[Random-bits] Anharonian: Another idiotic ecommerce patent

Wed, 30 Aug 2000 10:06:59 -0400

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Subject:  RE: [Random-bits] Anharonian: Another idiotic ecommerce patent
   Date:  Wed, 30 Aug 2000 09:23:19 -0400
   From:  "Brian McWilliams" <brian@pc-radio.com>
     To:  "James Love" <love@cptech.org>

Hi Jamie,

Looks like Andrea Rosenguard has settled her suit:

http://www.internetretailer.com/html/news/020800_4.htm

Dressing Room Software Dispute Settled
(February 8, 2000) Software developer Andrea Rosengard and Public
Technologies Multimedia Inc. have agreed to settle a patent infringement
suit that Rosengard filed against Public Technologies and six of its
customers.

     Under the terms of the settlement, Rosengard granted Public
Technologies Multimedia a non-exclusive license covering the items in
dispute. The settlement also covers Public Technologies customers who were
defendants in the action, including JCPenney, Land's End and Federated
Department Stores.

     Rosengard, known in the fashion industry as Andrea Rose, holds a patent
for virtual dressing room software known as StyleFitter. She is founder and
CEO of Fashion Integration Technology. Public Technologies Multimedia Inc.
is the developer of Web personalization technology known as My Virtual
Model.

     No other terms of the agreement were disclosed.

Brian

|-----Original Message-----
|From: random-bits-admin@venice.essential.org
|[mailto:random-bits-admin@venice.essential.org]On Behalf Of James Love
|Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2000 9:52 AM
|To: Multiple recipients of list RANDOM-BITS; ecommerce
|Subject: [Random-bits] Anharonian: Another idiotic ecommerce patent
|
|
|Subject: PATNEWS: Another idiotic ecommerce patent infringement lawsuit
|   Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 23:46:28 -0400 (EDT)
|   From: Gregory Aharonian <srctran@world.std.com>
|     To: patent-news@world.std.com
|
|!20000829  Another idiotic ecommerce patent infringement lawsuit
|
|    The Nov/Dec issue of Internet Retailer reports yet another idiotic
|ecommerce patent infringement lawsuit, this time concerning Web sites
|that allow you to design and purchase clothing electronically.  (NOTE:
|for the record, nothing on my web site, www.bustpatents.com, provides
|any capabilities, information or assistance towards the design and
|purchasing of clothing online and/or electronically).
|
|    The patent, 5,930,769, titled "System and method for fashion shopping",
|was filed October 1996, and I list the patent abstract and claim below.
|It is assigned to and being asserted by an individual, Andrea Rose (she
|has a Web site, www.andrearosefashions.com).
|
|    Last fall, she sued J.C. Penney, Land's End, Broderland Software,
|Mattel (owner of the Learning Company), and Federated Department Stores
|(owner of Macy's).  I do not know the current status of the case, but
|can wish for the defendants that it has been dismissed after some motion
|for summary judgment.
|
|    Once again, the problem is, ..... NON-DISCLOSED NON-PATENT PRIOR ART.
|The patent cites one non-patent prior art item, and you have to believe
|that sometime in the twenty year time period from the mid-1970s to the
|mid-1990s, that at least one effort at one fashion institute developed at
|least one fashion/textile design computer program.  I mean, this is a
|no brainer bet even without doing any prior art searching.  But no, the
|applicant, in applying for the patent and then asserting the patent, cared
|little to research the field of computerized fashion design.  Heck, if I
|remember correctly, didn't Mrs. and Judy Jetson design and buy clothes
|online in some episodes of the Jetsons cartoon?  Shouldn't that be prior
|art? :-))))))
|
|    Anyway, those of you tracking this nonsense, here is one more case to
|add to your records.  Anyone with a copy of the complaint, I wouldn't
|mind getting a copy.
|
|                                      ====
|
|5930769
|System and method for fashion shopping
|(filed Oct. 7, 1996)
|
|Abstract:
|    The present invention provides a method of manual fashion shopping
|and method for electronic fashion shopping by a customer using a programmed
|computer, CD-ROM, television, Internet or other electronic medium such
|as video. The method comprises receiving personal information from the
|customer; selecting a body type and fashion category based on the personal
|information; selecting fashions from a plurality of clothes items based on
|the body type and fashion category; outputting a plurality of fashion data
|based on the selected fashions; and receiving selection information from
|the customer.
|
|
|What is claimed is:
|
|    1. A method of fashion shopping by a customer comprising the steps of:
|
|    receiving personal information from the customer;
|
|    selecting a body type and fashion category based on the personal
|    information;
|
|    selecting fashions from a plurality of clothes items based on the body
|    type and fashion category;
|
|
|    outputting a plurality of fashion data based on the selected fashions;
|
|    receiving selection information from the customer; and
|
|    processing order information to place an order for the selected
|    fashions.
|
|                                      ====
|
|Greg Aharonian
|Internet Patent News Service
|
|
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