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RETURN to News Archive ================================================== Copyright(c) 1998-2004 GEN-ERIC Channel. All rights reserved. GEN-ERIC Patent News Tuesday, June 1, 2004 ================================================== 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 Related Opportunities Printer Friendly Version ================================================== HEADLINES (patents issued a few hours ago..) The Email Alert Patent of the Day goes to Lucent Technologies Inc. of New Jersey for an Electronic mail priority alert service The Boxing Endorsement Patent of the Day goes to Cyber World Group of California for an Advertising system Index ================================================== NEWS OMHEX to fight $64 million eSpeed patent suit http://www.finextra.com/topstory.asp?id=11912 Swedish transaction technology vendor and exchange operator OMHEX says it will fight a $64 million patent lawsuit filed in the US by electronic broker eSpeed. OM Technology was named in a suit filed by eSpeed last year in connection with its delivery of software for electronic fixed income outfit BrokerTec, now owned by Icap. In court hearings, eSpeed has filed for damages of up to $64 million for infringement of its patent. In a statement, OM says it will vigorously contest the damages calculation and has re-asserted its belief that the eSpeed patent is invalid. The company intends to seek dismissal of the suit promptly following the conclusion of the discovery period on 30 June. Index Ampex Corporation Initiates Litigation Against Sanyo http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20040526005298&newsLang=en Ampex Corporation filed a complaint with the International Trade Commission seeking an exclusion order barring Sanyo Electric Company Ltd. from the importation and sale of digital still cameras and cellular phones with digital image storage and retrieval capabilities into the United States of America due to Sanyo's unauthorized use of the Company's intellectual property. The requested exclusion order would apply to digital still cameras and cellular phones with digital image storage and retrieval capabilities manufactured by Sanyo and sold in the U.S. under its own brand name as well as products manufactured by Sanyo under OEM agreements and sold under other manufacturers' brand names. Industry statistics indicate that Sanyo is the world's largest manufacturer of digital still cameras, with sales accounting for approximately 30% of the global market. Index Wi-LAN's Patent Tollbooth On The Road To WiMAX http://www.corante.com/bwia/archives/003833.html In what may be a portent of future legal conflicts, Wi-LAN, Inc. and Redline Communications said they have settled a patent dispute covering technology used in wireless broadband equipment. Specifically, Redline agreed to pay Wi-LAN royalties for wireless broadband technology that uses advanced orthogonal frequency multiplexing. Wi-LAN has patents on such technology in both Canada and the U.S. for that technology, which will be part of wireless broadband systems based on 802.16 technology, also known as WiMAX. While Wi-LAN expressed satisfaction about the settlement, Redline was less pleased. "We strongly believe that we do not infringe on their patents," Majed Sifri, Redline's president and CEO said in a statement. "However, it would have been too much of a distraction to challenge their claims as the royalty represents a minor portion of the overall Redline product cost. It made more sense to quickly reach an agreement so we could continue to focus on our core business." Index ================================================== PATENTS OF THE DAY
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 Index ================================================== ACCESS OFFICIAL GAZETTE AND NOTICES Access this week's Official Gazette http://www.uspto.gov/web/patents/patog/week22/OG/index2.htm Excerpt from OG Notices Index ================================================== PATENTS AVAILABLE FOR LICENSING to Learn More or to List a Patent Plug-and-play smart data cable The invention includes a smart, plug-and-play cable capable of transparently translating between two different communication protocols. The cables are "plug-and-play" such that two devices can be coupled together for communication without the requirement that the user perform any special set-up steps in order for it to work. To implement this plug-and-play functionality, the smart cable of the present invention determines which communication protocols are required at each of its ports, and selects, activates, enables, or downloads the appropriate communication protocol drivers to enable proper operation. Electric shaver having orbitally moving blades An electric shaver includes blades which while rotating around their own centers also orbit around another axis, thus providing that the blades sweep a large area. 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. Index ================================================== EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES to List a Job Patent Related Jobs from Monster Patent Related Jobs from www.IntelPropLaw.com Index ================================================== GEN-ERIC Channel |