Business, Legal and Law, Patent and Trademark

U.S. Supreme Court petitioned to hear Leader v. Facebook appeal

Author: Leader Technologies Incorporated
Dateline: Columbus, Ohio (COLUMBUS, Ohio,)  | Fri, 30 Nov 2012

freeNewsArticles Story Summary: “On Nov. 16, 2012 Leader Technologies filed a 'Petition for Writ of Certiorari' with the U.S. Supreme Court in their patent infringement battle with Facebook. Such writs ask the court to review the decisions of lower courts for legal error. ”



A R T I C L E:

On Nov. 16, 2012 Leader Technologies filed a "Petition for Writ of Certiorari" with the U.S. Supreme Court in their patent infringement battle with Facebook. Such writs ask the court to review the decisions of lower courts for legal error.

"The Federal Circuit's decision in our case was wrong both legally and ethically," said Leader CEO and inventor Michael McKibben.

"Legally, after Facebook's case fell apart, the court should have affirmed the verdict that Facebook literally infringes our patent on all 11 counts, or they should have referred the case back to the district court for more fact-finding," McKibben noted.

"Instead, they secretly fabricated new arguments and evidence for Facebook without giving us a chance to defend ourselves against these new accusations."

McKibben explained, "This is a fundamental violation of our Fifth and 14th Amendment right to due process which guarantees the right to confront one's accuser."

McKibben said that without a hearing the judges had no way to assess their newly-created evidence. "Despite the fact that Facebook's evidence was all discredited, the judges had apparently made up their minds not to rule against Facebook and were looking for ways to justify their foregone conclusion."

As an example, McKibben cites their opening premise. "It was a false statement that Leader had admitted something, when Leader had actually said the opposite."

McKibben continued, "Judicial experts tell me that appeals judges have no mandate to make up new arguments for a party who will otherwise lose. They certainly have no mandate to do such things in secret."

"What the Federal Circuit did is a little like issuing a judgment for a parking violation from a city that neither you nor your vehicle have ever visited."

"Ethically, judicial financial disclosures reveal that at least two of our judges stood to benefit financially from decisions favorable to Facebook," McKibben said.

Responding for the first time to the Facebook assertion that Leader is merely disappointed that Facebook is successful and Leader is not, McKibben responded "When we began inventing what is now called social networking in the late 1990's, the Internet had fewer than ten million commercial users. By my calculations, Zuckerberg was in junior high school then."

"Inventing is hard. Copying is easy. The ink was still drying on our engineering drawings when we believe Zuckerberg and his financiers decided to steal our invention. It stands to reason that a market can be grown quickly when one has no respect for morals and laws. It is well known that while counterfeiting makes money for the counterfeiter, it depresses the market for everyone else, including the inventor."

"Zuckerberg says he built Facebook in one or two weeks. This is virtually impossible. New testimony says he obtained a copy of our actual source code in late 2003, perhaps even the very night he hacked the Harvard House sites. Our inventions by then cost us $10 million, three years, and 145,000 man-hours to create."

McKibben noted: "Our engineering records, which were blocked by the judge from being presented at trial, show that our final debugging of a critical module occurred the night of Oct. 28, 2003 - the very same night that Zuckerberg entered in his online diary 'Let the hacking begin.'"

"In 2005 Leader was helping Governor Kathleen Blanco, the State of Louisiana and the American Red Cross save lives and recover from the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, while Zuckerberg and his financiers were busy counterfeiting our invention and inviting third parties to write apps for it at Stanford University."

McKibben believes that social networking has not experienced a normal growth curve. He says, "Our invention was stolen and given away from the very beginning. What has developed is a distorted version of our innovations, skewed to maximize advertising revenue and pump-and-dump stock while sacrificing a rational development. This includes respect for personal privacy, security and property."

Eminent American historian Professor Hy Berman observed, "I looked into Leader's claims by closely examining the content of Facebook and found that everything in Facebook's control is open to all and can be easily manipulated for political and commercial gain. If intellectual property theft by the powerful and well-connected is not stopped, future innovation is jeopardized." Professor Berman is a former political adviser to Vice President Hubert Humphrey.

