ITC to probe Nintendo Wii patent infringement by Radka Konkolova

Everybody nowadays uses remote controls for various actions, because it is possible to control almost everything from some direction. It is very practical and comfortable, but sometimes it is really hard to persuade your remote control to do what it should do. I mean that sometimes it is really difficult to change TV channels by remote control because it doesn’t respond very well to your request.

But one company has come with brilliant idea of such controls. It is really something cataclysmal and has already achieved huge success among the consumers. The place where the newest piece of remotes was invented and constructed is Hillcrest Laboratories. It is truly something special, what is able to respond to the gentlest move of user’s hand and fingers. Also control of this device is very easy, simple and comfortable because it has got only two buttons and scrolling button like the computer mouse does. Usage is also very simple and it works on the principle of the intuitive control from user’s side what is very useful and funny.

But not only Hillcrest Laboratories consider this remote control to be very practical and entertaining mainly for gaming video games. Also Japanese producer of video games and consoles for them, Nintendo, Inc. considers so. Their newest console named Wii includes the same remote control. It is because Nintendo wanted to introduce and launch something new, what would be very attractive for stable or potential customers and make their gaming more entertaining and more interactive. This handheld control is very useful for the console and interesting too because you can imagine you hold the real bat, tennis racket or even a sword, so you have to move when gaming.

And this has caused a problem because Hillcrest Labs has accused Nintendo of infringing four patents to make the top selling Wii game console. But this is very unpleasant situation for both sides, especially for Hillcrest Laboratories which decided to file a complaint to the US International Trade Commission against Nintendo. ITC received this message and agreed to look into this problem. I am really curious about the solution…

related story: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080917/tc_nm/nintendo_hillcrest_patents_dc;_ylt=AnpiEL555M47vfZOHQH8W5Cs0NUE

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Chris Cantell Discusses Lawsuits: ITC ke go ispituva prekršuvanjeto na patentiranjeto na Nintendo Wii by Radka Konkolova

Ovie denovi site koristat dalečinski upravuvači za razni akcii, zatoa što e možno da se kontrolira skoro sé od nekoja direkcija. Mnogu e praktično i udobno, no ponekogaš e navistina teško da se ubedi vašiot dalečinski upravuvač da go pravi ona što treba. Mislam deka ponekogaš e navistina teško da gi smenite TV kanalite so dalečinskiot upravuvač zatoa što ne odgovara na vašeto baranje.

No edna kompanija ima brilijantna ideja za vakvi upravuvači. Toa e navistina nešto kataklizmično i veke ima postignato golem uspeh pomegu korisnicite. Mestoto kade e razvieno najnovoto parče od dalečinski upravuvači beše izmisleno i konstruirano vo Hilkrest Laboratoriite. Toa e navistina nešto specijalno, što e možno da odgovori na najnežniot dopir od prstite i rakata na korisnikot. Isto taka kontrolata na ovaa naprava e mnogu lesna, ednostavna i udobna poradi toa što ima samo dve kopčina kako što ima kompjuterskoto gluvče. Upotrebata e isto taka mnogu ednostavna i raboti na principot na intuitivna kontrola od strana na korisnikot što e mnogu korisno i zabavno.

No ne samo vo Hilkrest Laboratoriite smetaat deka ovoj dalečinski upravuvač e mnogu praktičen i zabaven glavno za igranje video igri. Isto taka japonskiot proizvoditel na video igri i konzoli za niv, Nintendo Inc, go smeta istoto. Nivnata najnova konzola narečena Wii go vklučuva istiot dalečinski upravuvač. Toa e poradi toa što Nintendo sakaše da pretstavi i lansira nešto novo, što ke bide mnogu atraktivno za postojanite i potencijalnite korisnici i da go napravi nivnoto igranje pozabavno i pointeraktivno. Ovaa račna kontrola e mnogu korisna za konzolata i interesna poradi toa što može da zamislite deka navistina da držite stap, teniski reket ili meč, pa zatoa mora da se dvižite duri igrate.

Ova predizvika problem poradi toa što od Hilkrest Laboratoriite stigna obvinuvanje za Nintendo deka go prekršile patentiranjeto za da postignat top prodažba na Wii konzolata za igranje. No ova e mnogu neprijatna situacija na dvete strani, osobeno za Hilkrest laboratoriite koi odlučija da podnesat tužba do Amerikanskata Megunarodna Trgovska Komisija protiv Nintendo. ITC ja dobi ovaa poraka i se soglasi da go razgleda problemot. Navistina sum ljubopitna kakvo ke bide rešenieto...

