Copyright Lawsuit Filing Update (through October 26, 2006)
Posted by Stephen M. Nipper at October 27, 2006 12:02 AM
Advanced Rotorcraft Technology, Inc. v. L-3 Communications Corporation
candce
3:2006cv06470
2006-10-16
Arista Records LLC et al v. Bodnar
ohndce
1:2006cv02493
2006-10-17
Arista Records, LLC et al v. Figueroa
txsdce
2:2006cv00461
2006-10-17
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Weather Forecasting Technique Wins Top Prize in 2006 Collegiate Inventors Competition®
Posted by Kristen Cichocki at October 23, 2006 10:53 AM
Student innovators receive cash prizes for their novel projects
Alexandria, VA (October 19, 2006) — A new way of forecasting the weather has earned the top honor in the Collegiate Inventors Competition, an annual program of the National Inventors Hall of Fame Foundation.co-sponsored by the USPTO. Matthew Haugland of the University of Oklahoma conducted research based on weather observations in microclimates to create his method. He was announced as the grand prize winner of the Competition, receiving a $25,000 prize.
This year’s winners also include Craig Hashi and YiQian Zhu of the University of California, Berkeley in the graduate category for their tissue-engineered vascular graft, and Fan Yang of Johns Hopkins University in the undergraduate category for her work with anti-adherent compounds for contact lenses. Hashi and Zhu receive a $15,000 prize, and Yang receives a $10,000 prize. The 2006 Competition is sponsored by the Abbott Fund and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
This year’s winners were announced during a Thursday evening awards ceremony at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. They were recognized for their cutting edge achievements, along with the other finalists in the competition, in front of an audience of National Inventors Hall of Fame inductees, technology leaders, and educators. Students’ advisors are also recognized with a $3,000 prize.
Marcian (Ted) Hoff, a final phase judge and an inductee in the National Inventors Hall of Fame for his invention of the microprocessor, said, “We’re impressed by the high caliber student inventions that we reviewed, and we look forward to seeing these inventions put to use in the near future. I know that all the judges join me in congratulating all of the students for their innovative work.”
Eleven finalists endured rigorous scrutiny during an initial evaluation process that judged their entries on the originality of the idea, process or technology, and the potential value and usefulness of their invention to society. The finalists presented their inventions on October 18th to a final panel of seven judges comprised of technology experts, some of whom are inductees in the National Inventors Hall of Fame.
"Science is about individuals looking at information and having that "light bulb" moment where they see something nobody else saw as a new solution to a problem, which is exactly what these students have done," said Bruce Beutel, Ph.D., Target and Lead Discovery, Abbott, the global research-based healthcare company. Dr. Beutel was a final round judge for the competition. "Abbott is proud to support the Collegiate Inventors Competition to encourage the next generation of scientists and innovators to come forward with the creativity that will solve problems which affect everyone."
"Inventive talent and creativity thrive in America's universities," noted Jon Dudas, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property. "The young men and women recognized today have begun what I hope will be a life-long adventure into discovering new and better ways to improve the world in which we live."
Grand prize winner Matthew Haugland, 26, has been fascinated by weather prediction and microclimates from the time he was a youngster. Especially as he grew up in the San Francisco Bay region, he was intrigued by the existing microclimates and the reasons behind them. Originally enrolled at San Jose State University, Haugland was interested in purchasing land where he could conduct his weather observations. Unable to afford land in northern California, he transferred to the University of Oklahoma and purchased five acres where he could install weather stations to monitor the environment. Through his research, based on weather observations from these stations, Haugland developed a weather forecasting technique that uses standard topographic maps and existing weather stations to more accurately predict nighttime temperatures. The implications of his work are broad, from helping to predict nighttime fog formation, a major weather-related cause of death in transportation, to helping farmers protect crops from frost and freezing. Haugland’s work is especially significant in agriculture where frost damage is the largest weather-related cause of damage to crops. He has already received international attention for his work and is hoping to run a successful business focused on microclimates and microscale weather forecasting. At the University of Oklahoma, Haugland received his bachelors degree in 2001, his masters degree in 2002, and his Ph.D. in May of 2006.
Graduate winners Craig Hashi, 24, and YiQian Zhu, 31, have been recognized for their invention of a tissue-engineered vascular graft. Their research shows that they can create small bioengineered blood vessels. Knowing that grafts from a patient’s body and synthetic grafts can have their limitations, the team experimented with a new kind of graft. Using a polymer, they create long, thin strands which they form into a thin mat. Then, they seed the mat with bone marrow stem cells and allow them to culture. The mat is manipulated into a tube shape which can be implanted as a vascular graft. Once implanted, the polymer dissolves and leaves a fully-functioning blood vessel. Chances of rejection are greatly reduced because the patient’s own cells could be used to create the graft. Hashi, originally from Torrance, California, received his undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering from UCLA and is currently working on his Ph.D. in bioengineering at Berkeley. Zhu graduated from Fudan University Medical School in China and is also in Berkeley’s Ph.D. bioengineering program.
