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Denver, CO (PRWEB) June 15, 2012
This spring, Trenner Law Firm rolled out a new line of intellectual property (IP) Order Forms. The IP Order Forms include discussion of the different types of intellectual property law protection that may be available, and important considerations and options that an inventor or business owner should know before proceeding with any intellectual property law protection, along with an up-front, Flat Fee quote for Trenner Law Firm to provide the service.
IP Order forms make a complicated decision process easily navigable by first time inventors and business owners new to the patent process, as well as providing efficiencies for experienced inventors and business owners who already have an IP portfolio. IP Order Forms are currently available to clients of Trenner application filings, foreign patent application filings, federal trademark registration applications, copyright registration applications, and business entity formation in the state of Colorado.
Owner and Colorado patent attorney Mark Trenner continues to make guest appearances on the Tom Martino radio show on AM 630 in Colorado, having assisted inventors through the Help Center on April 19, 2012 and scheduled again for June 21, 2012. Patent attorney Mark Trenner also answers questions live on the Tom Martino radio show from time to time when callers have invention or patent related questions.
Mark Trenner is an attorney licensed to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Mark has over 12 years experience in the intellectual property field. The Trenner Law Firm was established in 2004 to serve individuals, entrepreneurs, start-ups, small businesses, and large corporate clients and help protect their intellectual property with patents, trademarks, and copyrights.
Suffern, NY (PRWEB) June 01, 2012
General Patent Corporation (GPC), a leading patent licensing and enforcement company, announced today on behalf of its subsidiary, Data Distribution Technologies LLC (DDT), that it settled a patent infringement lawsuit with Pricegrabber.com, Inc. of Los Angeles, Calif. Under the settlement agreement, Pricegrabber.com paid DDTs standard 1% royalty on its past and future sales.
This settlement resolves a lawsuit, Data Distribution Technologies LLC v. Pricegrabber.com, Inc. (Case No. 11 civ. 09650), filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in December 2011. The patent-at-suit is U.S. Patent No. 6,529,908 titled Web-Updated Database with Record Distribution by Email.
We are pleased to settle our infringement claim with Pricegrabber.com, said Anthony Amaral, Chief IP Counsel at General Patent Corporation. This settlement resolves the third of three lawsuits we filed to date for infringement of this patent.
About General Patent Corporation
General Patent Corporation, headquartered in Suffern, N.Y., is a leading intellectual property boutique focusing on patent licensing and enforcement. GPC represents inventors, businesses, universities and other patent owners in patent assertion matters by managing and financing patent litigation on a contingency basis. GPC is the oldest patent enforcement firm in the U.S. Founded in 1987, General Patent is celebrating its 25th Anniversary in 2012. GPC is the managing member of Data Distribution Technologies LLC. For more information, visit http://www.generalpatent.com.
About Data Distribution Technologies LLC
Data Distribution Technologies LLC is the owner of U.S. Patent No. 6,529,908 titled Web-Updated Database with Record Distribution by Email. DDT is a client and subsidiary of and is managed by General Patent Corporation. A non-exclusive license under this patent is available on fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory terms. For licensing terms, please contact GPC Director of Licensing, Kathlene Ingham, at (845) 368-4000 x107. For more information, please visit http://www.datadistributiontech.com.
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Portland, OR (PRWEB) December 21, 2011
Global Technology Transfer Group, Inc. (GTT Group) announces the availability of a fundamental patent portfolio related to surface acoustic wave (SAW) touch screen technology.
The Touch Screen patent portfolio consists of five patents related to touch screen panel technology. The portfolio consists of four Japanese patent assets related to Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) technology and a fifth Japanese asset directed toward 3D position detecting devices.
The Touch Screen patent portfolio encapsulates core SAW technology that has been deployed across a wide variety of markets including healthcare, financial, retail, and hospitality. The Touch Screen patent portfolio is directed towards these basic SAW sensor applications in touch screen displays.
GTT Group is available for technical discussions and to discuss valuation expectations with interested parties.
“Parties looking to expand or supplement their portfolio related to touch screen technologies will be interested in acquiring the patent portfolio,” said GTT Groups President and CEO Michael Lubitz.
To receive more information about this opportunity, please contact Dan Buri at GTT Group (dburi(at)gttgrp(dot)com)
About Global Technology Transfer Group, Inc.
