RETURN to News Archive ================================================== Copyright(c) 1998-2003 GEN-ERIC Channel.  All rights reserved. GEN-ERIC Patent News Tuesday, March 25, 2003 ================================================== Use Quick Links to Access any Area of Interest Headlines News Patents of the Day Access Official Gazette and Notices Patents Available for Licensing Patent Employment Opportunities Printer Friendly Version ================================================== HEADLINES   (patents issued a few hours ago..) The Here to There Patent of the Day goes to Ameritech Corporation of Illinois for a Method and system for providing quick directions The Content Protection Patent of the Day goes to International Business Machines Corporation of New York for a Restricting deep hyperlinking on the World Wide Web     Index ================================================== NEWS F5 Networks files cookie patent suit http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2132347,00.html The networking company is claiming ownership of cookie technology that allows Web browsers to resume after interruption, and is suing several rivals for infringement. The patent, number 6,473,802, covers "cookie persistence", which makes it easier for a Web browser to resume an interrupted session on a Web site.     Index DirecTV Loses Bid to Dismiss NDS Patent Infringement Claims http://quote.bloomberg.com/fgcgi.cgi?mnu=news&ptitle=Technology%20UK&tp=ad_uknews& T=news_storypage99.ht&ad=uktechnology&s=APn9upxT1RGlyZWNU DirecTV, the largest U.S. satellite-television service, lost its bid to dismiss News Corp. unit NDS Group Plc's claims that DirecTV infringed patents related to technology that controls programming access. NDS, a maker of technology for TV set-top boxes, last year traded lawsuits with Hughes Electronics Corp.'s DirecTV, its largest client. The dispute concerns the conditional access card, made by NDS for DirecTV, which allows customers to receive programming from the satellite-TV service.     Index Microtune claims victory against Broadcom http://www.e4engineering.com/item.asp?id=48269&type=news Microtune has said that a jury in US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Sherman Division, has found in favour of Microtune in its patent infringement dispute against Broadcom. The jury found that Microtune's patent, US Patent No. 5,737,035, was valid and that Broadcom is willfully infringing the patent.     Index ================================================== PATENTS OF THE DAY 6,539,080 Method and system for providing quick directions Abstract:  A method and system for providing a telephone caller information assistance such as driving directions from a starting location to a destination location. To obtain information assistance, the caller places a telephone call to access the system. If the geographical location of the caller can be determined by an automatic location identification system it is displayed on an operator console where the caller's request is transferred to be handled by a live operator. The operator receives the caller's destination request and queries the system for the street route driving instructions to the requested destination. After obtaining the street route driving instructions, the call can be transferred to an audio box having an interactive user interface capable of replaying the desired information to the caller. In an illustrative embodiment, the interactive user interface is capable providing functions to stop, start, pause, and replay the information to the caller.     Index 6,539,424 Restricting deep hyperlinking on the World Wide Web Background:  Legal controversies over deep linking have developed. On the one side, some believe that deep linking should be illegal. For example, intellectual property owners of content rich information, such as movie studios, believe that they have the right to protect their rights to their Web page content by not permitting others to link to their sites that contain copyrighted material without their specific authorization. They believe that property owners who create content should have a right to determine how others experience their Web site. Also, if advertising-rich home pages are bypassed, then the owner of those sites may suffer diminished revenue. On the other hand, since linking is what the Web is all about, others believe that if links are banned or restrictions are put on linking, then the whole Internet would have to undergo a transformation. The whole point of the Web is for everything to be linked to everything else. The belief by some is that deep linking should be permissible because anyone who creates a Web page in effect grants the cyberspace community at large an implied license to link to it. Abstract:  The system, method and program of the invention enables a content provider to maintain control over the way in which a user may view the content provider's information. If the content provider receives a request for a Web page that is a deep hyperlink into the content provider's Web site, the content provider reroutes the request to the content provider's Home page. In addition, the content provider explicitly displays to the user, in an attached note, the next link or sequence of links that the user should follow in order for the user to get to the desired deep link. As such, users are restricted from entering deeply into Web sites and bypassing a Web site's home page.     Index ================================================== ACCESS OFFICIAL GAZETTE AND NOTICES Access this week's Official Gazette http://www.uspto.gov/web/patents/patog/week12/OG/classIndex.htm Excerpt from OG Notices Removal from Patent Register Increase in PCT Fees     Index ================================================== PATENTS AVAILABLE FOR LICENSING to Learn More or to List a Patent Implantable fuel cell This invention makes use of an electrostrictive material to increase the efficiency of a fuel cell as used for the production of power within a human. Laptop Display The invention includes a computer projector in a portable computer or PDA device. The lightweight, relatively low power display, only adds a few ounces of weight to the computer. It can project a large image display on a screen or wall. In several configurations taught by the patent, the LCD and active matrix displays, a considerable component of the cost of any computer or laptop, are eliminated. The projection device images onto the laptop cover panel, saving hundreds of dollars in manufacturing cost. Put the display cover in the projector position and you can project an image onto a large wall for group viewing. Other Patents CONCRETE FINISHING TOOL CHEMBLOX EDUCATIONAL MOLECULAR MODELS BOAT LOADING GUIDANCE DEVICE     Index ================================================== PATENT EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES to Learn More or to List a Job Senior IP Counsel The attorney will support the legal requirements of the Company relative to all pertinent intellectual property activities by developing and implementing strategies and procedures for protecting and asserting the intellectual property rights of the Company. This position reports to the Associate General Counsel, IP. JD or equivalent plus California Bar admission required. 6 years of IP and general transactional experience with a nationally recognized law firm and/or major corporation. Significant experience managing IP for biotech or pharmaceutical products and technology. General corporate, as well as merger and acquisition experience preferred. Patent Counsel Mid-level experienced Patent Agent or Patent Attorney for vegetable seed company whose responsibilities will include preparing and prosecuting biotechnology, plant breeding and plant pathology patent applications - 80+%; assisting in managing activities of outside international patent counsel, training activities and supporting the Research & Development team. 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