RETURN to News Archive ================================================== Copyright(c) 1998-2004 GEN-ERIC Channel.  All rights reserved. GEN-ERIC Patent News Tuesday, August 17, 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 Place Your Bets Patent of the Day goes to Tendler Cellular, Inc. of Boston for a Method and apparatus for assuring that a telephone wager is placed within the wagering jurisdiction The Trick or Treat Patent of the Day goes to an Independent Inventor from California for a Haunting aid     Index ================================================== NEWS Donaldson Co. ordered to pay $15.8 million for patent infringement http://www.whotv.com/Global/story.asp?S=2170242 Donaldson Company has been ordered to pay an Iowa manufacturer more than 15 (m) million dollars for patent infringement. The judgment in favor of Engineered Products Company of Waterloo was entered in U-S District Court for the Northern District of Iowa. A jury determined in May that Minneapolis-based Donaldson, which makes filtration products, had infringed Engineered Products' patent, and set actual damages at five-point-three (m) million dollars.     Index Embrex Files Patent Suit http://www.localtechwire.com/article.cfm?u=8999 Embrex filed a patent suite on Wednesday against a New Jersey firm, saying the company “infringed” on its in-ovo (in egg) injection system. The suit, filed in federal court, seeking “injunctive relief and monetary damages” from AviTech of Hebron, MD. Embrex said it also wanted a jury trial. "Invention is a critical component of our business strategy, and we are proud of the success we've had in patenting what we have discovered, designed and commercialized," said Randall Marcuson, president and chief executive officer of Embrex.     Index CyberSource Sues Retail Decisions for Patent Infringement http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040813/sff015_1.html CyberSource Corporation (Nasdaq: CYBS - News) announced today that it has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Retail Decisions, Inc. and Retail Decisions plc. The suit was filed in the U.S. District Court, Northern District of California. The complaint alleges that Retail Decisions' eBitGuard product uses technology covered by U.S. Patent No. 6,029,154, "Method and System for Detecting Fraud in a Credit Card Transaction Over the Internet." The application for the patent was filed in July 1997 and the patent was issued to CyberSource in February 2000. CyberSource is asking the court to enjoin Retail Decisions from infringing CyberSource's patent as well as for an award of damages adequate to compensate CyberSource for the harm resulting from Retail Decisions' infringement and treble damages based upon Retail Decisions' willful infringement.     Index ================================================== PATENTS OF THE DAY 6,778,820 Method and apparatus for assuring that a telephone wager is placed within the wagering jurisdiction Abstract:  A wireless phone is provided with a GPS receiver and a system which is utilized to report the local position of the wireless phone either prior or during to the time of a telephone placed wager, in which the geographic coordinates of the phone are transmitted to the sports bet for verification that the wager is being placed within the geographic limits of the wagering authority. In one embodiment spoofing of the system is prevented by having the wireless phone report the time since last fix such that an individual within the wagering authority's jurisdiction cannot remove himself from the jurisdiction with the location having been remembered, with the wager taking entity processing as valid only those geographic coordinates having a time since last fix of, for instance, ten minutes. Anything over this pre-determined limit is determined to be an invalid wager. So accurate is GPS that additional anti-spoofing is provided at the wager taking entity in which authorization is withheld if the location reported is identical to a previously reported location. Further anti-spoofing is provided by the phone transmitting its mobile identification number, with authorization for the wager occurring only for a pre-authorized mobile identification number.     Index 6,776,687 Haunting aid Abstract:  A face with glowing eyes returns stare or blinks at onlookers. At least the head of a being or creature is provided on a backing with a pair of LEDs positioned in empty sockets or under evil brows. The base of each LED rests against or is placed adjacent to the front of the backing, while electrical leads on the other side secure the LEDs in place. The approach to prop construction described may also be employed for less sinister purposes.     Index ================================================== ACCESS OFFICIAL GAZETTE AND NOTICES Access this week's Official Gazette http://www.uspto.gov/web/patents/patog/week33/OG/index2.htm Excerpt from OG Notices Elimination of Credit Card as Payment Ex Parte Appeals     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