Global Technology Transfer Group, Inc. is a patent transaction advisory and consulting firm, which combines core competencies in patent valuation with its global network to deliver unparalleled results. GTT Groups services include Patent Valuation, Patent Brokerage, Patent Acquisition, Patent Licensing Support, Wireless Related Standards Review, and Patent Research & Strategic Analysis. The companys corporate headquarters are in Portland, Oregon, with representation in North America, Asia, and Europe.
For more information, visit GTT Group News.
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New York, NY (PRWEB) June 5, 2009
A non-profit organization, American Innovators for Patent Reform (AIPR), has been formed to give a voice to American innovators – inventors, scientists, engineers, researchers, small companies, investors, patent owners and intellectual property service providers – in the ongoing debate on patent reform.
Congress is currently considering the Patent Reform Act of 2009 (Senate bill S. 515 and House bill H.R. 1260), and a broad coalition of organizations have voiced opposition to this proposed legislation, which seeks to weaken patent protection. However, each of these organizations represents a specific group or industry. Unfortunately, currently proposed patent reforms are being vocally debated by incumbent firms, who are seeking self-serving changes without regard to the interests of small companies, independent inventors, new entrants, start-up innovators and future businesses. American Innovators for Patent Reform was formed, in part, to ensure that the voices of the latter group are heard. Until the founding of AIPR, no group properly represented the voice of inventors, patent owners and patent professionals in the important patent reform debate that will shape the future of innovation in America.
“American innovators – the people behind new inventions and discoveries – are the most important stakeholders in the debate on patent reform, but their voices have not been heard,” observes Dr. Alexander Poltorak, founder and the President of AIPR. “American inventors and patent practitioners overwhelmingly oppose the Patent Reform Act of 2009, and we intend to give them a voice in this important debate,” he concluded.
“Vast industries have been created from independent inventors and small business owners empowered by our current patent laws; AIPR has created a voice for this vibrant economic engine that is not represented anywhere else,” declares Ron Reardon, an AIPR Board Member. As a Patent Agent and President of the National Association of Patent Practitioners (NAPP), Ron Reardon adds – speaking on behalf of patent practitioners – that “Smart patent reform should be directed toward changes in patent law that make patents more valuable and encourage invention!”
“American inventors face substantial barriers in protecting their inventions abroad because patenting costs in each major foreign patent office are several times that of the US,” says Dr. Ron Katznelson, president of Bi-Level Technologies, an inventor and a member of AIPR. “We hope that Congress will focus on America’s small business’ ability to compete on a level playing field in international markets rather than engage in degrading the American patent system for purposes that only serve well-established large corporations,” Katznelson adds.
AIPR’s Patent Reform Principles
American Innovators for Patent Reform was founded on four principles that are critical to true patent reform:
1. Patents are personal property that must be accorded the same respect and protection as any other form of property.
2. The US patent system has been recognized as being responsible for the economic success of our country. As such, it must remain the driving force of innovation in the US. It is the American innovators who will pave the way for economic recovery and economic growth, who will create new industries and new jobs, and who will assure long-term leadership for the US in an increasingly competitive global economy.
3. A patent is a social contract between an inventor and society, whereby the inventor is granted a limited exclusionary right, i.e., a public franchise, in exchange for disclosing his or her invention to the public. A patent is a quid-pro-quo for invention disclosure, not for its practice. Whether a patent is owned by an individual, a large corporation, a university or a small business, the geniuses behind these innovations, the source of tomorrow’s technologies, are the true heroes and they must be given a voice in any debate on patent reform.
4. A strong patent provides protection for the investments required to develop and commercialize the invention.
AIPR’s Position on Patent Reform
American Innovators for Patent Reform opposes the Patent Reform Act of 2009 currently pending before Congress. Specifically, AIPR opposes
Apportionment of damages, which is still in the House version of the bill
Post-Grant Opposition
Redefinition of Prior Art and change from the American First-to-Invent system to a First-to-File patent regime
Limitations on venue
Notwithstanding these objections, AIPR does not oppose patent reform in principle. AIPR proposes an alternative reform to strengthen and modernize the US patent system and to provide US patentees with more robust patent rights internationally. Some of these proposals include:
Legislation to improve funding and operations of the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), including putting a statutory end to user fee diversion
Aligning the basic principles of patent laws with copyright laws
Legislation clarifying that the equitable factors in applying the exclusive power of a patent have been considered by, and included in, the framers’ express grant of the constitutional right of all patent owners to “exclude others.” This legislation should provide all valid patent owners with an unconditional right to obtain a permanent injunction, irrespective of the owner’s business or identity.