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Chris Cantell Discusses Lawsuits: ITC vyšetruje Nintendo za porušenie Wii patentu by Radka Konkolova

Dnes už každý využíva diaľkový ovládač na ovládanie rôznych vecí, pretože je možné takto z väčšej vzdialenosti ovládať takmer všetko. Je to veľmi praktické a pohodlné, ale niekedy je naozaj veľmi ťažké presvedčiť ovládač, aby robil to, čo má. Myslím tým, že niekedy je zložité prepnúť na iná stanicu v telke, lebo ovládač na vašu požiadavku zle reaguje.

Ale jedna spoločnosť prišla s fakt úžasným nápadom čo sa týka ovládačov. Je to niečo prevratné a inovatívne a už teraz to medzi spotrebiteľmi zaznamenalo obrovský úspech. Miestom, kde bol tento najnovší kúsok vymyslený a vytvorený, sú Laboratóriá Hillcrest. Naozaj je tento kúsok niečím výnimočným, čo je schopné reagovať čo i len na najmenší pohyb vašej ruky či prstov. Taktiež ovládanie je veľmi jednoduché a príjemné, pretože toto zariadenie má iba dve tlačidlá a jedno koliesko, presne ako počítačová myš. Používanie je tiež veľmi jednoduché, lebo toto zariadenie pracuje na princípe intuitívneho ovládania, čo je veľmi praktické a zábavné.

Ale nielen Laboratóriá Hillcrest považujú tento ovládač za skvelú vec, hlavne pre hranie video hier. Aj japonský výrobca video hier a hracích konzol, Nintendo, si myslí to isté. Ich najnovšia konzola, Wii, totiž obsahuje toto isté ovládacie zariadenie. Je to preto, lebo Nintendo chcelo predstaviť a uviesť niečo nové, čo by bolo rovnako atraktívne pre stálych ale aj potenciálnych hráčov video hier a spraviť tak obyčajnú hru zábavnejšou a interaktívnejšou. Toto ovládanie presne do ruky je veľmi zaujímavé a pre konzolu veľmi užitočné, pretože si môžete predstavovať, že v ruke držíte ozajstnú pálku, tenisovú raketu či dokonca meč.

A presne toto spôsobilo isté rozbroje a problémy, lebo Laboratóriá Hillcrest obvinili spoločnosť Nintendo z porušenia štyroch patentov, aby zvýšila predajnosť Wii konzol. Je to veľmi nepríjemná situácie pre obe strany, ale zvlášť pre Hillcrest Labs, ktoré sa preto rozhodli proti Nintendu podať sťažnosť na Medzinárodnej obchodnej komisii v Amerike. Táto túto sťažnosť prijala a rozhodla sa ju začať riešiť. Každopádne, som veľmi zvedavá, ako to dopadne...

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Chris Cantell behadelt Die Gerichtsverfahren: Geschickter Börsenmakler oder ein anderer Investitionsbetrug by Barbora Haramiova