"Leader shareholders hope that the U.S. Supreme Court is above the legal and ethical confusion created by the Federal Circuit's conduct, and that the court will support small inventor's patent rights, the law and justice and hear this case."

Click here for the full press release:
http://www.leader.com/docs/supremecourt.html .

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Patent and Trademark, Product Launches

Bolt Fitness Gets Patent for Newly-Inspired Fitness Product

Author: Bolt Fitness
Dateline: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (PHILADEPLPHIA, Pa.)  | Thu, 25 Oct 2012

freeNewsArticles Story Summary: “Bolt Fitness announced this week that it was granted a patent (U.S. Patent D666,255) for a new, innovative fitness product - the Bolt Wheel - which brings the gym to the home. Lina Babchinetskaya and Roman Birman are the designers of the Bolt Wheel and the co-founders of Bolt Fitness.”



A R T I C L E:

Bolt Fitness announced this week that it was granted a patent (U.S. Patent D666,255) for a new, innovative fitness product - the Bolt Wheel - which brings the gym to the home. Lina Babchinetskaya and Roman Birman are the designers of the Bolt Wheel and the co-founders of Bolt Fitness.

Babchinetskaya explains that the Bolt Wheel is unlike similar products on the market today and was conceptualized because of a real fitness niche that needed to be filled.

Birman, a former personal trainer, found that many clients complained of constant lower back pain. And, Bachinetskaya, having a B.S. in Kinesiology, had conducted numerous studies on fitness equipment and exercise development. The combined skills of this fitness duo naturally led to the creation of the Bolt Wheel - designed to eliminate lower back discomfort while providing measurable results.

"The Bolt Wheel helps people build muscle, lose weight and tone the body," Babchinetskaya says. "It works several muscle groups at one time. While similar to an ab wheel, it's more like a complete body wheel - it takes fitness to a whole new level."

Additionally, similar fitness products do not properly align the body - the Bolt Wheel does. This feature makes it easy for people to exercise safely and eliminates any worry about whether they are doing the moves correctly or not.

"This is a very important feature," Babchinetskaya says. "If the body is not properly aligned, the targeted muscle groups will not get an effective workout and people may even do more damage to their body than good. And, positive results may be non-existent."

The Bolt Wheel is designed for all fitness levels - the newbie to the exercise junkie. Products such as the ab wheel are typically used only by people who have had prior conditioning or a higher physical fitness level.

Additionally, the Bolt Wheel removes any unnecessary stress, pressure and tension on the lower back allowing the user to exercise for longer periods of time. It allows the user to tone their arms, chest, upper back, shoulders, and abs and most importantly - strengthens the core.

"A strong core equals a better overall physical fitness level," Babchinetskaya says.

The bottom line is that the Bolt Wheel is easy and safe to use and can be used at home saving people a trip to the gym.

"Our mission is to revolutionize at-home fitness by bringing new, versatile equipment to the market," Babchinetskaya says.

All products are tested by Bolt Fitness staff. The Bolt Wheel comes in a carrying bag with an electronic jump rope and a mat.

For more information, visit: http://www.boltfitness.com/ or to see the Bolt Wheel in action, visit: http://youtu.be/NDFMi6722BE .

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Legal and Law, Patent and Trademark

Leader v. Facebook to the U.S. Supreme Court?

Author: Leader Technologies Incorporated
Dateline: Columbus, Ohio (COLUMBUS, Ohio)  | Tue, 08 May 2012

freeNewsArticles Story Summary: “Today a Federal court denied the appeal of Leader Technologies in the Leader v. Facebook patent infringement case. 'This is suspiciously convenient timing for Facebook, coming hours after the Facebook roadshow commenced in New York,' said CEO Mike McKibben, referring to Facebook's IPO kickoff yesterday.”



A R T I C L E:

Today a Federal court denied the appeal of Leader Technologies in the Leader v. Facebook patent infringement case. "This is suspiciously convenient timing for Facebook, coming hours after the Facebook roadshow commenced in New York," said CEO Mike McKibben, referring to Facebook's IPO kickoff yesterday.

According to McKibben, a lower court held that Facebook violated Leader's patent on 11 of 11 claims, but then invalidated Leader's patent by finding that Leader had tried to sell its technology too soon ("on-sale bar," in legal parlance.)