Fan Yang, 18, is the undergraduate winner for her work with anti-adherent compounds for contact lenses. Seventy million people around the world wear contact lenses and contracting lens-induced infections is not uncommon. Yang’s goal is to prevent infection-causing bacteria from adhering to contact lenses. It was while Yang was just in the eighth grade that she began thinking of her invention. While interning in a lab, she was looking for compounds that could adhere to bacteria. She was interested to discover that some compounds did not adhere. Later, in high school, after a visit to her optometrist, Yang was discouraged from wearing contact lenses because of the possible risk of infection. Her experiences led her to focus on her current anti-adherent project, looking not just at practical applications for contact lenses, but also investigating broader applications with medical implants in general. Yang has been a resident of Davis, California since she was ten years old. She is currently a sophomore studying biomaterial and nanomaterial engineering at Johns Hopkins University.
The Collegiate Inventors Competition encourages students to be active in science, engineering, mathematics, technology, and creative invention. This prestigious challenge recognizes and rewards the innovations, discoveries, and research by college and university students and their advisors for projects leading to inventions that can be patented. Introduced by the Hall of Fame in 1990, the Competition has annually rewarded individuals or teams for their innovative work and scientific achievement. For more information on the Competition, visit www.invent.org/collegiate. For more information on the National Inventors Hall of Fame Foundation, visit www.invent.org.
The Abbott Fund is a not-for-profit, philanthropic foundation established by Abbott.
For over 200 years, the basic role of the USPTO has remained the same: to promote the progress of science. Through the issuance of patents, the USPTO encourages technological advancement by providing incentives to invent, invest in, and disclose new technology worldwide. Through the registration of trademarks, the agency assists businesses in protecting their investments, promoting goods and services, and safeguarding consumers against confusion and deception in the marketplace. By disseminating both patent and trademark information, the USPTO promotes an understanding of intellectual property protection and facilitates the development and sharing of new technologies worldwide.
Post Glitch Fixed
Posted by Stephen M. Nipper at October 19, 2006 11:33 AM
I had a reader ask (earlier this week) "why are you only giving us the first three cases now on your Lawsuit updates?"
I replied that RSS Mojo is a combination of the patent/trademark/copyright lawsuit feeds, as well as the USPTO News and Notices pages. Because we are dumping so much content to one "blog" (using categories to split the topics), I was asked (by readers) if I could shorten up the posts by using extended entries. Ergo that I what we now do. Thus...you have to "click to read more" for those LONG posts.
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Copyright Lawsuit Filing Update (through October 17, 2006)
Posted by Stephen M. Nipper at October 18, 2006 12:49 AM
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Alphi International, Ltd. v. Pinnacle Promotion Supply Inc. et al
nysdce
1:2006cv08176
2006-10-05
Arista Records L L C v. Loring
lawdce
3:2006cv01761
2006-10-10
Atlantic Recording Corporation
cacdce
8:2006cv00923
2006-10-03
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Notice of Clarification of Office Policy To Exercise Discretion in Reexamining Fewer Than All the Patent Claims
Posted by Kristen Cichocki at October 12, 2006 12:58 PM
Notice of Clarification of Office Policy To Exercise Discretion in Reexamining Fewer Than All the Patent Claims [signed 05 October 2006]
View and/or download a PDF of this notice at the following url:
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Commerce Under Secretary and Orlando Congressman Highlight Orlandoâs Innovation and Employment
Commerce Under Secretary and Orlando Congressman Highlight Orlando’s Innovation and Employment
Focus on importance of intellectual property protection to Orlando's economy
Washington, D.C . - Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Jon Dudas, joined by U.S. Representative Tom Feeney (R-FL), today told reporters on a conference call that protecting intellectual property against piracy and counterfeiting is a key part of economic growth, particularly in Orlando. Dudas and Feeney emphasized that intellectual property theft costs U.S. businesses approximately $250 billion annually and hundreds of thousands of jobs.
"Orlando is a leader in innovation and high-technology. Today's job numbers show that the U.S. has continued to add new jobs. Innovation in Florida is leading the way,” noted Under Secretary Dudas.
Today, the Labor Department announced that the economy gained 51,000 new jobs in September, following the addition of 188,000 jobs in August. The economy has created more than 1.7 million jobs over the past 12 months. Additionally, the economy has grown 4.1 percent over the first half of this year. Unemployment in Florida is just 3.3 percent compared to 4.6 percent nationally. Orlando's unemployment is 3.2 percent.