In der Gegenwart ist es ganz schön risikoreich, viele Geldscheine in der Tasche zu haben. Es ist ganz schön risikoreich, mit voller Geldbörse und teueren Sachen im Gepäck auf Urlaub zu fahren. Und ich würde sagen, es ist heutzutage sogar noch gefährlicher, Geld zu investieren! Wenn man nur schwer dem Zeitungsverkäufer vertrauen kann, wie könnte man jemanden vertrauen, den man nie gesehen oder getroffen hat? Interessieren Sie sich für die Börse, für all die Zahlen, die ständig steigen und wieder runterfallen? Ok, ich verstehe zwar nicht warum, ich kann es aber ertragen. Die einzige Sache, die ich nicht tolerieren kann, ist die Tatsache, dass Aktienbörsen nicht mehr so vertrauenswürdige Institutionen wie vorher sind ( oder zumindest wie wir an ihre Vertrauenswürdigkeit glauben konnten ). Wollen Sie wissen, was Neues es auf den Märkten gibt? Ich sage es Ihnen - nichts! Geld wird immer wieder investiert und gestohlen. Und was das Traurigste an dem Ganzen ist, ist die Tatsache, dass Leute noch immer so dumm sind, um zu glauben, sie können reich werden! Selbstverständlich - die Welt ertrinkt in Wirtschaftskrise und ich investiere ein paar Kohle und werde Millionärin! Die Leute sind naiv und dumm. Und Börsenmakler nutzen einfach dieses Faktum zu ihrem Gunsten.
Genau wie jetzt. Zwei ( geschickte ) Börsenmakler aus der Wall Street haben sich einfach entschieden, diesen Sommer auf einen besseren Urlaub zu fahren, als sie sich letztes Jahr leisten konnten. Sie beschlossen, eine Menge Geld zu gewinnen, indem sie die Dummheit der Investoren und Kunden ausnutzten! Eric Butler und in Bulgarien geborener Julian Tzolov haben einen Plan erfunden! Sie schickten fremden Firmenkunden eine E-mail, die bestätigte, dass die angebotenen Wertpapiere durch staatlich garantierte Studentenanleihen gedeckt würden und daher sicher wie Bargeld wären. In Wirklichkeit wurden diese Wertpapiere aber durch Subprime-Hypotheken, Kollektivschuldenverpflichtungen und andere hochriskante Investitionen gedeckt. Ein ganz schöner Plan, nicht wahr? Diese zwei Jungs machten sicher einen riesigen Fehler, auf der anderen Seite muss ich aber sagen, dass die Investoren noch einen größeren gemacht haben! Erstens - wie könnten sie überleben, wenn sie die Informationen nicht überprüfen? Glauben sie tatsächlich allen Informationen ( besonders heutzutage ), die sie bekommen?! Das ist verrückt! Zweitens - wie zum Teufel ( entschuldigen Sie mich, bitte ) konnten sie einer E-mail glauben, auch wenn sie sie von ihrem Börsenmakler bekommen hatten? Und letztens, wie konnten sie so naiv sein und mit jemanden, den sie nie gesehen oder getroffen haben, ein Geschäft eingehen und so viel Geld investieren?! Na ja, so schnitten sie ab! Sie hatten mehr als 800 Millionen Dollar in Wertpapieren angelegt, die jetzt keinen Wert haben.

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Chris Cantell Discusses Lawsuits: Vistinski brokeri ili ušte edna sovršena izmama by Zivka Deleva

Denes e poveke od rizično da imaš mnogu banknoti vo vašiot dzeb. Mnogu e rizično da patuvaš ovie denovi na odmor so poln paričnik i skapi raboti vo bagažot. I duri ušte poopasno denovive e da investiraš pari! Koga edvaj možeme da im veruvame na prodavačite na vesnici, kako možeme da mu veruvame nekomu kogo nikogaš ne sme go videle ili sretnale? Dali ste zainteresirani za pazarot na akcii, i site tie brojki koi se dvižat gore i dole? Ne znam zošto, no go toleriram. Edinstvenoto nešto što ne možam da go toleriram e faktot deka pazarite na akcii ne se doverlivi mesta kako porano (ili barem kako što veruvavme). Dali sakate da znaete što e novo na pazarot denovive? Ke vi kažam - ništo! Parite se investiraat i kradat povtorno i povtorno. I što e najtažnata rabota vo sevo ova e deka lugeto se sé ušte glupavi da veruvaat deka može da se zbogatat! Se razbira - svetot se naoga vo ekonomska kriza i jas ke investiram nekolku slivki i ke stanam milioner! Lugeto se naivni i glupavi. A brokerite go koristat ovoj fakt vo nivna polza. Baš kako sega. Dvajca (vešti) borkeri od Wall Street rešile deka letovo ke si priuštat podobar odmor od minatoto leto. Tie rešile deka ke zarabotat golemi pari na smetka na onie glupavi investitori i klienti! Erik Batler i bugarinot Julijan Colov smislile plan! Tie im pratile na stranskite klienti e-mail so koj potvrduvaat deka ponudenite obezbeduvanja se poddržano od federalno garantiranite studentski zaemi i deka so toa tie se bezbedni kako keš. No vo realnosta site obezbeduvanja se poddržani od hipoteki, kolateralni dolžnički obvrski i drugi visoko rizični investicii. Mnogu dobar plan, neli? Se razbira ovie dvajca napravile užasna greška, no od druga strana može da kažam deka investitorite napravile ušte pogolema! Najprvo - kako može da preživeat koga ne ja proverile informacijata? Tie samo veruvaat (osobeno ovie denovi) vo site informacii koi gi dobivaat?! Toa e glupost! Vtoro - kako po gavolite (se izvinuvam) tie može da veruvaat na nekoj e-mail, i pokraj toa što im go ispratil nivniot broker? Kako dopolnuvanje na naivnosta i sorabotuvanjeto so nekoj koj nikogaš ne go videle ili sretnale, investiraat golemi sumi na pari? Epa eve vi! Tie imaat poveke od 800 milioni dolari obezbeduvanje koe nema nikakva vrednost.

