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		<title>Patent for Anti-Cancer Vaccine Issued</title>
		<link>http://www.sarahsponte.com/2010/05/04/patent-for-anti-cancer-vaccine-issued</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 15:11:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On April 27, 2010, the USPTO issued U.S. Patent 7,704,507 directed to a method for creating an anti-cancer vaccine.  This patent is assigned to the University of Virginia Patent Foundation and the University of Pittsburgh.  This method primes T cells against tumor antigens using a culture of antigen presenting cells (APCs) with protein or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who dat? Or, Attempting to Appropriate a Trademark</title>
		<link>http://www.sarahsponte.com/2010/02/05/who-dat-or-attempting-to-appropriate-a-trademark</link>
		<comments>http://www.sarahsponte.com/2010/02/05/who-dat-or-attempting-to-appropriate-a-trademark#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:48:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Super Bowl weekend is here with the Saints and the Colts about to face off for the championship!  Parties are planned, chip and dip aisles are all but bare, and the beer is chilling.  Merchandising aficionados are in a frenzy as team apparel flies off the racks and into the hands of eager fans.  And [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Clone Lawsuit Alleges Cloning!</title>
		<link>http://www.sarahsponte.com/2010/01/29/clone-lawsuit-alleges-cloning</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:25:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ah, the irony.
A Chinese company by the name of Shenzhen Great Long Brother Industrial Co is preparing to sue Apple if the iPad enters the Chinese market.  This company &#8211; let&#8217;s call it Shenzhen for brevity &#8211; pre-emptively cloned the iPad and released their cloned version, called the P88, three months prior to the Apple [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Word to Microsoft &#8211; Pay Up and Cease Sales</title>
		<link>http://www.sarahsponte.com/2009/08/12/word-to-microsoft-pay-up-and-cease-sales</link>
		<comments>http://www.sarahsponte.com/2009/08/12/word-to-microsoft-pay-up-and-cease-sales#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:33:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Judge Davis of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas entered a final judgement against Microsoft today, following a jury verdict issued on May 20, 2009.
The suit originated in 2007, when Canadian software firm i4i Ltd sued Microsoft for infringing their U.S. Patent 5,787,499.  The suit alleged that Microsoft knowingly infringed on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Twitter Sued for Patent Infringement</title>
		<link>http://www.sarahsponte.com/2009/08/06/twitter-sued-for-patent-infringement</link>
		<comments>http://www.sarahsponte.com/2009/08/06/twitter-sued-for-patent-infringement#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 14:33:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Texas-based company called TechRadium filed suit against Twitter Tuesday, August 4, 2009, in the Southern District of Texas, alleging patent infringement.  TechRadium is a technology company that makes mass notification systems which provide a platform where one message can be sent to multiple recipients over various types of devices.
The complaint alleges that Twitter infringes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TiVo vs. EchoStar Update</title>
		<link>http://www.sarahsponte.com/2009/08/04/tivo-vs-echostar-update</link>
		<comments>http://www.sarahsponte.com/2009/08/04/tivo-vs-echostar-update#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:03:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The legal battle continues, and it just got more interesting!
The TiVo patent at the center of this controversy is currently embroiled in reexamination proceedings with the USPTO.  Monday, August 3, 2009, the USPTO rejected two of the patent claims in the TiVo patent in a preliminary finding of invalidity.  The rejected claims, claims 31 and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Podcasting Patented!</title>
		<link>http://www.sarahsponte.com/2009/07/30/podcasting-patented</link>
		<comments>http://www.sarahsponte.com/2009/07/30/podcasting-patented#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:28:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A company called VoloMedia announced yesterday that they have been awarded a U.S. Patent for podcasting.  The referenced patent was issued on July 28, 2009, and is titled Method for Providing Episodic Media Content.
In the press release, VoloMedia explains that although today&#8217;s podcasting is currently 100% RSS-based, their newly awarded patent covers all episodic media [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Microsoft Emotiflag Patent</title>
		<link>http://www.sarahsponte.com/2009/07/27/microsoft-emotiflag-patent</link>
		<comments>http://www.sarahsponte.com/2009/07/27/microsoft-emotiflag-patent#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:25:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft managed to land a patent grant for emotiflags this past week despite well-known prior usage.  The IP team member at Microsoft who received the Notice of Allowance sent a blast email including a  :)
Lotus notes users, however, responded to the news with a  :(
Although it sounds like a parody of the likes of Despair.com, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Patent Idea &#8211; Time-Shifting Back Before Bad Decisions</title>
		<link>http://www.sarahsponte.com/2009/07/15/new-patent-idea-time-shifting-back-before-bad-decisions</link>
		<comments>http://www.sarahsponte.com/2009/07/15/new-patent-idea-time-shifting-back-before-bad-decisions#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:10:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Breaking report from ZatzNotFunny! reveals the recent filing by TiVo seeking $1 billion in contempt sanctions from DISH/EchoStar in the patent dispute involving DVR technology.  Last fall, EchoStar announced they were finally going to pay up the $104 million jury award to TiVo since the Supreme Court denied their petition for certiorari.  The contempt sanctions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In memory of Michael Jackson: legendary recording artist, dancer, and patentee</title>
		<link>http://www.sarahsponte.com/2009/06/30/in-memory-of-michael-jackson-legendary-recording-artist-dancer-and-patentee</link>
		<comments>http://www.sarahsponte.com/2009/06/30/in-memory-of-michael-jackson-legendary-recording-artist-dancer-and-patentee#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:31:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the wake of the recent death of Michael Jackson, many worldwide are remembering his music, his dancing, and the early years in the Jackson 5.  But how many remember him as an inventor and patentee?  Perhaps the attorney who drafted the patent application, or Examiner Patterson, who recognized the inventive novelty during prosecution.  I&#8217;ll [...]]]></description>
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