Intellectual Property

• Hollywood aims to block RealNetworks' DVD software
  AP (October 01, 2008)
  LOS ANGELES (AP) - Hollywood's six major movie studios on Tuesday sued RealNetworks Inc. to prevent it from distributing DVD copying software that they said would allow consumers to "rent, rip and return" movies or even copy friends' DVD collections outright.
   
  
• Hollywood aims to block RealNetworks' DVD software
  AP (September 30, 2008)
  LOS ANGELES (AP) - Hollywood's six major movie studios plan to sue RealNetworks Inc. to prevent it from distributing DVD copying software, The Associated Press has learned.
   
  
• Lighthouse Aligns with Click Effects to Deliver Total Led Display Solutions
  PRNewswire (September 30, 2008)
  IRVINE, Calif., Sept. 29 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Lighthouse Technologies Limited, a leading LED technology provider, and Click Effects, a division of Sound & Video Creations, Inc., today announced their alliance to provide integrated display solutions for the sports and broadcast production markets. Through Click Effects and Lighthouse's strategic alliance, they offer a comprehensive select
   
  
• Judge: Microsoft doesn't owe Alcatel-Lucent $1.5B
  AP (September 26, 2008)
  SEATTLE (AP) - Microsoft Corp. does not have to pay $1.5 billion in damages to Alcatel-Lucent SA, a panel of federal appeals judges has ruled in what may be the last word on a long-running digital music patent lawsuit.
   
  
• Procter & Gamble sues Kraft again
  AP (September 23, 2008)
  CINCINNATI (AP) - The Procter & Gamble Co. has again sued Kraft Foods Inc. over coffee containers.
   
  
• Microsoft Takes Its Newest High-Performance Computing Platform to the Street
  PRNewswire (September 22, 2008)
  NEW YORK, Sept. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Microsoft Corp. today announced it has released to manufacturing its newest server -- Windows HPC Server 2008, giving Wall Street firms an easy-to-deploy, cost-effective and scalable high-performance computing (HPC) solution. Today's event kicks off a series of global launch activities in the coming weeks to support the new product.
   
  
• Springs Creative Products Group LLC Announces Licensing Partnership With Nickelodeon & Viacom Consumer Products
  PRNewswire (September 22, 2008)
  ROCK HILL, S.C., Sept. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Representatives from Springs Creative Products Group LLC announced the company has entered into a licensing partnership with Nickelodeon & Viacom Consumer Products. This partnership will allow Springs Creative Products Group to incorporate Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. properties -- including SpongeBob SquarePants; iCarly; The Backyardigans; Blue's Clue
   
  
• Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation Deploys Oracle(R) Utilities Mobile Workforce Management to Enable Real-Time Scheduling
  PRNewswire (September 22, 2008)
  
   
  
• Springs Global Re-Launches Springmaid(R) Brand
  PRNewswire (September 16, 2008)
  NEW YORK, Sept. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Springs Global US, Inc., today unveiled the re-launch of the new Springmaid(R) brand, introducing a new logo mark, brand positioning, designs and packaging that will take Springmaid across all retail channels and reflect today's consumer lifestyles. The brand re-launch also includes a licensing agreement with designer and TV personality Genevieve Gorder for a
   
  
• Fayetteville State University Deploys Federal Signal Campus Safety and Security System
  PRNewswire (September 16, 2008)
  UNIVERSITY PARK, Ill., Sept. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Federal Signal Corporation's Safety and Security Systems Group, a leader in advancing security and well-being, announced today that Fayetteville State University in Fayetteville, North Carolina, has deployed a comprehensive Federal Signal campus safety and security system to alert students, faculty and staff in the event of unsafe weath
   
  
• ING Investment Management Transforms Securities and Payments Processing on Microsoft Technology
  PRNewswire (September 15, 2008)
  VIENNA, Austria, Sept. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Microsoft Corp. announced today at Sibos 2008 that ING Investment Management has chosen Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 to enable SWIFT connectivity into The Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (BNYM), the settlement counterparty appointed by ING for back-office operations. Having completed the proof of concept, the project is due to go live by the e
   
  
• XcelPlus Global Holdings Signs Letter of Intent to Acquire Worldwide Rights to New Alternative Energy Technology
  PRNewswire (September 15, 2008)
  TOPPING, Va., Sept. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- XcelPlus Global Holdings, Inc. announces that it has recently signed a Letter of Intent with Total-Fuels of Las Vegas, Nevada and two developing partners for worldwide marketing rights to their patented technology.
   