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Chris Cantell Discusses Lawsuits: Matel ne dobi nitu na sud nitu na pazarot by Zivka Deleva

Podobro informirajte se dobro za kogo rabotite. Nadopolnuvanje - podobro grižete se za mešanjeto vo potencijalnoto mešanje vo avtorskite prava.

Vo 2004 godina, slatkite visoko stilizirani modni kukli Brets so iskriveni telesni proporcii skršija edna legenda. Hiper seksualnoto vinilno telo na damata Barbi. Matel moraše da kapitulira pred svojot rival. MGA ili Mikro Games America Entertainment, izloži nova serija na japonski manga i anime stil Brets kukli. Do denes, toa teško može da se progolta.

Najdobrite raboti sekogaš se slučuvaat slučajno. Taka se rodeni i Brets kuklite. Koga vo 2001 godina, dizajnerot Karter Brajant za vreme na intervju so MGA Ajsak Larian gi pokažal svoite crteži, kerkata na Larian, Jasmin slučajno reagirala, odnosno i se dopandnale verziite i toa bil klučen dokaz koj go doturkal do kraj kralstvoto na Brets koe mu donelo bogatstvo na Brajant.

Započnuvajki so 4 karakteri imenuvani Jasmin (oddavajki počit na svojata kerka), Kloe, Dzejd i Saša, MGA postojano ja proširuva Brets okolinta, dodavajki Brets bebinja, Brets mileničinja, Brets momčinja i cela kolekcija na mali predmeti vklučuvajki i Brets mobilni telefoni.

Kako i da e, se čini deka ova ne funkcioniralo voopšto. Poradi momentalnata sorabotka na Brajant so Matel korporacijata, povlečena e voda vo ognot. Naskoro po slučajnoto prezemanje na pazarot od strana na Brets, pogodeniot Matel, za prv pat, go obvini MGA za podmolno kradenje na nivnata tehnologija. Dolgogodišnata surova bitka pomegu kompaniite dovede do nekolku udari, koga vo 2006 godina MGA moraše da go stopira likot na Kiana za popularnata serija na Diviot diviot zapad, poradi trgovskata marka na imeto stavena od strana na Matel.

Kražbata na dizajnot na Barbi, mototo i okolinata go zagriži Matel deka nema da možat da se natprevaruvaat so modernite, obrazovani i popularni - inovativnite Brets kukli. Devojčinjata na vozrast od 7-12 godini ne bea zainteresirani za Barbi. kukla koja ja idealizira sovršenata žena so nedostižni proporcii. Decata sakaat da ostanat deca. Opkruženi so more od sjaj, slatki akcesorii, kučenca, obleka itn...

Federalen sudija mu dodeli na Matel Inc. otšteta od 100 milioni dolari vo vtornikot vo federalnata tužba za avtorski prava koja ja pretstavi kukata na Barbi nasproti MGA Entertaintment Inc., kreatorot na sočnite Brets kukli. I pokraj toa što ne e daden oficijalen komentar, Dzon Kvin, advokatot na Matel objavi deka MGA mu dolži na Matel poveke od eden bilion.

Vsušnost, prvata Brets kolekcija zaraboti edvaj 4 milioni dolari, bukvalno 2,5% od prihodite vo 2001 godina. Kako i da e, duri i ovoj sudija ne može da go sopre ona što e moderno i Barbi podobro se prodava nadvor od SAD, kade nejzinata popularnost može da ja spasi potonatata strategija.

