Volume II

Issue : 2: January 22, 2004

• U.S. Court of Appeals Finds Trade-mark Rights May Limit "Keyed" Internet Searches
• Canadian Race Track First to Offer Online Gambling
• Microsoft Still on the Hook in EOLAS Patent Battle
• USPTO Releases List of Top Ten Patent Recipients for 2003
• U.S. Court of Appeals Rules that "Lawoffices" is Not Entitled to Trademark Protection
• VoIP: Level 3 Files Petition Seeking Exemption - FCC Chair Opposes Application of Existing Regulation - FBI Seeks Ability to Intercept Conversions - Bangladesh Telecom Breaks Law
• Canadian Firm Required to Pay Redress for Misleading Domain Name Marketing
• Copyright Ruling Appealed by Industry Groups - CRIA Launching Lawsuits Against File Swappers
• US-Court-of-Appeals-Dismisses-Honeywells-Attempt-to-Utilize-Trademark-Protection-in-Expired-Patent-Case
• Canadian Consumer Ministers Approve E-Commerce Code

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USPTO Releases List of Top Ten Patent Recipients for 2003

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) released its annual list of the top ten private sector organizations receiving the most U.S. patents in 2003. Included on the list are IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Hitachi, and Canon. IBM is in first place on the ranking, having received 3,415 patents in 2003. In a press release, IBM announced that it had broken the record for the most patents received in a year. The company stated that with more than 25,000 innovations patented since 1993, it has topped the USPTO list for eleven consecutive years. Intel appears on the list for the first time, having increased its number of patents by 48 percent from 2002, while Hewlett-Packard jumped from ninth place in 2002 to fifth place in 2003 with a 27 percent increase. The USPTO list is based on preliminary patent counts; the final list of the top patent recipients in 2003 will be available in early April.

For a copy of the USPTO press release, visit:
http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/com/speeches/04-01.htm
For a copy of IBM's press release, visit:
http://www.shorl.com/jafrivafrypabi
For a copy of Hewlett-Packard's press release, visit:
http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press/2004/040112c.html