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Recent patent infringement cases filed in U.S. District Courts
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| # May 12
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| # Fotomedia Technologies LLC vs. American Greetings Corp. et al
| # Fotomedia Technologies LLC vs. Fujifilm USA Inc. et al
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| Plaintiff Fotomedia has filed two separate complaints for patent infringement
| against 50 different defendants.
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| According to the original complaints, Fotomedia owns the rights to three
| patents:
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| U.S. Patent No. 6,018,774 for a Method and System for Creating Messages
| Including Image Formation, issued Jan. 25, 2000.
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| U.S. Patent No. 6,542,936 B1 for a System for Creating Messages Including
| Image Information, issued April 1, 2003.
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| U.S. Patent No. 6,871,231 B1 for a Role-Based Access to Image Metadata issued
| March 22, 2005.
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| The first complaint names two dozen defendants that offer photo sharing Web
| sites which the plaintiff alleges infringe the patents, including American
| Greetings, DotPhoto, Phanfare, PictureTrail, BetterPhoto.com, Kaboose,
| BubbleShare, Printroom, Scripps Networks, Photogra, Fotki and Zazzle.
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http://www.setexasrecord.com/news/212346-recent-patent-infringement-cases-filed-in-u.s.-district-courts
Microsoft boot licker says:
Who hasn't Microsoft signed a patent deal with?
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| With Microsoft's announcement of yet another patent cross-licensing deal this
| week, it would seem nearly everyone has a deal with Redmond.
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http://www.news.com/8301-13860_3-9944532-56.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
More FUD from Ina Fried. Microsoft has its own 'spinoff trolls'.
Related:
Playing Microsoft Patent Poker
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| This time though, while Ballmer slinks away to try to con … convince people
| that Microsoft Unified Communications somehow offers people more than what
| Cisco's VOIP (voice over IP) been offering customers for years, a patent
| attack finally launches at Linux. Specifically, IP Innovation, a subsidiary
| of Acacia Technologies Group, has filed a patent infringement claim against
| Linux distributors Novell and Red Hat.
|
| So was it just timing, or was it something more? Let's take a look at the
| players.
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http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2201579,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03129TX1K0000616
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