Legislation to clarify what is patentable subject matter in a manner that promotes innovation
Legislation that will require the US government to seek trade agreements that remove the built-in trade barriers of foreign patent laws by securing for American inventors rights similar to those available in the US for foreign inventors. This includes adoption of the 1-year “grace period” for invention disclosure and providing reduced fees for small patenting entities in foreign patent offices.
AIPR’s Mission
The mission of American Innovators for Patent Reform is detailed at its website, as well as why it is opposed to the patent legislation currently before Congress, the Patent Reform Act of 2009.
Board of Directors
American Innovators for Patent Reform currently has a three-member Board of Directors.
Alexander Poltorak, Chairman and CEO of General Patent Corporation and co-author of two books on patents, Essentials of Intellectual Property (John Wiley & Sons Publishers, Inc., 2002) Essentials of Intellectual Property Licensing (John Wiley & Sons Publishers, Inc., 2003).
Ron Reardon, President of the National Association of Patent Practitioners (NAPP). He is also President of United Inventors Association, a registered Patent Agent with the US Patent and Trademark Office, the author of numerous patent-related articles, and President of Patents & More, Inc.
Lawrence J. Udell, Executive Director at Intellectual Property International, Ltd. He is an inventor and entrepreneur, a popular writer and speaker on intellectual property issues, and founder of the Silicon Valley Chapter of the Licensing Executives Society (LES). Mr. Udell created over 30 successful new ventures in the past 50 years based on inventions.
Free Membership
American Innovators for Patent Reform offers three classes of membership, and for a limited time, all memberships in AIPR are free. Those interested in joining can visit http://www.aminn.org and apply on line.
About American Innovators for Patent Reform
Headquartered in Manhattan, AIPR represents inventors, engineers, researchers, entrepreneurs, patent owners, investors and small businesses, as well as patent professionals such as patent agents, patent attorneys and licensing executives. For more information about AIPR, please visit http://www.aminn.org.
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Chicago, IL (PRWEB) March 16, 2010
PODI, which is the Greek word for foot, is a revolutionary shoe design which allows the consumer interchangeable footwear cover/upper options. This application is directed to interchangeable uppers for use with footwear. Advantageously, a user can easily interchange uppers from an article of footwear, such as a shoe (i.e., a running, cross-training, hiking, walking, golf, soccer, bowling, clog, boot, skate, or sandal, etc.) thus allowing various looks, styles, materials and designs.
PODI, is currently selling their original shoe Mens and Womens online only. The consumer currently has many cover options to choose from even designing there own with our all white canvas cover. To purchase online you chose your Base Shoe size and covers and it is all shipped to your door within a nylon PODI Backpack no shoe boxes at PODI.
For now PODI markets and advertises primarily on the web through; http://www.youtube.com/podiwear, http://www.facebook.com/podiwear and http://www.twitter.com/podiwear
The viral spot Bank Robber Out Smarts Police with PODI Shoes was shot in the Financial District downtown Chicago on the same block as the flipped bus scene in the latest Batman movie.
By this summer PODI should have there second line of shoes using the allowance of the utility patent. Now that PODI has the allowance they will begin discussions with a retail chain that fits there Brand.
PODI is having a Spring Break Sale, which is your Base Shoe, three covers of your choice and free delivery to your door for $ 79.99. This is for a limited time only.
For more information or how to purchase PODI shoes please visit http://www.podiwear.com.
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Santa Clara, CA (PRWEB) March 8, 2011
SOASTA, the leader in cloud-based performance testing, today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued the company patent No. 7,844,036 entitled, “Visual Test Automation Tool for Message-Based Applications, Web Applications and SOA Systems.” The patent covers a visual or graphical user interface (GUI) design that expresses a complete programming language for Web and mobile application performance test creation. Analogous to creating a song or video using digital multi-media editing products, this visual interface enables testers and performance engineers to quickly build and maintain complex performance tests using SOASTA CloudTest’s task-specific editors.
