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theodp writes “Nine years ago Monday, Amazon kicked off the Holiday Season by slapping Barnes and Noble with a court injunction barring BN from using a checkout feature that Amazon said represented illegal copying of its patented 1-Click technology. ‘We’re pleased that Judge Pechman recognized the innovation underlying our 1-Click feature,’ said Jeff Bezos in a press release. But an Appellate Court wasn′t quite as impressed with Amazon’s innovation. Nor were USPTO Examiners who were asked to take another look at the merits of Amazon’s 1-Click patent claims. Still, 1-Click lives on, although Amazon’s lawyers are currently fighting two separate rejections by USPTO Examiners, burying USPTO Examiners in paper, and employing canceling-and-refiling tactics that some may find reminiscent of Eddie Haskell’s chess end-game strategy. So much for Amazon-led patent reform.”

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Original post by CmdrTaco

pheede writes “SCOTUSblog brings us news that the FTC has appealed the recent circuit court decision regarding Rambus’s deceptive conduct on the JEDEC standards committee, where they conveniently avoided telling anyone that they owned patents on the resulting standards. The FTC, which is proceeding on its own without help from the Justice Department, notes the circuit court’s ’sweeping rules that would immunize’ deceptive conduct by would-be monopolists ‘in most circumstances.’”

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SpuriousLogic writes “A Los Angeles real estate developer is suing Apple for patent infringement over the way the iPhone navigates Web sites. The suit, which was filed on behalf of EMG Technology, seeks unspecified damages. EMG Technology is a company that holds the patents of Elliot Gottfurcht, the real estate developer, as well as Marlo Longstreet and Grant Gottfurcht. The company claims that the iPhone infringes on patent 7, 441, 196- a patent that was approved only last month, after a filing process that began on March 13, 2006. That patent is for an invention that displays ‘on-line content reformatted from a webpage in a hypertext markup language (HTML) format into an extensible markup language (XML) format to generate a sister site.’ This sister site is a simplified version of the original site that is then displayed on any number of devices–including cell phones, EMG says.”

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theodp writes “In an Onion-worthy move, the USPTO has decided that IBM inventors deserve a patent for splitting a restaurant bill. Ending an 8+ year battle with the USPTO, self-anointed patent system savior IBM got a less-than-impressed USPTO Examiner’s final rejection overruled in June and snagged U.S. Patent No. 7,457,767 Tuesday for its Pay at the Table System. From the patent: ‘Though U.S. Pat. No. 5,933,812 to Meyer, et al. discussed previously provides for an entire table of patrons to pay the total bill using a credit card, including the gratuity, it does not provide an ability for the check to be split among the various patrons, and for those individual patrons to then pay their desired portion of the bill. This deficiency is addressed by the present invention.’”

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hi_caramba_2008 writes “We are a bunch of good friends at a large software company. The product we work on is under-budgeted and over-hyped by the sales drones. The code quality sucks, and management keeps pulling in different direction. Discussing this among ourselves, we talked about leaving the company and rebuilding the code from scratch over a few months. We are not taking any code with us. We are not taking customer lists (we probably will aim at different customers anyway). The code architecture will also be different — hosted vs. stand-alone, different modules and APIs. But at the feature level, we will imitate this product. Can we be sued for IP infringement, theft, or whatever? Are workers allowed to imitate the product they were working on? We know we have to deal with the non-compete clause in our employment contracts, but in our state this clause has been very difficult to enforce. We are more concerned with other IP legal aspects.”

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I Don’t Believe in Imaginary Property writes “McDonalds has applied for patent WO2006068865, which carries the title ‘METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING A SANDWICH.’ John Montagu, the fourth Earl of Sandwich, can eat his heart out (unless that’s been patented, too). Undoubtedly, some people are contemplating whether there’s anything novel in this patent that is somehow obscured by its generic title. Feel free to examine their flowchart for yourself and see exactly how novel their sandwich ’subroutines’ are. The good news is that, given that it only mentions generic sandwich making ‘tool(s),’ rather than any specific machine, it might not survive after the In Re Bilski decision, which was meant to put a stop to absurdities such as this. But until McDonalds’s application is rejected or invalidated, make sure you don’t use their flowchart when making sandwiches. After all, if you ‘apply appropriate condiments to appropriate compartment,’ you might infringe upon their IP.”

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anaesthetica writes “The WSJ reports that a San Francisco startup is buying up patents with the promise never to assert them in order to help large corporations hedge against patent trolling firms. The company, RPX Corp, receives an annual fee in exchange for licensing the patents it has purchased. Cisco and IBM have already signed up for this service of ‘defense patent aggregation.’”

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twitter writes “P.J. concludes her look at the Bilski decision: ‘you′ll recall patent lawyer Gene Quinn immediately wrote that it was bad news for Microsoft, that “much of the Microsoft patent portfolio has gone up in smoke″ because, as Quinn’s partner John White pointed out to him, “Microsoft doesn’t make machines.” Not just Microsoft. His analysis was that many software patents that had issued prior to Bilski, depending on how they were drafted, “are almost certainly now worthless.” … He was not the only attorney to think about Microsoft in writing about Bilski.’”