"Leader asked the Federal Circuit to overrule this verdict, because the company's patent interests were protected by a 'no-reliance' agreement that negated any possibility of making offers before we had signed contracts," said McKibben. "But the court ignored these agreements, accepted Facebook-doctored evidence, and misquoted my testimony to justify their decision."

"We are extremely disappointed," McKibben added. "The appeals process is supposed to correct legal errors by juries, not simply root around for new evidence to justify not overturning a jury that was fooled by Facebook tricks."

McKibben may appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. "We firmly believe that the jury erred in their one finding against Leader," he says. "Facebook is using our invention, as the jury agreed, without our permission. This court just condoned hacking of intellectual property and fabrication of evidence as acceptable business practices."

The case is Leader Technologies Inc. v. Facebook Inc., 2011-1366, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Washington). The lower court case is Leader Technologies Inc. v. Facebook Inc., 08-cv-862, U.S. District Court, District of Delaware (Wilmington).

More information about Leader: http://www.leader.com .

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Medical and Health Products, Patent and Trademark

U.S. Patent Office Issues Sixth Patent Covering ‘Zero-Footprint’ Medical Image Viewers to Heart Imaging Technologies, LLC

Author: Heart Imaging Technologies
Dateline: Durham, North Carolina (DURHAM, N.C.)  | Tue, 01 May 2012

freeNewsArticles Story Summary: “Heart Imaging Technologies, the global leader that pioneered the first FDA approved zero footprint medical imaging workstation, WebPAX, announced today the award of its sixth patent covering 'zero-footprint' medical image viewing technologies. 'Zero-footprint' technologies allow health care professionals to view medical images using any computing platform with a standard Internet web browser.”



A R T I C L E:

Heart Imaging Technologies, the global leader that pioneered the first FDA approved zero footprint medical imaging workstation, WebPAX(R), announced today the award of its sixth patent covering "zero-footprint" medical image viewing technologies. "Zero-footprint" technologies allow health care professionals to view medical images using any computing platform with a standard Internet web browser.

This includes Microsoft's Internet Explorer, Mozilla's Firefox, Apple's Safari, and Google's Chrome on Windows-based desktop and laptop PCs in addition to Macintosh-based desktops and laptops. Further, WebPAX(R) enables users of mobile devices to access medical images through standard browsers on Apple's iPad and iPhone, as well as all Google Android tablets and cell phones. Without "zero-footprint" technologies, medical images can only be viewed by installing proprietary software that is different for each web browser, each operating system, and each hardware device.

U.S. Patent Number 8166381 issued on April 24, 2012. Heart IT's "zero footprint" intellectual property portfolio also includes five previously-issued U.S. Patents: 6934698, 7457656, 7668835, 7958100, and 8055636. HeartIT's intellectual property coverage for its issued patents extends through the year 2025. Additional related patents are pending review by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

About Heart IT:

Founded in 2000 and headquartered near North Carolina's Research Triangle Park, Heart IT is a global leader in the medical image web enablement field. Their flagship product, WebPAX(R), was the world's first FDA approved zero foot-print medical image workstation. It provides web-based medical image management technology and services to health care systems, large hospitals and private clinics as well as drug and device companies sponsoring multi-center clinical trials. Worldwide, WebPAX(R) systems currently provide secure web browser access to over one billion medical images. For more information visit our website at http://www.heartit.com .

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Patent and Trademark

Patented Plug-in Release Expected to Rocket Share Values

Author: Masterseek Corporation
Dateline: New York, New York (NEW YORK, N.Y.)  | Tue, 31 Jan 2012

freeNewsArticles Story Summary: “As part of Masterseek's ongoing effort to increase the size of their database while improving functionality they have recently created and patented a unique search technology for their website (US Patent application 61592495). The new plug-in is expected to debut before the end of February, 2012.”



A R T I C L E:

As part of Masterseek's ongoing effort to increase the size of their database while improving functionality they have recently created and patented a unique search technology for their website (US Patent application 61592495). The new plug-in is expected to debut before the end of February, 2012.

Masterseek is the world's largest B2B search engine, with over 100 million businesses in its database. The site offers users the ability to do a focused search for businesses in their area and abroad without the "clutter" associated with consumer-based search engines like Google. It also provides businesses opportunity to increase web presence with a searchable profile easily found online by their potential clients or potential business partners.