“SOASTA’s unique, patented design delivers a familiar and easy-to-use ‘GarageBand-style’ visual test creation process that enables users to build complex performance tests in a fraction of the time it takes using older, script-based methodologies,” said Ken Gardner, founder and executive chairman at SOASTA. “SOASTA has broken new ground in performance test creation, automation, and scalability. These visual interface editors are a key innovation that can help organizations create and perform quick changes in critical performance tests in a world of rapidly changing Web and mobile applications.”
SOASTA CloudTest’s visual testing environment is based on a visual mixing board metaphor found in today’s popular digital media creation tools. It uses building blocks that allow a user to compose test scenarios by dragging and dropping recorded messages in the form of icons onto different test tracks. Test tracks can represent alternate user scenarios or geographic locations within a larger test composition. The process of editing or assembling test scenarios to generate complex, parallel message streams targeted at websites or mobile applications may be considered analogous to assembling a song, movie, or multi-media presentation in digital media presentation tools. A user may also access the underlying message contents to adjust consumer wait times, eliminate testing third-party components such as CDNs, or meet other specific testing requirements.
Comprehensive performance testing has traditionally required the user to have extensive programming knowledge. In traditional testing software, users must write complex procedural C, or C-like code, or build a long series of messages – typically using Extensible Mark-Up Language (XML) – to simulate real-world traffic. These XML messages are often assembled by hand or using a programming language such as Perl or JAVA. This testing process is prone to errors because even the smallest mistake can invalidate the entire test. Maintaining the scripts and updating them to reflect system changes is also a difficult process.
“The extended time and specific expertise necessary to conduct performance tests using traditional software has prevented many organizations from testing at all, putting their business-critical websites at significant risk. SOASTA CloudTest eliminates these obstacles, empowering organizations to easily and quickly develop tests and run them at scale, using our market-proven visual interface and robust platform that delivers the full power of cloud computing,” continued Gardner.
SOASTA CloudTest Platform
Last month, SOASTA launched the latest addition to its CloudTest product line, CloudTest Pro. CloudTest Pro is a new appliance that delivers the world’s largest platform for testing the performance of Web and mobile applications. With CloudTest Pro, testing teams have full control to build, execute and analyze performance tests, with the flexibility to launch tests on a single platform that integrates data center infrastructure and private clouds with external resources including public clouds. CloudTest Pro represents the first commercial software solution that seamlessly integrates heterogeneous clouds and other resources to create a truly global test platform.
SOASTA will be demonstrating the CloudTest platform and its patented visual interface on March 8 and 9 at the Cloud Connect show, booth #515. To see a demo online, please go to http://bit.ly/faFEsD.
For more information about SOASTA CloudTest products, visit the SOASTA website at http://www.soasta.com, contact SOASTA at info(at)soasta(dot)com or call 866-344-8766.
About SOASTA
SOASTA is the leader in cloud testing. The company’s CloudTest products and services leverage the power of cloud computing to quickly and affordably test consumer-facing Web and mobile applications at scale, providing customers with the confidence that their business-critical Web applications will be reliable and scalable, even under extreme loads. SOASTA’s customers include many of today’s most successful brands, including American Girl, Chegg, Gilt Groupe, Hallmark, Intuit, Microsoft and Netflix. SOASTA is privately held and headquartered in Mountain View, California. For more information about SOASTA, please visit http://www.soasta.com.
Plano, Texas (PRWEB) January 09, 2012
NetSocket, Inc. announced today the issuance of a core technology patent enabling a next generation method of delivering a superior experience to users of collaboration services (VoIP, UCaaS, Telepresence, Video, etc.) and real-time applications in cloud computing and hybrid IP networks. This technology increases end-user satisfaction and greatly reduces operating expenses, which has been key for global enterprises and cloud providers.
NetSocket has branded the technology Session2Topology (S2T). S2T combined with other intellectual property pinpoints cloud IP session problems for rapid resolution and proactively monitors IP networks, hop-by-hop, through even the most complex topologies. S2T significantly reduces personnel and hardware resources required to manage high volume applications thereby significantly reducing operating expenses inherent with IP cloud communications.
