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• Kodak sues Matsushita over patent infringement

  Published: July 27, 2007, 8:47 pm

  Tags: Infringement, Jvc, Kodak, Lawsuit, Legal, Matsushita, Panasonic, Patent

  upon its digital camera patents. In documents filed in Texas, Kodak claims that the company violated patents for an "electronic camera utilizing image compression and digital storage," and "an apparatus and method for previewing motion images using a series of lower resolution still images." According to a Kodak spokesman, the company has

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• Sony patent shows the SIXAXIS getting friendly with a PSP

  Published: July 27, 2007, 1:31 pm

  Tags: Dock, Dual Analog, Dualanalog, Dualshock, Patent, Psp, Sixaxis, Sony

  same. Sony has applied for a patent to hitch its DualShock or SIXAXIS controllers to the PSP as a sort of dock, allowing for wired or even wireless control of the PSP. Of course, dual analog control won't be much help on most PSP games, but gamers will be able to enjoy that downloadable PSX content as it was originally intended. That is, of

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• Emoticons In Fear: Apple Patents Text-to-Speech Messaging

  Published: July 28, 2007, 12:15 pm

  Tags: Apple, Cellphones, Emoticons In Fear, Gadgets, Gsm, Patent, Patents, Smartphones, Sms, Software, Wireless

  a recent patent filing "Multimedia data transfer for a personal communication device," Apple is offering text messages without the GSM SMS protocol, or even the need to read. While SMS requires an intermediary server between sender and receiver, Apple's patent has a sender's device convert text messages to an audio signal with this audio

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• Apple wants your iPod to stop charging for thieves

  Published: July 28, 2007, 7:56 pm

  Tags: Apple, Charge, Crime, Criminal, Hijinx, Ipod, Itunes, Patent, Patented, Patents, Steal, Stolen, Stolen Ipod, Stolenipod, Thief, Thives

  legal manners, but a recent patent application from Apple shows that someone at Cupertino cares about you rightful owners out there. Essentially, the technology would invoke a "guardian" recharge circuit, which would disable any further charging if the computer (or "other recharger") it was paired with was of the unauthorized variety. According

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• Pauric Sweeney Patent Leather Purse

  Published: July 30, 2007, 5:09 am

  Tags: Fashion, Designer Bags, Other Designer Handbags, Handbag, Purse, Patent Leather, Leather Bag, Vampy, Fashion, Browns, Pauric Sweeney

  dangling from your arm. The Patent Leather Bag is splendid in bright, bold, unforgettable purple. With a color like that - it’s edgy and tantalizing with an almost watery patent overlay - you can’t go wrong. Of course, it takes a confident gal [...] Related Entries: Other Designers Identified! Pauric Sweeney Python Handbag

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• LG Philips develops oil and water based flexible display

  Published: July 30, 2007, 10:31 am

  Tags: Fleixble Display, Fleixbledisplay, Lg Philips, Lgphilips, Oled, Patent

  has recently applied for a patent on a bendable OLED screen technology which would use oil and water to produce images. Apparently, current flexible OLED displays are hampered by the fact that the OLEDs get hotter than the plastic substrate, making manufacture difficult and expensive. The new process that the company is developing would

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• Sony Patents PSP - Sixaxis Interface

  Published: July 30, 2007, 2:00 pm

  Tags: Games Industry, Portable, Sony, Game Platforms, Game Consoles, Game Companies, Patent, Playstation 3, Ps3, Psp, Sixaxis, Umd

  that Sony has filed for a US patent for an interface that would apparently allow the connection of a wireless Sixaxis controller to a PSP. Now, we can’t be sure what this means, since Sony is keeping quiet. However, there are a couple of possibilities. The system could be used to allow games that utilize two analog sticks to be played

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• Sony and 3M settle intellectual property dispute

  Published: July 30, 2007, 6:03 pm

  Tags: Battery, Intellectual Property, Intellectualproperty, Lawsuit, Li Ion, Patent, Patent Dispute, Patentdispute, Sony, Sue, Suit

  that boiled over into a patent dispute earlier this year between 3M and Sony has finally ceased, but it seems like Lenovo and friends may actually still be fighting their own battles with the innovative giant. Nevertheless, Sony Corporation and Sony Electronics are now "licensed sources of batteries containing 3M's cathode technology," and