The search browser plug-in performs searches based on geo-location and allows direct search functions through three popular browsers. Upon entering a keyword into the internet browser application the search process is initiated. The server receives the request and searches Masterseek's database for only relevant businesses given the criteria specified, returning the geo-specific results. Creators of the plug-in claim this search technology is more comprehensive, including businesses which other searches may discount while ensuring a higher level of relevance, eliminating those businesses more accurately which do not fit the proper criteria of the search.

"The technology is a step above pretty much any search engine's ability to properly sort results we've ran across, and we are always researching what other search engines are doing right and what they are doing wrong," said Rasmus Refer, CEO of Masterseek.com. "This is going to make searching for the right business on the user side a whole lot easier and much more accurate. Imagine if you are a business on one of the other popular search engines; how many business partners or potential clients are missing your site just because the search function is not as accurate as ours? That we are continuing to make these kinds of drastic improvements to Masterseek.com, even though we are already the top B2B search engine, really shows our commitment to users and to the businesses that make a profile within our database. I hope we will continue to see more success because of innovations like this-and I hope the businesses that join our database become more successful as well."

About Masterseek Corporation:

Masterseek is a B2B search engine and the largest business database in the world, with over 101 million businesses listed from all around the world. Businesses can create a profile on Masterseek.com free of charge and have full control over their business page. The web address is www.masterseek.com .

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Legal and Law, Patent and Trademark, Safety and Security Solutions

SecuGen Obtains Permanent Injunction Against Suprema Distributors and OEM Partners in Patent Infringement Lawsuit

Author: SecuGen Corporation
Dateline: Santa Clara, California (SANTA CLARA, Calif. )  | Tue, 06 Dec 2011

freeNewsArticles Story Summary: “SecuGen Corporation, a world leading provider of fingerprint sensor technology in Silicon Valley, announced that it has obtained a permanent injunction against Suprema distributors and OEM partners that are additional defendants in SecuGen's ongoing patent infringement lawsuit against Suprema.”



A R T I C L E:

SecuGen Corporation, a world leading provider of fingerprint sensor technology in Silicon Valley, announced that it has obtained a permanent injunction against Suprema distributors and OEM partners that are additional defendants in SecuGen's ongoing patent infringement lawsuit against Suprema.

The United States District Court for the Northern District of California has ordered that Suprema distributors and OEM partners RBH Access Technologies, Inc. and RBH USA, Inc. are permanently prohibited from importing, offering for sale, distributing or selling within the United States products that incorporate non-licensed Suprema fingerprint sensors, including RBH-BFR-200-S, RBH-BFR-200-M, RBH-BFR-300-S, RBH-BFR-300-M, and RBH-BFR-USB.

SecuGen has alleged that optical fingerprint sensors made by Suprema Inc. and incorporated into biometric security products by Suprema and its distributors and OEM partners willfully infringe SecuGen's patent, U.S. Patent No. 6,324,020, issued in 2001. This patent covers core imaging technology that SecuGen has developed to produce optical fingerprint sensors that are used in biometric security applications, such as door locks, time & attendance, access control, and labor tracking systems.

Suprema's products accused of infringing SecuGen's patent cover a wide range of optical fingerprint biometric Access Control, Time Attendance, Embedded Module, and PC Solution products, which include but are not limited to: BioEntry Plus, BioLite Net, BioLite Solo, BioMini, BioMini Plus, BioStation, BioStation T2, D-Station, SFM 2020-OP, SFM3020-OP, SFM3030-OD, SFM3040-OC, SFM3520-OP, SFM3530-OD, SFM4020-OP, SFR300-S, SFU300, and SFU500.

Since 1998, SecuGen has made considerable investment in research and development for its core technologies and to develop, maintain, and protect its valuable patents throughout the world including the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Asia. SecuGen's patents have been tested through previous patent litigation with two separate companies, have been submitted for reexamination before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and have survived and been strengthened by numerous invalidation attempts.

