Press Release – NC Lawsuit Against YouTube

In2Focus seeks in excess of $100,000 for copyright infringement of 2008 F1 Champboat Racing Series from YouTube, Champboat, Amsoil, Tim Seebold and others.

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Open Innovation Web Sites

A number of Open Innovation web sites have appeared inviting creative minds to participate in ideation with the offer of a financial reward for those folks who generate marketable products.  Several of these sites include:
An index of Open Innovation Sites
http://www.openinnovators.net/list-open-innovation-crowdsourcing-examples/
Technology Needed/ Available sites
http://www.yet2.com/app/find/category?type=2
http://www.innocentive.com/
http://www.tekscout.com/
Corporate Open Innovation Sites
HP’s Open Innovation awards to 45 Professors
http://www.hpl.hp.com/open_innovation/irp/2008_results.html
Product Ideas/needs
P&G Open Innovation [...]

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Innovative Funding, Franchising & Finance

Who: Virginia Inventors Forum
Where: Christopher Christoher Newport University, Business & Technology Center (SunTrust Building), Room 326
When:  Wed June 10, 2009, 6:30 – 9 PM (registration 6 PM)
Costs:  Member: $5       Public: $10
Overview: The June 2009 meeting will focus on innovative franchising, what it is like to be funded by venture groups, and some insights into business [...]

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USPTO Allows Patent e-Office Actions

In December of 2006 the USPTO began a pilot program for testing out e-Office Actions. Since that program began a limited number of applicants were logging into the Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (PAIR) system to view correspondence from the USPTO. Applicants who used this system stopped receiving paper mailings from the USPTO, instead receiving [...]

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