a substantially elliptical shape, and each object representing a different chemical element; the objects positioned so that chemical elements in a period are in a single spiral loop, and each successive period has a larger circumference than a preceding period; and the objects positioned so that chemical elements in a chemical group are in substantially the same vertical plane.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 11:05:55 am into the following categories: Patents of the Day

The But Fear Itself Patent of the Day goes to two Independent Inventors from Florida for Systems and methods for remote monitoring of fear and distress responses
11/20/07

7,297,110 Systems and methods for remote monitoring of fear and distress responses
  Issued: November 20, 2007
  Filed: December 8, 2004
  U.S. Class: 600/300
Abstract:  The present invention relates to systems and methods for tracking and monitoring the location, health, emotional state, position, environment, sound, appearance, and other characteristics of subjects remotely over an electronic communications network by receiving signals transmitting such information from a device or devices located on or in the subject to a remote monitoring device over the electronic communications network.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 11:04:54 am into the following categories: Patents of the Day

Requests for Ex Parte Reexamination Filed - 11/20/2007
11/20/07
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Reissue Applications Filed - 11/20/2007
11/20/07
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$140M patent infringement judgment upheld
11/20/07

A U.S. appeals court judge upheld a $140 million judgment Friday against Microsoft Corp. for patent infringement against David Colvin, a Commerce Township inventor and founder of z4Technologies Inc.Judge Elaine Bucklo of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois upheld a lower court jury that ruled last year in Texas that Microsoft willfully infringed two of z4’s patents involving digital rights management in the Windows XP operating system. The jury awarded $115 million in damages, and Judge Leonard Davis added $25 million because of what he called litigation misconduct during the trial.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:11:16 am into the following categories: In The News

Microsoft win in patent suit a victory for obviousness
11/20/07

Microsoft did not infringe on patents over technology that helps computers boot up faster, a Texas court ruled late last week after a seven-day trial. The suit, filed by Acceleration Software International Corp, claims that Microsoft infringed on United States patent 5933639, issued in 1999. The suit asked the court to award the patent holder $2.50 per copy of Windows XP sold in the United States, or between $600 million to $900 million. Microsoft argued that there are many ways to improve the boot speed of PCs and that Windows XP does not infringe on the technology in the patent. In addition, the jury also found that the patent is invalid because it was obvious and the technology already existed.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:10:24 am into the following categories: In The News

Apple slapped with patent infringement lawsuit over iChat’s video backdrops
11/20/07

"A little-known corporation from Newport Beach, California is suing Mac maker Apple Inc., alleging that a new version of the company's iChat video conferencing software infringes on patented technology through its use of custom video backdrops," Kasper Jade reports for AppleInsider. "In the 6-page complaint, filed Wednesday in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, Digital Background Corporation claims that the Apple software infringes on its 1998 patent entitled 'Real-Time Method of Digitally Altering a Video Data Stream to Remove Portions of the Original Image and Substitute Elements to Create a New Image,'" Jade reports.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:09:03 am into the following categories: In The News

Heelys wins patent infringement case
11/20/07

A North Texas federal court recently issued a Final Judgment in favor of a subsidiary of Dallas-based Heelys, Inc. in a lawsuit against a patent infringer selling knock-offs of patented Heelys wheeled footwear in shopping malls throughout the Dallas area. The alleged patent infringers, operating under the company name Ohayan, were ordered to cease all sales of the wheeled footwear, which were conducted at kiosks in numerous North Texas malls including Irving Mall, Valley View Center and Stonebriar Center, under the brand name “Air” and others. “We are pleased that the federal court agreed with our position and shut Ohayan down,” said Mike Staffaroni, CEO of Heelys, Inc. “We now need the mall operators to do the right thing and stop leasing kiosks to infringers.”

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:07:47 am into the following categories: In The News
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