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Tuesday, September 2, 2003

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The Improved Search Results Patent of the Day goes to
Google, Inc. of California for
Detecting query-specific duplicate documents

The Wacked Out Patent of the Day goes to
International Business Machines Corporation of New York for a
System and method for monitoring behavior patterns
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NEWS
Genlyte gets $8 million settlement
http://www.courier-journal.com/business/news2003/08/30/biz-front-genlyte30-3254.html
Genlyte Thomas Group, a Louisville lighting company, said yesterday that it will receive $8million from the settlement of a 3-year-old patent-infringement lawsuit against its chief competitor. In 2000, Genlyte sued Lithonia, the lighting division of Atlanta-based Acuity Inc., alleging it copied a Genlyte recessed-lighting fixture. The Genlyte fixture was the first drop-down recessed lighting fixture to be made entirely out of plastic.
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GlaxoSmithKline sues Dr Reddy's
http://sify.com/finance/fullstory.php?id=13236499&vsv=157
GlaxoSmithKline Plc has filed a lawsuit against Dr Reddy's Laboratories Ltd alleging patent infringement by the latter pertaining to one of the drugs of the former. The lawsuit was filed in the US District Court for the district of New Jersey. The lawsuit was in reaction to the filing of Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) by Dr Reddy's with the United States Food and Drug Administration for Ondansetron Orally Disintegrating Tablets (ODT), equivalent to 4 mg and 8 mg, with a Paragraph-IV certification on all Orange Book patents. Ondansetron ODT is the generic version of GlaxoSmithKline's product Zofran ODT and is indicated for the prevention of nausea and vomiting associated with certain cancer therapies.
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Court sides with Microtune in patent infringement case
http://dallas.bizjournals.com/dallas/stories/2003/08/25/daily38.html
Plano-based Microtune Inc. has won a permanent injunction in a patent-infringement case against communications chip maker Broadcom Corp. Microtune said a federal judge ordered the permanent injunction Aug. 25, barring Irvine, Calif.-based Broadcom from marketing and selling television tuners that infringe upon a patent held by Microtune.
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PATENTS OF THE DAY

6,615,209

Detecting query-specific duplicate documents

Abstract: An improved duplicate detection technique that uses query-relevant information to limit the portion(s) of documents to be compared for similarity is described. Before comparing two documents for similarity, the content of these documents may be condensed based on the query. In one embodiment, query-relevant information or text (also referred to as "snippets") is extracted from the documents and only the extracted snippets, rather than the entire documents, are compared for purposes of determining similarity.

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6,614,438

System and method for monitoring behavior patterns

Background: A system and method for monitoring behavior patterns which effectively distinguishes between alarming and non-alarming behavior patterns, includes at least one sensor for detecting behavior patterns, a memory device coupled to the sensor, for storing standard behavior patterns, and a processor, coupled to the memory device, for comparing standard behavior patterns with detected behavior patterns, and causing a response to be activated when standard behavior patterns and detected behavior patterns have a predetermined relationship.