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• Sony sued (again) for patent violation, injunction sought on PS3 sales

  Published: July 31, 2007, 6:03 am

  Tags: Cell Processor, Cellprocessor, Lawsuit, Legal, Parallel Processing Corporation, Parallelprocessingcorporation, Patent, Sony

  under: GamingOh boy, another patent lawsuit filed in that litigious folly called the Texas court system. This time, the suit pits Parallel Processing Corporation of Newport Beach, California against that legal whipping boy, Sony. PPC alleges that Sony's Cell processor -- the horsepower inside the PS3 -- violates a patent for "synchronized

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• Apple patent app reveals intelligent keyboard

  Published: July 31, 2007, 1:30 pm

  Tags: Apple, Iphone, Keyboard, Patent, Patent Application, Patentapplication, Patents

  out there somewhere, the patent application describing the aforementioned device has finally surfaced. Dubbed "Keyboards for Portable Electronic Devices," the documents outlines an adaptive board with multi-symbol icons, and aside from using it solely on the iPhone, it looks like the technology could be implemented on nearly any handheld

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• Microsoft envisions invasive approach to targeted advertising

  Published: July 31, 2007, 1:55 pm

  Tags: Ads, Advertising, Big Brother, Bigbrother, Marketing, Microsoft, Patent, Patent Application, Patentapplication, Targeted Ads, Targeted Advertising, Targetedads, Targetedadvertising

  heels of a similar ad-based patent application comes documentation that reveals plans to use "biometric sensors, cameras, remote controls, or other accessories" to detect and identify an individual before doling out targeted plugs. Yes, this certainly does insinuate that your television would be watching you just as often as you viewed it, but

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• Autism Stem Cell Therapy Patent Application Filed

  Published: August 1, 2007, 12:05 pm

  Tags: Autism Research, Autism Disorder, Patent Application, Stem Cell Autism Treatment, Medistem Laboratories Inc

  Medicine has applied for a patent in respect of its stem cell therapy which covers patient selection, therapeutic combinations and various stem cell types. Hopefully the patent, if granted, promotes further research and development in this area, and if the treatment is proven effective and beneficial to autistic patients, does not render the

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• Judges fighting litigation with Supreme Court's "obvious" patent ruling

  Published: August 1, 2007, 5:36 pm

  Tags: Descision, Legal, Obvious Patent, Obvious Patents, Obviousness, Obviouspatent, Obviouspatents, Rulings, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Ruling, Supremecourt, Supremecourtruling

  Court ruling on obvious patents, which more clearly defined the line between a patented, original invention and an upgrade or innovation based on a broader concept, has apparently already been making an impact in the world of litigation. According to Techdirt, one example of the changes concerns a company called Friskit, a patent hoarding

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• Apple patent attack: the multi-touch gesture dictionary

  Published: August 2, 2007, 2:24 pm

  Tags: Apple, Dictionary, Gesture, Multi Touch, Patent, Patent Application, Patentapplication

  The unstoppable Apple patent machine has struck again. This time, the Cupertino-cash-cow has applied for a patent on a new multi-touch "dictionary" which would establish gestures, or "chords" in multi-touch systems. The dictionary would not only provide a guide and somewhat-programmable system of movements, but would also function as an

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• Versace Embroidered Shoulder Bag

  Published: August 2, 2007, 2:05 pm

  Tags: Fashion, Purses, Versace, Designer Bags, Handbag, Shoulder Bag, Versace Bags, Patent Leather, Medusa, Hair Down, Fashion, Gianni

  checkerboard-style black patent leather with smooth leather trim, plus a gleaming silver Medusa medallion. It’s pure Versace excess, but that’s what we love, right? This is a purse best utilized in [...] Related Entries: Versace Pocket Shoulder BagVersace Metallic Jacquard Snap Out of It BagVersace Medium Mirror BagVersace

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