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Takeaway: A prior art reference does not have to disclose the exact terminology used in the claim.In its Final Written Decision, the Board found that all of the challenged claims, claims 11-22, of the ’314 Patent are unpatentable and denied Patent Owner’s Motion to Amend. The ’314 Patent relates to user interfaces that provide advertising obtained over a global computer network.The Board then reviewed the first ground of unpatentability – anticipation of claims 11-14 and 16-19 by Guyot. Patent Owner argued that Guyot fails to disclose a “method of providing demographically-targeted advertising to a computer user,” “transferring a copy of the software ‘in response to a download request by the user,’” and “providing a unique identifier to the computer.” As to the first term, the Board was not persuaded by Patent Owner’s argument that Guyot does not use the word “demographic” because a prior art … [Read more...] about Microsoft Google v. B.E. Technology: Final Written Decision IPR2014-00039

Jean-Marie Le Pen gestures as he speaks at a meeting in January 2017. Photo: Pascal Guyot/AFP The founder of France's far-right National Front party, Jean-Marie Le Pen, has been charged with inciting hatred for alleged anti-Semitic remarks in 2014, his lawyer said Saturday. Frederic Joachim said the remarks by his client had been misinterpreted and his comments cut short. The situation goes back to June 2014 when Le Pen in a video clip posted on the FN website railed against a number of critics including pop star Madonna and Yannick Noah, the French singer and former tennis champion. When asked about another critic - French singer Patrick Bruel, who is Jewish - Le Pen said then that he would be part of "a batch we will get next time," using the word "fournee" for "batch", evoking the word "four", which means "oven". SOS Racisme called it "the most anti-Semitic filth", a pledge by the FN founder to put his critics in their place using a pun suggesting Nazi gas chambers. The … [Read more...] about Jean-Marie Le Pen charged over apparent anti-Semitic pun

In this March 19, 2019 photo, Oney and Donna Carrell stand near the ashes of her father's house in Paradise, Calif. Their property had two homes on it before the fire, but the only one to survive visible behind them was built to fire-resistant standards that went into effect in 2008. (Hector Amezcua/The Sacramento Bee via AP)In this photo taken March 19, 2019, Dawn Herr and her son Liam, 8, visit their home in Paradise, Calif., that survived the Camp Fire. The Herrs' home, built in 2010, was scorched and had smoke damage inside so the family is living temporarily in nearby Chico. The Herrs credit the home’s survival to strict building codes and to gravel that encircled the building and kept the flames back. (Hector Amezcua/The Sacramento Bee via AP)In this March 19, 2019, Sean and Dawn Herr collect an American flag that survived the Camp Fire along with their Paradise, Calif., home. The Herrs' home, built in 2010, was scorched and had smoke damage inside so the family is living … [Read more...] about Destined to burn: Safety rules give homes better chance in wildfires