Targeted advertisements using time-dependent key search terms, United States Patent 7,007,074, issued today. Whoo-hoo!
Next week’s Perkins Coie Computer/Internet Law Roundtable is entitled “STALKING THE WILY DOMAIN SQUATTER: Lessons from Years of Recovering Domain Names.” David Steele will discuss how to recover infringing domain names and protect trademarks and trade names from cybersquatters using examples and techniques drawn from his extensive experience with domain name and trademark issues.
kuro5hin.org: “On Friday, 20th June 2003, the death knell sounds for US patent number 4,558,302. Having benefitted its owner, the Unisys Corporation for 20 years, the contents of the patent are entered into the Public Domain and may be used absolutely freely by anyone.” Note however that the patent only expires in the USA tomorrow. […]
Disney to Begin Renting ‘Self-Destructing’ DVDs (Yahoo! News) Hey, didn’t we already do this about 5 years ago? This time, the underlying technology is something called Flexplay.
Some entertainment industry heavies will be testifying at UCLA on exemptions from the anti-circumvention provisions of the DMCA: U.S. Copyright Office, Anticircumvention Rulemaking Hearings Schedule The hearing is in the Moot Court room, 1310, on the first floor of the law school.
Ariel Rogson from Marger Johnson & McCollom spoke at last night’s Los Angeles ACM meeting on software patents. Here’s a brief outline of the main topics he covered: What is a patent? Patents vs. Copyright 4 Requirements for a patent Is software patentable? Should I bother with a patent? “Patent Pending” Audience for the text […]
Looks like the courts are finally realizing that copyright owners shouldn’t have control over everything. They cornerstone of today’s decision is that P2P netoworks, like VCRs, have substantial noninfringing uses. A federal court denied a request to shut down Internet song-swapping services Grokster and Morpheus on Friday, handing a stunning setback to the record labels […]
A couple of interesting talks in the technology/IP space are coming up: April 30 Computer/Internet Roundtable: Breton Bocchieri on Qwest Communications International Inc. v. OneQwest. May 7 Los Angeles ACM meeting: Ariel Rogson on “What Every Software Engineer Should Know About Patents”
Whoo-hoo! I’m an inventor (almost). United States Patent Application 20030050863, “Targeted advertisements using time-dependent key search terms“, was just published today. As my cousin Rich points out, the patent hasn’t actually been granted yet. The publication of the patent is important nonetheless, because it establishes prior art.
In general, patents should not be discussed over email. If it turns out that the infringing company knew about the existence of the patent, it’s called “willful infringement.” In those cases, the infringing entity can be required to pay treble damages to the patent owner. If the patent was discussed over email then it’s much harder to make the argument that the infringement was accidental.