Moving to a proactive operations model and reducing expenses are core business objectives. VoIP, video, and data applications are making users more productive than ever and the reduced costs of cloud networks are compelling. Achieving these core business goals requires this type of new technology to give insight into the user experience and preserve IP cloud transformation project ROI, said NetSocket CEO, John White.
Said Carey Parker, NetSockets VP of Marketing, the granting of this patent and our continued success in competitive IP transformation and cloud projects validates the uniqueness and real-world value of this technology. Were typically seeing a 75% operations savings over current methods when our Service Visibility Solution Suite (SVSS) is deployed.
About NetSocket
NetSocket is a software company that provides Provider Assurance and Real-time IP Service Assurance for some of the largest enterprise and cloud providers. Our SVSS assures the most mission critical communications including Next Generation Call Centers, Enterprise VoIP, Trader Voice, Unified Communications, and Video/Telepresence applications to provide our clients with a competitive advantage – functionally, operationally, and financially.
NetSocket’s SVSS is powered with a patented Session2Topology (S2T) correlation engine that is the first and only technology able to automatically correlate information from the IP network, signaling, and media planes to provide hop-by-hop analytics and visibility in real-time, for every session.
NetSocket is the recipient of various industry awards including Product of the Year and Top 100 Private Company awards. NetSocket’s solutions reflect core intellectual property comprised of over 40 granted patents. More information is available at http://www.netsocket.com including the Top 10 reasons our customers chose NetSocket.
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Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) January 23, 2012
EveryMD (http://www.everymd.com) has announced the immediate limited-time availability of licenses to EveryMDs U.S. Patent No. 7,644,122 entitled Method, Apparatus and Business System for Online Communications with Online and Offline Recipients which covers the creation and use of Facebook member pages.
EveryMDs patent was issued on Jan. 5, 2010 based on a patent application first filed in November 1999. The patent covers technology originally developed for EveryMDs website at http://www.everymd.com, which has been in continuous operation since 2001.
Under U.S. patent laws, a process patent such as EveryMDs covers both the patented process itself and the commercial use of the products produced by that process. Usually a commercial user of a patented process takes responsibility for obtaining the rights to use the patented process so as to insulate its customers from patent infringement liability. EveryMD had offered Facebook the opportunity to obtain rights under EveryMDs patent to protect Facebook users, but Facebook has ignored the offer and chosen instead to hire teams of high-priced lawyers to attempt to steamroll EveryMD in the courts. Facebooks actions have left EveryMD no choice but to seek enforcement of its rights directly with Facebooks commercial customers.
To remedy the economic and legal risk to commercial Facebook users resulting from Facebooks actions, EveryMD is launching a special patent licensing program that will allow commercial Facebook users to obtain limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable licenses to EveryMDs Facebook patent for a one-time royalty payment of $ 500 per business account. This special low price will be available for a limited time only.
Facebook business account users who wish to take advantage of this low cost commercial licensing opportunity, thereby avoiding potential future patent infringement litigation, can find more information at EveryMDs website at http://www.everymd.com under the Licensing tab.
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(PRWEB) January 10, 2002
IP Menu Innovates!
IP MENU, the leading Intellectual Property (IP) Resource Directory and News Service is now exclusively hosting the Australian Innovation Patent Index.
Every now and then it is nice to “be” the news, rather than just report it. IP MENU has made some news of its own with the launch of the Australian Innovation Patent Index. In mid 2001, Australia introduced a new form of patent protection call an Innovation Patent. Unfortunately, with the current redevelopments of the patent database at IP Australia, the data for Innovation Patents has not been included on IP Australia’s online PatAdmin database. So unless you subscribe to the CDROM AU-I product, searching Innovation Patent information is not possible.
How does IP MENU fit in?
Well, quite simply IP MENU has created the Australian Innovation Patent Index – a simple bibliographic database providing details of Australian Innovation Patents. The data is sourced from the AU-I CDROMs which are issued weekly. This will provide access to innovation patent information for those who do not subscribe the CDROM product. The services is completely free. We also provide free access to innovation patent specifications.
To find out more, please visit IP MENU at http://www.ipmenu.com or contact Rodney Cruise at rodney.cruise@ipmenu.com.
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