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Tuesday, October 19, 2004

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The Caller History Patent of the Day goes to
BellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation of Delaware for a
System, method and apparatus for court-ordered surveillance of call records

The Aural Pleasure Patent of the Day goes to
Two Inventors from California for a
Method of shared erotic experience and facilities for same
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NEWS
General Patent Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Bausch & Lomb Surgical for Scieran Technologies
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/041018/nym181_1.html
General Patent Corporation of Suffern, NY, has announced today that it has filed a patent infringement lawsuit, on behalf of Scieran Technologies, Inc. of San Juan Capistrano, CA (Scieran), against Bausch & Lomb Surgical, Inc. of San Dimas, CA (Bausch & Lomb). General Patent Corporation International (GPCI) of Suffern, New York, a leading contingency patent enforcement firm, is the exclusive licensing agent for Scieran and is representing the company in the licensing and enforcement of its patent portfolio. The suit was filed in the U.S. District Court of Delaware. Scieran is represented by the prominent IP litigation boutique Levin and O'Connor. GPCI retained Levin & O'Connor on behalf of Scieran after licensing negotiations with Bausch & Lomb reached a dead end. The complaint alleges that Bausch & Lomb Surgical Inc, a unit of Bausch & Lomb, Inc., manufactured, used, sold and/or offered for sale a disposable high-speed vitrectomy cutter, without the rights or license from Scieran, in infringement of Scieran's US Patent Nos. 6,629,986 and 6,258,111. Scieran seeks unspecified compensatory damages and a permanent injunction against Bausch & Lomb.
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PalmSource settles Digeo patent suit
http://news.zdnet.com/2110-3513_22-5411911.html
PalmSource, the developer of the Palm operating system for portable devices, announced on Friday that it has settled a patent infringement lawsuit brought against it by Digeo Interactive, a subsidiary of Digeo. As part of the settlement, PalmSource has become a licensee of technology covered by Digeo's 5,734,823 patent and related patents, and Digeo has agreed to dismiss all legal claims. The two companies also agreed that for a period of five years, neither company will assert their patents in each other's business segments. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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Digene settles patent lawsuit for $30.5 million
http://baltimore.bizjournals.com/baltimore/stories/2004/10/11/daily31.html
Gaithersburg-based Digene, which markets a DNA-based test for cervical cancer, has settled a patent-infringement suit against it by Enzo Biochem for $16 million, plus guaranteed royalty payments in future years. Under the agreement, Digene has paid Farmingdale, N.Y.-based Enzo Biochem $16 million -- $2 million of which will go toward royalty payments. It also agrees to pay royalties of at least $2.5 million in the first year and at least $3.5 million in each of the next four years. Digene says its obligation to pay royalties to Enzo will expire no later than 2018. It will take a $14 million charge in its fiscal 2005 first quarter as a result of the settlement.
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PATENTS OF THE DAY

6,807,265

System, method and apparatus for court-ordered surveillance of call records

Abstract: A system, method and apparatus is disclosed for communicating one or more telecommunication call records requested through a court order to a predetermined account in response to a court-ordered request. The system includes a telecommunication switch circuit; a computing system in communication with the switch circuit, the computing system including one or more computers having one or more processors for executing logic instructions and a memory for storing the instructions and a storage device in communication with the computing system; and one or more sets of logic instructions operative with the one or more processors to cause the one or more processor to: at predetermined scheduled intervals, identify one or more call records in a call records database in accordance with the court-ordered request; retrieve the identified one or more call records from the database; and transmit the one or more call records to the predetermined account. The method includes, at predetermined scheduled intervals, identifying one or more call records in a call records database in accordance with the court-ordered request; retrieving the identified one or more call records from the database; and transmitting the one or more call records to the predetermined account. The apparatus includes a computing system including one or more computers having one or more processors for executing logic instructions; a memory for storing the instructions; and a storage device in communication with the computing system.

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6,805,663

Method of shared erotic experience and facilities for same

Abstract: A method of sharing erotic experiences includes providing a building with a number of compartments, entertainment viewable from inside the compartments and surround sound music audible throughout the building, participants entering the building and go to the compartments, starting the entertainment at a proscribed time, and turning on the power from a central control booth at a proscribed time to a stimulation device for sexual pleasure found in each of the compartments. The facilities are such that sounds from the participants are transferred between the compartments, such that couples or individuals in one compartment can hear others in the building also experiencing intense sexual pleasure. The individual compartments may further contain a whirlpool tub with jets starting at a proscribed time. Importantly, security is provided to maintain order in the building, and regular cleaning and sanitizing of the compartments and stimulation device is provided.