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holy_calamity writes “Article One Partners is a new startup that offers $50,000 rewards to people that find prior art for certain valuable patents. The company’s founder told New Scientist she thought the initiative would improve ‘patent quality’ by increasing scrutiny on poor patents. She aims to profit by selling the information contributors collect, or trade stocks based on it. Current patents they are looking for help to bust include those being used by Konami to sue Harmonix over Rock Band and Guitar Hero.”

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theodp writes “Intellectual Ventures (IV) will be setting up shop at the top of a Four Seasons this week as Headline Sponsor of the Ready to Commercialize 2008 conference hosted by the University of Texas at Austin. It’s the patent firm’s 100th university deal, though some, such as Professor Michael Heller at Colombia University, warn against such deals. ‘… their individual profit comes at the cost of the public ability to innovate. The university’s larger mission is to serve the public interest, and some of these deals work against that public interest.’ It’s a follow-up to the conference IV sponsored last summer for technology transfer professionals entrusted with commercializing their universities’ intellectual property, and should help IV, a friend of Microsoft, snag even more exclusive deals (PDF).”

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Original post by Soulskill

If you haven’t been reading On Rad’s Radar, you should. This TMC blog is written by Peter Radizeski the CEO of Rad-Info, Inc. Let me take an excerpt from his bio.

“Today, I am still an agent for about 20 carriers (all through other master agents), but I spend more time consulting for service providers (ISP, WISP, CLEC, MSO, FTTH, and ITSP) on strategy, marketing, messaging, and sales training. I also spend a good deal of time blogging here at TMC and other places. Thanks for reading!”

Peter also speaks and moderates sessions at Internet Telephony Conference & Expo. Peter knows the VoIP/telecom industry very well and has great insights. He’s especially knowledgeable in the wireless industry. I’ve had some great conversations with Peter in the ITEXPO press room about various industry topics. He’s not as prolific a blogger as me , but when he does write, it’s good stuff! So add him to your RSS reader - you won′t be disappointed.

Tags: blogger, Inc., itexpo, On Rad’s Radar, Peter Radizeski, Rad-Info, telecom, voip

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Original post by nafiz

Filed under: Cellphones

Sure, our front page got stacked with news on the launch of the world’s first Android phone — the G1 — but if you missed any of the action (and there was quite a bit), we′ve put together this helpful roundup. Below you’ll find an easy-to-use guide to all the goings-on about the T-Mobile device, complete with galleries and videos that will delight and enthrall any healthy viewer. Keep an eye on this post as we′ll be updating with a few other bits and pieces today that you’ll most definitely want a look at.

The liveblog:

Live from T-Mobile’s Android event in New York City

Hands-on coverage:

T-Mobile G1 first hands-on (updated)
Video: Android walkthrough on T-Mobile G1

Product announcement:

The T-Mobile G1

In-depth / details:

T-Mobile’s CTO on G1 unlocking and tethering — plus a few details you might have missed
T-Mobile soft capping 3G data at 1GB per month
Confirmed: T-Mobile G1 has no 3.5mm headphone jack
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Original post by Joshua Topolsky

Saw a good article on Enterprise Networking Planet about AutoQoS, a new Cisco IOS command to make provisioning QoS on your router much simpler — much more plug-n-play. With time-sensitive (latency, jitter) apps such as VoIP, QoS is critical. How simple is turning on AutoQoS? Well, to turn on QoS on your WAN interface, you just type this:

interface Seriaи
bandwidth 256
autoqos voip

AutoQoS is a new IOS feature for Cisco routers that Cisco decided to add when it realized it needed to simplify the complexity of QoS for their customers. AutoQoS can be enabled on both WAN links and Ethernet switches to automatically provide VoIP traffic prioritization.

For a more detailed explanation, check out the article written by Charlie Schluting

Tags: AutoQoS, Cisco, Enterprise Networking Planet, jitter, latency, traffic prioritization, VoIP

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Original post by nafiz

Filed under: Displays

Barco has a knack for stopping shows, and while Tokyo’s Industrial Virtual Reality expo didn’t exactly shut down, we can only imagine how many folks took the time to check out the CADWall concept. Hailed as a “multi-channel display system with a high pixel density that consists completely of Barco technology,” said system utilizes a pair of LX-5 projectors, a superflat high-contrast screen and just two-channels to create a 10-megapixel 3D stereo image. Sure beats six or eight to make the third-dimension come to life, huh?

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Original post by Darren Murph

We get all excited about Adobe PhotoShop and the suite of related products that make it such a great graphics program, but there are other solid choices out there for you to take into consideration.

CorelDRAW Graphics Suite ʹ is at the top of that list!

Drawing on its years of expertise, CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4 delivers all the essential tools for today’s busy designer.

You can do whatever you need to do — create illustrations, logos, brochures, newsletters, flyers, signs, Web images and more, more, more!

You can create powerful designs using intuitive vector illustration and page layout tools or retouch and enhance photos with professional photo editing software.

How about easily converting bitmap images to editable and scalable vector files? Sure …

Whatever your project, CorelDRAW Graphics Suite ʹ will streamline your workflow.  It’s got enhanced Windows Vista integration, which sure helps you avoid an hiccups.

Alas, it’s only for 64- or 32-bit Windows Vista (sure would be nice to see a Mac version). 

MSRP: Full — $429.  Upgrade — $199.

www.corel.com

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