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Tuesday, August 26, 2003

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HEADLINES (patents issued a few hours ago..)
The Pick a Number, Any Number Patent of the Day goes to
Lucent Technologies of New Jersey for a
Method for worldwide administration of advanced number portability numbers

The Hit Me with your Best Shot Patent of the Day goes to
PhatRat Technology, Inc. of Colorado for a
Real time boxing sports meter and associated methods
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NEWS
Palm, Microsoft and Compaq face patent litigation
http://www.out-law.com/php/page.php?page_id=palmmicrosoftand1061818338&area=news
The US Court of Appeals on Wednesday gave the go-ahead for patent infringement cases to resume against Palm, Microsoft and Compaq – now part of Hewlett-Packard – and acknowledged that Palm Pilots may have infringed on patents held by E-Pass Technologies Inc. The Court of Appeals issued an opinion last Wednesday reversing a district court opinion. Accordingly the case has now been sent back to the district court to determine whether the devices do actually infringe the E-Pass patent.
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AstraZeneca wins patent case
http://philadelphia.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/stories/2003/08/18/daily40.html
AstraZeneca said Friday that a U.S. District Court in Philadelphia ruled that a formulation patent for the company's high blood pressure drug Plendil is valid and was infringed by Mutual Pharmaceutical Co. Plendil, a calcium channel blocker, is also prescribed as a treatment for angina. Judge Michael M. Baylson of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania issued a decision Friday granting AstraZeneca's motion for summary judgment against Mutual and entered a final judgment in favor of AstraZeneca.
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Drug-maker Lilly drops willful infringement claim against Ivax
http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/business/6577732.htm
Ivax Corp. said Wednesday that Eli Lilly & Co. agreed to dismiss its claim that Ivax is planning to willfully infringe on patents for its top-selling drug. Miami-based Ivax filed with the Food and Drug Administration in 2001 to sell a generic version of Lilly's Zyprexa schizophrenia drug, which had 2002 sales of about $3.69 billion. Lilly, Indianapolis, then sued Ivax, along with India's Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. and Israel's Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., which also filed to sell olanzapine, the generic version of Zyprexa.
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PATENTS OF THE DAY

6,611,831

Method for worldwide administration of advanced number portability numbers

Abstract: A method for discovering and assigning telephone numbers that have commercial, trademark or vanity significance to requesting subscribers on a worldwide scale. The method includes determining numbers that have value because they potentially will be requested for commercial, trademark or vanity purposes by companies or persons active in various locations in the world. Language translations and transliterations are also taken into account in order to obtain a telephone number that will retain its commercial, trademark or vanity value in an area that speaks a different language.

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6,611,782

Real time boxing sports meter and associated methods

Abstract: A power sensing unit is incorporated into a boxing glove for use according to a method of quantifying impact forces in a boxing match in real time. Impact force data is transmitted from the boxing glove to a remote receiver. The force data is collated to assess the strike force generated by each boxer.