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Augme Attack on Yahoo! Streaming Media Patents among the Reexamination Requests Filed Week of October 24, 2011
| October 31, 2011
Last week Augme upped the ante in its patent fight with Yahoo! by requesting reexamination of two Yahoo! streaming media patents (see inter partes Request Nos. ((4) & (5)). Yahoo! has accused Augme and its partner World Talk Radio of infringing the patents by operating websites and related infrastructure that employ Augme’s “BoomBox” technology. The accused websites are VoiceAmericaTM and World Talk RadioTM Network.
Cisco has requested reexamination of a VirnetX network protocol patent – U.S. Patent No. 7,188,180 – which is one of six VirnetX patents in litigation in the Eastern District of Texas (see inter partes Request No. (2)). Cisco’s request follows requests from the previous week by Apple regarding two other VirnetX network protocol patents – U.S. Patent Nos. 7,418,504 and 7,921,211.
A request was also filed against an Affinity Labs content delivery method patent (see ex parte Request No. (3)). Affinity Labs has sued Apple for infringing the patent, though Apple is not likely to be the requester.
The following inter partes requests were filed:
(1) 95/001,791 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 6,468,012 entitled CAPTIVE SCREW and owned by Southco. Filed October 24, 2011, by Fivetech Technology. The ‘012 patent is currently the subject of a litigation styled Southco v. Fivetech Technology (Case No. 10-cv-1060-MAM (E.D. Pa.)).
(2) 95/001,792 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,188,180 entitled METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING SECURE COMMUNICATION LINK BETWEEN COMPUTERS OF VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORK and owned by VirnetX. Filed October 25, 2011, by Cisco. The ‘180 patent is currently the subject of a litigation styled VirnetX v. Cisco (Case No. 6:10-cv-417 (E.D. Tex.)).
(3) 95/001,793 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. D536,881 entitled LIGHTED MIRROR and owned by Electric Mirror. Filed October 25, 2011, by Majestic Mirrors & Frame. The ‘881 patent is currently the subject of a litigation styled Majestic Mirrors & Frame v. Electric Mirror (Case No. 07-cv-21300 (S.D. Fla.)).
(4) 95/001,794 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,640,320 entitled METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING DIGITAL CONTENT, INCLUDING STREAMING MEDIA and owned by Yahoo!. Filed October 26, 2011, by Augme Technologies. The ‘320 patent is currently the subject of a litigation styled Augme v. Yahoo! (Case No. 09-cv-5386 (N.D. Cal.)).
(5) 95/001,795 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,512,622 entitled METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ORGANIZING AND PLAYING DATA and owned by Yahoo!. Filed October 26, 2011, by Augme Technologies. The ‘622 patent is currently the subject of a litigation styled Augme v. Yahoo! (Case No. 09-cv-5386 (N.D. Cal.)).
(6) 95/001,796 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,134,551 entitled DISPENSING SYSTEM FOR DOUBLE STACK CARTON and owned by Graphic Packaging Int’l. Filed October 26, 2011.
(7) 95/001,797 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,891,376 entitled DOUBLE SEAT VALVE FOR SEPARATING MEDIA and owned by Südomo Holding GmbH. Filed October 27, 2011, by SPX. The ‘376 patent is currently the subject of a litigation styled Südomo Holding GmbH v. SPX (Case No. 1:11-cv-561-SLR (D. Del.)).
(8) 95/001,798 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,577,476 entitled SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSDUCING SENSING, OR AFFECTING VAGINAL OR BODY CONDITIONS, AND/OR STIMULATING PERINEAL MUSCULATURE AND NERVES USING 2-WAY COMMUNICATIONS and owned by Athena Feminine Technologies. Filed October 27, 2011.
(9) 95/000,649 (paper filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,957,524 entitled PROTECTIVE COVERING FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE. Filed October 18, 2011, by Wrapsol. The ‘524 patent is currently the subject of a litigation styled Zagg Intellectual Property Holding v. NLU Prods. (Case No. 2:11-cv-517-PMW (D. Utah)).
The following ex parte requests were filed:
(1) 90/011,980 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 6,224,723 entitled ELECTROWINNING ANODES WHICH RAPIDLY PRODUCE A PROTECTIVE OXIDE COATING and owned by RSR Technologies. Filed October 24, 2011.