Florida and the Orlando area are helping America grow and lead the world economy. Florida ranks fourth in the nation for high-technology jobs. Orlando has been ranked first in the country for gazelle jobs, those jobs that are in companies with annual sales revenue growth of 20 percent or more for four straight years. The Burnham Institute for Medical Research's recent decision to expand to the Orlando area will create more than 3,000 jobs and an atmosphere for high wage technology job growth.
‘The Orlando economy, much like the rest of the country, is becoming more diversified through high-tech growth,” Dudas continued. "Florida businesses are exporting more and exporting to new markets. More intellectual property-based jobs are being created, and the need to understand the importance of intellectual property protection is ever more critical.”
Florida's high-tech exports totaled $9.4 billion in 2004, ranking third nationwide.
Combating intellectual property theft is a top priority for the Bush Administration. A major federal government effort known as the Strategy Targeting Organized Piracy (STOP!) aims to combat criminal networks that traffic in fakes, stop trade in pirated and counterfeit goods at America's borders and help small businesses secure and enforce their rights in overseas markets. As part of the initiative, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office maintains a toll-free telephone hotline, 1-866-999-HALT, that helps businesses leverage the resources of the U.S. government to protect their intellectual property rights.
The USPTO also has a Web site specifically designed to address the needs of small businesses, and informational materials informing small businesses about the problem and steps they can take to mitigate it. Materials and other information about the awareness campaign are available at www.stopfakes.gov/smallbusiness .
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Trademark Lawsuit Filing Update (through September 28, 2006)
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Admar International, Inc. v. Intelex, Ltd.
txedce
2:2006cv00376
2006-09-18
Aelitis SAS v. azureus.net et al
vaedce
1:2006cv01087
2006-09-22
Allegra Holdings, LLC et al v. Nelson et al
flmdce
6:2006cv01483
2006-09-27
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Ameriquest Mortgage Company v. Amerifirst Home Improvement Finance Co
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2:2006cv05616
2006-09-06
Amica Mutual Insurance Company v. Mostchoice.com , Inc.
ridce
1:2006cv00411
2006-09-15
Amish Acres LLC v. Amish Acres LLC of Ohio
inndce
3:2006cv00564
2006-09-14
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ADVANCED CORRECTIONAL HEALTHCARE, INC. v. ROSE
insdce
1:2006cv01311
2006-09-05
American Blind and Wallpaper Factory, Incorporated v. Budget Blinds, Incorporated
miedce
2:2006cv13926
2006-09-05
American Pacific University v. Pucci et al
hidce
1:2006cv00483
2006-09-06
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5:2006cv00930
2006-09-01
ACE INA HOLDINGS, INC. et al v. ACE INSURANCE AGENCY, LLC et al
paedce
2:2006cv03899
2006-08-31
Altvater Gessler-J.A . Baczewski International (USA) Inc. et al v. Sobieski Destylarnia S.A. et al
nysdce
1:2006cv06510
2006-08-28
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Patent Lawsuit Filing Update (through September 28, 2006)
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3V Inc. v. CIBA Specialty Chemicals Corporation
dedce
1:2006cv00593
2006-09-25
Ablaise Ltd. et al v. Wegmans Food Market, Inc.
ilndce
1:2006cv05074
2006-09-19
Aerielle Inc. v. Monster Cable Products, Inc.
txedce
2:2006cv00382
2006-09-20
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3M Innovative Properties Company v. Trimaco LLC
mndce
0:2006cv03740
2006-09-15
Advanced Lightning Technology Ltd v. Andrew Corporation
txedce
4:2006cv00377
2006-09-13
Alpha Technologies Inc v. Electroline Equipment Inc.
wawdce
2:2006cv01312
2006-09-12
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1st Technology LLC v. Rational Enterprises Ltda.
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2:2006cv01110
2006-09-07
Ablaise Ltd. v. Lycos, Inc.
madce
1:2006cv11592
2006-09-05
Advanced Card Technologies LLC v. UV Color Inc
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5:2006cv00957
2006-09-07
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0:2006cv03540
2006-08-31
Ablaise Ltd. et al v. Bank of America Corporation
dedce
1:2006cv00530
2006-08-28
Arrow International Inc., v. Spire Biomedical, Inc.
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1:2006cv11564
2006-08-31
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Copyright Lawsuit Filing Update (through October 8, 2006)
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Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences v. Feltz et al
nysdce
1:2006cv07767
2006-09-27
Alrudy Music v. Hitco Music Publishing
ilcdce
3:2006cv03223
2006-10-02
Arista Records LLC et al v. Mohedano
ilndce
1:2006cv05186
2006-09-26
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