About SecuGen:

SecuGen(R) Corporation (www.secugen.com) is the world's leading provider of advanced, optical fingerprint recognition technology, products, tools and platforms for physical and information security. SecuGen designs and develops FBI-certified fingerprint readers and OEM components, developer kits and software, including NIST/MINEX-compliant algorithms. Known for high quality, ruggedness, and performance in a wide variety of applications and environmental conditions, SecuGen products are used by world-leading financial, medical, government, educational and corporate institutions and are sold through a partner network of over 200 original equipment manufacturers, independent software vendors and system integrators around the world.

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Legal and Law, Patent and Trademark, Safety and Security Solutions

SecuGen Sues Suprema Distributors and OEM Partners for Patent Infringement

Author: SecuGen Corporation
Dateline: Santa Clara, California (SANTA CLARA, Calif.)  | Mon, 17 Oct 2011

freeNewsArticles Story Summary: “SecuGen Corporation, a world leading provider of fingerprint sensor technology in the Silicon Valley, announced today that it has added RBH Access Technologies, Inc., RBH USA, Inc., and Apiary, Inc. as defendants in its ongoing patent infringement lawsuit against Suprema.”



A R T I C L E:

SecuGen Corporation, a world leading provider of fingerprint sensor technology in the Silicon Valley, announced today that it has added RBH Access Technologies, Inc., RBH USA, Inc., and Apiary, Inc. as defendants in its ongoing patent infringement lawsuit against Suprema. These additional defendants are distributors and OEM manufacturers that make, use, and sell products containing the Suprema sensors that have been accused of infringing SecuGen's patent, U.S. Patent No. 6,324,020.

The patent-in-suit was issued in 2001 and covers core imaging technology for optical fingerprint sensors that are used in biometric security applications, such as door locks, time & attendance, access control, and labor tracking systems.

Products produced by Suprema and its OEM partners that are accused of infringing SecuGen's patent include but are not limited to: BioEntry Plus, BioLite Net, BioLite Solo, BioMini, BioMini Plus, BioStation, BioStation T2, D-Station, SFM 2020-OP, SFM3020-OP, SFM3030-OD, SFM3040-OC, SFM3520-OP, SFM3530-OD, SFM4020-OP, SFR300-S, SFU300, SFU500, RBH-BFR-200-S, RBH-BFR-200-M, RBH-BFR-300-S, RBH-BFR-300-M, and RBH-BFR-USB.

Since 1998, SecuGen has made considerable investment in research and development for its core technologies and to develop, maintain, and protect its valuable patents throughout the world including the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Asia. SecuGen's patents have been tested through previous patent litigation with two separate companies, have been submitted for reexamination before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and have survived and been strengthened by numerous invalidation attempts.

About SecuGen:

SecuGen(R) Corporation (www.secugen.com) is the world's leading provider of advanced, optical fingerprint recognition technology, products, tools and platforms for physical and information security. SecuGen designs and develops FBI-certified fingerprint readers and OEM components, developer kits and software, including NIST/MINEX-compliant algorithms. Known for high quality, ruggedness, and performance in a wide variety of applications and environmental conditions, SecuGen products are used by world-leading financial, medical, government, educational and corporate institutions and are sold through a partner network of over 200 original equipment manufacturers, independent software vendors and system integrators around the world.

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Legal and Law, Patent and Trademark

Leader v. Facebook Federal Appeals Fight Begins

Author: Leader Technologies Incorporated
Dateline: Columbus, Ohio (COLUMBUS, Ohio)  | Tue, 26 Jul 2011

freeNewsArticles Story Summary: “On July 25th, Leader Technologies filed its opening brief in its patent infringement fight against Facebook at the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, D.C. Leader is represented by King & Spalding LLP and lead counsels Paul Andre, Lisa Kobialka, Daryl Joseffer and Adam Conrad. The nine-day jury trial in Delaware ended on July 27, 2010 with a split verdict.”



A R T I C L E:

On July 25th, Leader Technologies filed its opening brief in its patent infringement fight against Facebook at the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, D.C. Leader is represented by King & Spalding LLP and lead counsels Paul Andre, Lisa Kobialka, Daryl Joseffer and Adam Conrad. The nine-day jury trial in Delaware ended on July 27, 2010 with a split verdict.