  
• blinkx Enhances User Experience with NeuStar's UltraDNS Services
  PRNewswire (September 15, 2008)
  STERLING, Va., Sept. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NeuStar, Inc. today announced that blinkx, the world's largest and most advanced video search engine, has chosen NeuStar's UltraDNS Managed DNS Services to augment the performance, reliability, and scalability of the blinkx network infrastructure and to take advantage of NeuStar's innovative suite of traffic management services.
   
  
• USA TODAY to Open First Ever Retail Stores
  PRNewswire (September 15, 2008)
  USA TODAY Travel Zone Airport Stores to Debut in
   
  
• SpongeTech(R) Delivery Systems, Inc. Adds SIRIUS XM Radio to National Advertising Campaign, with 'The Howard Stern Radio Show' and 'The Mad Dog Radio Show' with Chris Russo!
  PRNewswire (September 12, 2008)
  NEW YORK, Sept. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SpongeTech(R) Delivery Systems, Inc. is pleased to announce that it will begin advertising on both "The Howard Stern Radio Show" and the newly created "Mad Dog Radio Show" with Chris Russo. The radio ad campaigns will begin airing on Monday, September 15, 2008. Both shows broadcast live weekdays on SIRIUS XM Radio, with "Th
   
  
• Physicians Practice and Lancaster General Collaborate to Improve Patient Care
  PRNewswire (September 11, 2008)
  BALTIMORE, Sept. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Physicians Practice and Lancaster General have joined forces to help provide area physicians and their staff more time to devote to patient care. This new collaboration is a unique program designed to help Lancaster-area doctors better handle the cumbersome and time-consuming issues of managing a busy practice. Through this new collaboration, Lancaster Gen
   
  
• FremantleMedia Enterprises and RealNetworks Announce Multi-Year Casual Games Licensing Agreement
  PRNewswire (September 10, 2008)
  SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Today from CTIA Wireless I.T. and Entertainment 2008, FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME), the brand extension arm of FremantleMedia and the Games Division of RealNetworks(R), Inc. announced a multi-year licensing agreement to develop MILLION DOLLAR PASSWORD as an upcoming casual game title for online, PC, Mac and mobile platforms. Real will beg
   
  
• Qiao Xing Mobile Invites Actress Zhang Ziyi as Spokesperson for its Luxury VEVA Brand in China
  PRNewswire (September 09, 2008)
  BEIJING, Sept. 9 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Qiao Xing Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. (the "Company") , one of China's leading domestic manufacturers of mobile handsets through its subsidiary, CEC Telecom Co., Ltd., today announced that it has invited Miss Zhang Ziyi, one of the best known Chinese actresses internationally, the leading actress of Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, t
   
  
• NY lawsuit claims `Disturbia' copied short story
  AP (September 09, 2008)
  NEW YORK (AP) - A lawsuit claims Steven Spielberg, DreamWorks and Paramount Pictures Corp. ripped off "Rear Window" when they made the movie "Disturbia."
   
  
• Rowling wins lawsuit against Web site operator
  AP (September 08, 2008)
  NEW YORK (AP) - A judge says "Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling has won her claim that a fan violated her copyright with his plans to publish a Potter encyclopedia.
   
  
• Mio Technology Partners With Microsoft Windows Embedded NavReady 2009 to Deliver Connected Experiences in Portable Navigation
  PRNewswire (September 08, 2008)
  REDMOND, Wash., Sept. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Microsoft Corp. today announced that Mio Technology Corp., a leading producer of portable navigation devices (PNDs) with integrated Global Positioning Systems (GPSs), expanded its support of the Windows Embedded offerings and will be shipping its next-generation PNDs on the Windows Embedded NavReady 2009 platform.
   
  
• Arkados and IOGEAR Introduce the Powerline Stereo Audio System
  PRNewswire (September 04, 2008)
  PISCATAWAY, N.J., Sept. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Arkados announces that it has joined with IOGEAR to introduce the Powerline Stereo Audio System, a multi-room home audio system that connects directly to an iPod(R) or other audio source and creates whole-house music. The Powerline Stereo Audio System will be displayed by IOGEAR at CEDIA 2008 in booth #468.