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Abstract | Drawing | Description | Claims Abstract A system for enabling touch and feel over the internet provides a three-dimensional representation of a good being sold, that three-dimensional representation being viewable from a number of different directions. The good being sold is in a ...
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Oprah Sued For Patent Infringement Over Her Book Club
Techdirt —
... But the real stunner in the latest set of lawsuits is that one of the patents is being used to sue Oprah. Yes, that Oprah. Apparently, Harris is claiming that his patent on enhancing the touch and feel of the internet is violated by Oprah's book club. Yes. Her book club. Violates a patent (according to the patent holder). Now, my critics will be the first to point out that I'm no patent attorney, but reading over the patent, it certainly appears to be a patent on displaying a book online. How is that possibly patentable material? Wouldn't it be great if this got Oprah ...
Patent troll sues Oprah over Sony BookReader(!??)
ZDNet Government —
... Oprah's Book Club sued over alleged patent infringement This is a head-scratcher. Patent troll Illinois Computer Research is suing Oprah’s Harpo Productions for violating its 7,111,252 patent , which was filed by patent attorney Scott C. Harris and describes a method for “Enhancing Touch and Feel on the Internet, ...
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China warned Google and other popular Web portals Monday that they must do more to block pornographic material from reaching Chinese users, the latest in a series of government crackdowns targeting Internet content.