At trial, Facebook was judged to be "literally infringing" Leader's U.S. Patent No. 7,139,761 on 11 of 11 claims, and the jury also found that the invention was not obvious over the published prior art. Put simply, this means that the software engine driving Facebook is Leader's invention.

However, the jury found the patent invalid on the theory that Leader had engaged in premature commercial activity more than one year before the patent application was filed. According to Leader, while much evidence was presented on both sides regarding infringement and prior art, Facebook presented no evidence to support its allegations of early commercial activity. Facebook had the "heavy burden" to present "clear and convincing evidence" to prove its allegation that Leader disclosed the invention prematurely. The clear and convincing standard was recently reaffirmed by the Supreme Court in Microsoft v. i4i.

Leader argues that an attempt to invalidate computer software inventions requires hard evidence like source code, engineering documents, developer testimony, drawings, schematics and expert witnesses to prove early commercial activity. Facebook provided no such proof. Leader cites cases where invalidity verdicts were overturned when infringers failed to provide hard evidence.

The law on Facebook's burden of proof requires Facebook to prove that each and every element of Leader's invention was present in the alleged 2002 offers. Leader states that various products were sold in 2002, but none of them included the invention "because it did not exist at that time."

Leader argues that Facebook had all versions of Leader's source code and engineering documents, and that Facebook would surely have used the code had it actually discovered any evidence of Leader's alleged early commercial activity. CEO Mike McKibben said, "Facebook didn't produce any of our source code because the programmer notations in our code prove they are wrong."

Leader argues that "if requiring clear and convincing evidence of invalidity is to be more than an empty semantic exercise, it must mean that the jury's verdict here cannot stand."

Facebook's response is due according to the court Rules.

About Leader:

Leader Technologies Incorporated is located in Columbus, Ohio and may be reached thru John Needham at 614-890-1986 or online at www.leader.com .

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Business, Jewelry and Diamond, Manufacturing, Patent and Trademark

BetterThanDiamond.com Files Patent Re-Exam Request for Charles and Colvard’s U.S. Patent

Author: BetterThanDiamond, Inc.
Dateline: Seattle, Washington State (SEATTLE, Wash.)  | Tue, 26 Jul 2011

freeNewsArticles Story Summary: “BetterThanDiamond, Inc., a privately held U.S. corporation, today announced it has filed a patent re-examination request with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office regarding Charles & Colvard's (NASDAQ:CTHR) patent for manufacturing 'Silicon Carbide Gemstones.' The patent in contention has allowed Charles & Colvard, Ltd. to enjoy a monopoly position and bill itself as the 'sole manufacturer.'”



A R T I C L E:

BetterThanDiamond, Inc., a privately held U.S. corporation, today announced it has filed a patent re-examination request with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office regarding Charles & Colvard's (NASDAQ:CTHR) patent for manufacturing "Silicon Carbide Gemstones." The patent in contention has allowed Charles & Colvard, Ltd. to enjoy a monopoly position and bill itself as the "sole manufacturer" of Silicon Carbide, or Moissanite, gemstones. Moissanite is a lab-grown semi-conductor material with optical properties, such as fire and brilliance, which are superior to gem-quality diamond.

The patent is U.S. 5,723,391 and covers the manufacture of Silicon Carbide, or Moissanite, gemstones. The filing requests the USPTO review and consider the validity of this U.S. patent in light of three "prior art" publications provided to the USPTO by BetterThanDiamond. The three publications span three decades - one each from the 60's, 70's and 80's. Per 35 USC 103, a patent may not be granted when the subject matter as a whole would have been obvious at the time the invention was made in light of prior art. None of the three provided publications, or "prior art," had been disclosed to the patent examiner or USPTO at the time the current patent was granted.

"The patent system is designed to promote and protect innovation," said Less P Wright, President, BetterThanDiamond.com. "This patent however, was thrown out in Korea on the basis of 'lack of innovation' - and we couldn't agree more. Our filing, however, goes beyond opinions regarding innovation or lack thereof, and provides three prior art publications that make obvious to those skilled in the art how to manufacture silicon carbide, or Moissanite, gemstones. We do not believe Charles & Colvard's patent would have been granted had the USPTO been aware of these previous publications. Thus, we are filing today to allow the USPTO to review the patent's validity in light of these new disclosures."

