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“Napster says the patents are invalid based on prior art and has requested that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office re-examine them. Last month a federal judge in Pennsylvania denied SightSound's request for a preliminary injunction and stayed its lawsuit pending action by the PTO. SightSound is appealing the ruling. Napster attorney Charles Verhoeven said the case has implications for other online subscription services,… Read More

It could be another two years before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office rules on Bose's petition to cancel CEDIA's “Lifestyle Electronics” trademark registrations, CEDIA's trademark attorney toldTWICE. In the meantime, CEDIA [the Custom Electronics Design and Installation Association] can continue using the two words to describe its mission because the patent office has no authority to issue a temporary… Read More