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Tuesday, November 25, 2003

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The Smart Map Patent of the Day goes to
an Independent Inventor from Maryland for a
System for communicating through maps

The Patent about Patents Patent of the Day goes to
General Electric Company of New York for
Methods and systems for managing invention disclosures
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AT&T claims eBay, PayPal infringe on its patents
http://www.indystar.com/articles/5/094747-1445-031.html
AT&T Corp. smacked eBay Inc. with a patent infringement lawsuit Thursday, claiming the online auction company has been using a payment system that the telecommunications giant developed more than a decade ago. The case, filed in Delaware, comes on the heels of an August verdict in which a Virginia judge ordered eBay to pay $29.5 million to an inventor who accused the company of stealing his ideas for fixed-price sales formats. EBay is appealing that case. AT&T's suit demands that eBay pay an undisclosed amount in licensing fees because its lucrative PayPal division functions as a "trusted intermediary" between buyers and sellers who may not know each other.
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U.S. District Court Upholds Eaton's Snap-to-Connect Patent, Grants Permanent Injunction Against Parker Hannifin
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20031121005283&newsLang=en
Diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton Corporation (NYSE:ETN) today announced that the U.S. District Court in Wilmington, Delaware this week granted a permanent injunction against Parker Hannifin Corporation regarding an Eaton patent for an innovative Snap-to-Connect (STC(R)) technology used in high-pressure hydraulic applications. The Nov. 18 ruling by U.S. District Judge Sue Robinson prohibits Parker from manufacturing, marketing or selling its Generation II and Generation III Perma Push connectors and any colorable variations of them. Additionally, the court confirmed that two other related Eaton patents are also valid and enforceable. Eaton filed the patent infringement suit against Parker on Aug. 15, 2000. Eaton's patented Snap-to-Connect technology has numerous applications for mobile and industrial equipment.
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Boston Scientific Announces Court Decision Denying Preliminary Injunctions On Drug Eluting Stents
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/031121/nyf133_1.html
Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX - News) announced today that the U.S. District Court in Wilmington, Delaware has denied a motion by Cordis Corporation seeking a preliminary injunction against Boston Scientific's TAXUS(TM) drug-eluting stent system and has denied a motion by Boston Scientific seeking a preliminary injunction against Cordis' CYPHER(TM) drug-eluting stent system. The motions had been brought in lawsuits in which each of the companies has alleged patent infringement against the other. Both patent infringement cases remain pending.
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PATENTS OF THE DAY

6,654,800

System for communicating through maps

Abstract: An HTTP server connected to the World Wide Web is described. The system allows a user to post arbitrary information to any geographical region simply by outlining the region on a map in the system's graphical user interface and attaching the information to the outlined region. Any user of the system can browse and receive these geographically relevant postings simply by identifying a point or region of interest on one of the system's maps. Users with registered accounts can elect to receive automatic email of postings that are relevant to one or more of their primary geographical coordinates. Mobile users can condition their cell phones or other communications devices to check into the system periodically to receive geographically relevant postings as they travel. The system can be used for communications with a geographically identified group, for governmental and commercial communications with a particular population, and for advertising, among other uses.

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6,654,767

Methods and systems for managing invention disclosures

Abstract: Methods and systems for management of invention disclosures, in one exemplary embodiment, utilizes a system including a server and at least one device connected to the server via a network. The system restricts access of users based upon job description. In addition, the system facilitates evaluation of each invention disclosure by storing invention disclosure information input by users and sorting invention disclosures based on criteria input by the submitter as well as by other multiple users via the device. Invention disclosure information is based upon at least one of an innovation disclosure, a patentability assessment, an intrinsic value assessment, a competitive value assessment and an overall assessment of the invention.