http://patenttrademarkblog.com/blog Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:43:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Fighting trolls sounds like something straight out of "Lord of the Rings", but it's become an unfortunately side effect of all the technological advances that have been made. According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, the tech giants Cisco, Google, Verizon and HP are working together and with other ... http://patenttrademarkblog.com/blog/patent-trolls/ The earliest incarnations of video games such as black and white "Pong" couldn't have seen the fast developments in the field of gaming and now Gamecaster just took it up a notch further. They just received approval for their virtual camera control technology meaning the cameras within the virutal environment can ... http://patenttrademarkblog.com/blog/camera/ After a lot of legal wrangling and back and forth, the U.S. Federal Court ruled against Toyota and ruled in favor of Paice LLC, a Virginia based firm that develops gasoline-hybrid and owns the patent on the microprocessor that handles the torque information exchange and runs motor via gasoline or ... http://patenttrademarkblog.com/blog/toyota-hybrid/ Apple made several new patent applications that aim at leveling the corporate market for innovations in the field of wireless technology. These patent apps are aimed to leverage wireless positioning capabilities such as Wi-Fi and GPS and to improve functioning of Apple gadgets that use this technology. The first patent is ... http://patenttrademarkblog.com/blog/apple-patents/ Did you ever think a rubber tire trash can would need a technology patent? Well, iVoice Technology thinks so. On June 12th they announced a patent filing for a trash can that is made from recycled tire crumb rubber. This is part of their green platform and their pursuit of more eco-friendly ... http://patenttrademarkblog.com/blog/ivoice-technology/ Okay not really those words specifically, but they have applied for a patent that would for all intents and purposes enforce manners in the use of those products you love best-- such as your cell phone, your digital camera, DVRs and just about every other hand-held convenience item you can ... http://patenttrademarkblog.com/blog/microsoft/ Okay when you think "technology"-  a warehouse doesn't exactly spring to mind. Forklifts, boxes, people lifting heavy objects and perhaps delivery of items may all spring in there - but a company called ExpressCube has applied for and received a very interesting patent that will change the way many warehouses do ... http://patenttrademarkblog.com/blog/express-cube-counter/ If you haven't already heard of it, WiMax will be a reality soon and available in your area. WiMax is the wireless broadband standard that can transmit data for up to 30 miles using a bandwidth that exceeds current DSL and cable capabilities. This would make free WiFi more of a ... http://patenttrademarkblog.com/blog/wimax-technology/ Yes, you read that right. TiVo has had a DVR (digital video recording) patent suit filed against them so Dish and Echostar (the parent company of Dish) can prove their new technology does not infringe on TiVo's patents. Previously, Echostar and TiVo had battled it out over TiVo's time warp technology ... http://patenttrademarkblog.com/blog/tivo/ Tuesday was a banner day for Vnus since its shares jumped dramatically on the news that their patent dispute with two rival companies had been settled, resulting in payments to Vnus totalling $9.9 million dollars. The two companies named in the dispute, AngioDynamics Inc. and Vascular Solutions Inc., agreed they will ... http://patenttrademarkblog.com/blog/vnus/