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GEN-ERIC Patent News Tuesday, June 8,
2004
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Printer Friendly Version ================================================== HEADLINES (patents issued a few hours
ago..) The Out There Patent of the Day goes
to Sony Corporation of Tokyo for an Information
processing apparatus and method for displaying weather data as a background for
an electronic pet in a virtual space
The Way Out There
Patent of the Day goes to BR System Co., Ltd. of Korea for a Method for
measuring human body aura and system therefor
Index ================================================== NEWS Case may pluck BlackBerries
from U.S. http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/176614_blackberries07.html Is
it really possible that Bill Gates, Pamela Anderson and phalanxes of
stockbrokers, lawyers and congressional staff members will have to give up one
of their most treasured possessions: their BlackBerries? Today in Washington,
judges at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit are scheduled to
ponder whether Research in Motion, the Canadian maker of the much-coveted
BlackBerry hand-held wireless e-mail device, should be barred from business in
the United States. At issue is who has the patent for the BlackBerry's
technology.
In August, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District,
in Richmond, Va., dealt RIM a stunning blow, ordering the company to pay NTP,
which sued RIM for patent infringement, $53.7 million in damages and granting an
injunction to prevent RIM from making, selling or servicing the devices in the
United States. The injunction was stayed, pending RIM's appeal now before the
Federal Circuit, the nation's highest patent court, which is supposed to hear
arguments today. RIM is "engaging in 'bet your company' litigation," said Jim
Wallace, a lawyer representing NTP. "What's at stake is the entire company. If
you look at their annual reports, their core business is BlackBerries in the
United States."
Index Google, Yahoo face off in suit http://www.tallahassee.com/mld/tallahassee/business/technology/8836209.htm Google
is the darling of the Internet and seemingly at the top of its game as it
charges toward a public stock offering sometime this summer. But the Mountain
View company could be paying hundreds of millions of dollars to its Sunnyvale
archrival, Yahoo, if it loses a little-noticed patent lawsuit unfolding in a San
Jose courtroom. The case pits Google against Overture Services, an Internet
advertising company bought by Yahoo last year. Overture claims it patented an
online bidding system for ads seven months before Google introduced a similar
system. Patent attorneys who have reviewed the suit said Overture's patent
claims can't be easily dismissed. Index Intermec Files RFID
Patent Infringement Complaint Against Matrics http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20040607005617&newsLang=en Intermec
IP Corp., a UNOVA Inc. (NYSE:UNA) company, today filed a patent infringement
lawsuit against Matrics Inc. of Rockville, MD., relating to Intermec's RFID
(radio frequency identification) patents. The complaint, filed in Federal
District Court in Delaware, alleges Matrics' RFID products and systems infringe
intellectual property owned by Intermec and asks for a reasonable royalty.
Intermec offers a complete licensing program for companies that want to use
Intermec intellectual property. "Intermec believes strongly in the need to
balance two responsibilities," said Intermec President Tom Miller. "We are
committed to making sure multiple suppliers have access to technology, and we
provide that through our licensing program. We also must safeguard the rights of
companies that invest in development of new technologies that lead to market
advancement." Intermec, an RFID pioneer, acquired its RFID technology from IBM
Research, through acquisition in 1997 of Amtech Corp. and through its own
extensive investment in RFID research and development. Intermec's complaint
alleges Matrics has infringed on a number of its patents, each of which is based
on inventions made, filed, and issued or pending before Matrics was founded.
Index ================================================== PATENTS OF THE DAY
6,748,326
Information processing apparatus
and method for displaying weather data as a background for an electronic
pet in a virtual space
Abstract: An
information processing apparatus and method as well as a program storage medium
wherein the weather of a real space is reflected on the weather of a virtual
space. A plurality of personal computers can communicate data with a weather
server over a display section. The weather server provides the look of the sky
imaged by a video camera as weather information. Each of the personal computers
displays, for example, when it is operating with an application for an
electronic pet, a weather of a virtual space in which an electronic pet lives
based on the weather information provided from the weather server.
Index
6,746,397
Method for measuring human body
aura and system therefor
Abstract: A method
of measuring the aura of a human body is provided wherein the method comprises
putting a system for measuring aura of a human body to an initial status by
first selecting from a program a mode of operating said system, wherein the mode
comprises a camera-using mode and a camera non-using mode. The system is capable
of measuring physiological signals of a human body. According to the method, a
timer function is selected on the system to use a timer through a program that
delays the reading of the physiological signals of the person tested for about
5-10 seconds, two palms are contacted on aura sensing part for measuring
physiological signals of a human body, the physiological signals of the human
body are read from the sensors with the system, and the aura image of the
physiological signals is displayed on a monitor.
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Reissue Applications Filed
Requests for Ex Parte Reexamination Filed
Index ================================================== PATENTS AVAILABLE FOR
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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.
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