(2) 90/011,981 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,929,013 entitled DESKTOP ELECTRONIC MAGNIFIER and owned by Freedom Scientific. Filed October 25, 2011, by Enhanced Vision Systems. The ‘013 patent is currently the subject of a litigation styled Freedom Scientific v. Enhanced Vision Systems (Case No. 11-cv-1194-EAK (M.D. Fla.)).
(3) 90/011,982 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,486,926 entitled CONTENT DELIVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD and owned by Affinity Labs of Texas. Filed October 26, 2011. The ‘926 patent is currently the subject of a litigation styled Affinity Labs of Texas v. Apple (Case No. 9:09-cv-047-RC (E.D. Tex.)).
(4) 90/011,983 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,815,725 entitled WARM ASPHALT BINDER COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING LUBRICATING AGENTS and owned by ALM Holding, Co. Filed October 27, 2011 by Sasol Wax GmbH. The ‘725 patent is currently the subject of Reexamination Control No. 90/011,731.
(5) 90/011,984 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 5,975,626 entitled CROSS-MEMBER SUPPORTER FOR FOLDABLE FURNITURE and owned by IP Power Holdings. Filed October 27, 2011, by BAM Brokerage.
(6) 90/011,985 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,464,087 entitled METHOD AND SYSTEM OF UNIFYING DATA and owned by Datatrak Int’l. Filed October 28, 2011, perhaps by Medidata Solutions. The ‘087 patent is currently the subject of a litigation styled Datatrak v. Medidata Solutions (Case No 1:11-cv-408 (N.D. Ohio)).
(7) 90/009,954 (paper filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,955,553 entitled COOLING WATER CORROSION INHIBITION METHOD and owned by Water Conservation Technology Int’l. Filed October 17, 2011.
(8) 90/009,955 (paper filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,729,203 entitled SIDE SCAN SONAR IMAGING SYSTEM WITH ASSOCIATED GPS DATA and owned by Johnson Outdoors. Filed October 17, 2011. The ‘203 patent is currently the subject of a litigation styled Johnson Outdoors et al. v. Navico (Case No. 2:10-cv-67 (M.D. Ala.)).
(9) 90/009,957 (paper filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,755,974 entitled SIDE SCAN SONAR IMAGING SYSTEM WITH ASSOCIATED GPS DATA and owned by Johnson Outdoors. Filed October 17, 2011. The ‘974 patent is currently the subject of a litigation styled Johnson Outdoors et al. v. Navico (Case No. 2:10-cv-67 (M.D. Ala.)).
(10) 90/009,958 (paper filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,710,825 entitled SIDE SCAN SONAR IMAGING SYSTEM WITH ASSOCIATED GPS DATA and owned by Johnson Outdoors. Filed October 17, 2011. The ‘825 patent is currently the subject of a litigation styled Johnson Outdoors et al. v. Navico (Case No. 2:10-cv-67 (M.D. Ala.)).
(11) 90/009,959 (paper filed) – U.S. Patent No. 6,045,834 entitled COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR REMOVAL OF MYCOTOXINS FROM ANIMAL FEED and owned by Alltech. Filed October 12, 2011.
(12) 90/009,960 (paper filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,603,674 entitled APPARATUS AND SYSTEMS FOR MEASURING, MONITORING, TRACKING AND SIMULATING ENTERPRISE COMMUNICATIONS AND PROCESSES and owned by YYZ, LLC. Filed October 18, 2011. The ‘674 patent is currently the subject of a litigation styled YYZ, LLC. v. Metastorm (Case No. 2:11-cv-1609-JCJ (E.D. Pa.)).
(13) 90/009,961 (paper filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,062,749 entitled MEASURING, MONITORING AND TRACKING ENTERPRISE COMMUNICATIONS AND PROCESSES and owned by YYZ, LLC. Filed October 18, 2011. The ‘749 patent is currently the subject of a litigation styled YYZ, LLC. v. Metastorm (Case No. 2:11-cv-1609-JCJ (E.D. Pa.)).
(14) 90/009,962 (paper filed) – U.S. Patent No. 6,806,509 entitled LIGHT-EMITTING SEMICONDUCTOR POTTING COMPOSITION AND LIGHT-EMITTING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE and owned by Shin-Etsu Chemical. Filed October 20, 2011.