BetterThanDiamond has had several breakthroughs related to the manufacture and improved optical properties of Silicon Carbide or Moissanite, for its "Mira Moissanite" program. However, they have been prevented from combining all of their breakthroughs into a single product offering due to the current patent held by Charles & Colvard. These breakthroughs include patent applications in progress for a new Hearts and Arrows round cut, and the ability to atomically enhance the colorlessness of all Moissanite, including the Moissanite sold by Charles & Colvard. For example - the Mira enhancement process is able to take a typical 1.5ct round from Charles & Colvard, which grades K or "Faint Color" on the diamond color scale, and permanently transform it to H color, or true near colorless. H color grade is a whiter diamond color much more in demand by jewelry consumers than K, or "faint color," and BetterThanDiamond intends to greatly expand its production of Mira Moissanite once the patent issue is resolved.

The patent re-exam process is expected to take between 3 to 6 months before the USPTO issues a decision.

"We anticipate that our current filing will result in the invalidation of the current patent held by Charles & Colvard. With a successful outcome and our manufacturing no longer restricted, we expect to further surprise jewelry lovers globally with the true beauty of our Mira Moissanite. At that point, we can utilize all of our technology and show Mira's 'Beauty Beyond Diamond™' properties to full effect," said Mr. Wright.

About BetterThanDiamond:

With its background in solid state chemistry and materials science, BetterThanDiamond.com is focused on the research, development and delivery of the world's most stunning lab grown gems. A 17 year old private company with customers in over 25 countries, BetterThanDiamond supplies lab grown jewelry products to jewelers and consumers globally.

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Legal and Law, Patent and Trademark

SecuGen Corporation Files Lawsuit Against Suprema for Patent Infringement

Author: SecuGen Corporation
Dateline: Santa Clara, California (SANTA CLARA, Calif.)  | Mon, 18 Jul 2011

freeNewsArticles Story Summary: “SecuGen Corporation, a world leading provider of optical fingerprint technology, announced that it has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of California against Korean biometric company Suprema Inc. for patent infringement.”



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SecuGen Corporation, a world leading provider of optical fingerprint technology, announced that it has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of California against Korean biometric company Suprema Inc. for patent infringement.

The complaint is related to U.S. Patent No. 6,324,020 issued in 2001 and owned by SecuGen, which covers invaluable technology for acquiring high quality fingerprint images that are crucial to the performance and accuracy of optical fingerprint sensors in biometric security applications.

Suprema's products accused of infringing SecuGen's patent cover a vast range of optical fingerprint biometric Access Control, Time Attendance, Embedded Module, and PC Solution products, which include but are not limited to: BioEntry Plus, BioLite Net, BioLite Solo, BioMini, BioMini Plus, BioStation, BioStation T2, D-Station, SFM 2020-OP, SFM3020-OP, SFM3030-OD, SFM3040-OC, SFM3520-OP, SFM3530-OD, SFM4020-OP, SFU300, and SFU500.

Since 1998, SecuGen has made considerable investments to conduct true research and development on its core technologies and to develop, maintain, and protect its valuable patents throughout the world in North America, Europe, and Asia.

"We have always respected the proprietary rights of others and expect our competitors to do the same," stated Won Lee, President and CEO of SecuGen. "We will vigorously defend our intellectual property rights including our long-standing patents."

In addition to seeking a declaration by the Court that Suprema's importation, use, sale or offer to sell fingerprint biometric products in the United States infringe SecuGen's patent, SecuGen is seeking preliminary and permanent injunctions against Suprema's future infringement of the patent and recovery of treble damages for knowing and willful infringement by Suprema.

About SecuGen:

SecuGen Corporation (www.secugen.com) is the world's leading provider of advanced, optical fingerprint recognition technology, products, tools and platforms for physical and information security. SecuGen designs and develops FBI-certified fingerprint readers and OEM components, developer kits and software, including NIST/MINEX-compliant algorithms. Known for high quality, ruggedness, and performance in a wide variety of applications and environmental conditions, SecuGen products are used by world-leading financial, medical, government, educational and corporate institutions and are sold through a partner network of over 200 original equipment manufacturers, independent software vendors and system integrators around the world.

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