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posted by Lucia Adamova

Mattel Won Court Nor Markets… by Milota Sidorova

Better take care who you are working for. Update – better care about interference of potential copyrights.

In 2004, Bratz cuties highly stylized fashion dolls with distorted body proportions crashed down a legend. Hyper sexual vinyl body of lady Barbie. Mattel had to capitulated in front of its rival. MGA or Micro-Games America Entertainment, exposed new series a sort of japanese manga and anime style Bratz dolls. Till this day, it’s been a swallow hard to carry on.

The best things always happen by conicidence. So the Bratz dolls have been born. When in 2001, designer Carter Bryant during the interview with MGA Isaac Larian showed off his drawings, Larian’s daughter Jasmine suddenly reacted, moreover liked the versions and that was the key evidence, pushing up the fortune maker Bryant’s Bratz kingdom.

Starting with 4 initial characters of Yasmine (paying tribute to his girl destiney), Cloe, Jade and Sasha, MGA has been gradually extending Bratz environment, adding Bratz Babyz, Bratz Petz, Bratz Boys sucha s wide collection of merchandize including also Bratz Mobile.

However, it seems it didn’t work at all. Due Bryant’s current employship within Mattel corporation, pulled the oil into the fire. Soon after Bratz took the market place by chance, stricken Mattel, for the first time, getting tricky downhill accused MGA for stealing their know-how. Years lasting rough and thumble among companies has led into several kicks, when in 2006 MGA had to stop a character of Kiana for popular Wild Wild West series, because of Mattel’s ultimate trademark for this name.

Stealing Barbie design, motto and environment worried Mattel that let’s just admit couldn’t hold on with its fashionable, educating and the top of the tops – innovative Bratz dolls.
Girls aging 7-12 were not interested in Barbie, puppet idolizing perfect woman of untouchable proportions. Kids wanted to remain kids. Surrounded by overwhelming sea of glitters, cute accessories, doggies, clothies etc...

A federal jury awarded Mattel Inc. $100 million in damages on Tuesday in a federal copyright lawsuit that pitted the house of Barbie against MGA Entertainment Inc., the maker of the saucy Bratz dolls. Although not official comment has been released, John Quinn, Mattel attourney declared that MGA owes Mattel more than one billion.

In fact, the first Bratz collection made barely $4 million, literally 2.5 percent of 2001 incomes.
However, even this jury can’t stop what’s fashionable and Barbie is better to be sold outside the states, where its popularity can save sinking strategy.





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Chris Cantell Discusses Lawsuits: Pobednici i gubitnici by Zivka Deleva

Ne znam koj go kažal ova, no znam deka bil vo pravo: "Koga ste siromašen, ste sreken. Zatoa što nemate što da vi bide ukradeno." Ponekogaš mi e smešno koga sfakam deka gledame na pitačite i bezdomnicite so takvo sožaluvanje, kako tie da se najnesreknite i najtažnite luge na svetot. Poradi faktot deka tie nemaat stan ili kuka, dobar avtomobil, čista i ubava obleka koja ke gi napravi malku povredni. Problemot e vo toa što nie nikogaš ne sme bile na drugata strana od mostot. Sé ušte gledame na našiot život od naša gledna točka i togaš ne možeme da razbereme. Samo čovek bez skršena para znae deka ne e takva katastrofa (osobeno ovie denovi) da se živee bez pari. Nikogaš ne znaete koj ili koga nekoj ke ve oslobodi od niv. Finansiskata kriza vo SAD dojde i se raširi vo ostanatiot del od svetot kako čuma. Ne bevme podgotveni zatoa što bevme naviknati deka nie i našite pari se bezbedni. A što sega? E pa, denes gi broime našite pari sekojdnevno, samo da potvrdime deka nieden od našite skapoceni dolari ne isčeznal. Se mislime dva pati što da napravime so našite posledni dolari, kade da gi investirame, ne sakame da završime na ulica na krajot od mesecot, neli? Nie sme samo zagriženi za sé, pa duri i za vremeto. Bezdomnicite nemaat takov problem. Tie nemaat ništo da izgubat, i pokraj toa što zvuči pomalku kliše i morničavo, tie se slobodni.

Koga zboruvame za pari, potrebno e da sfatime deka sekogaš ima razni igrači - pobednici i gubitnici. Vo prvata grupa može da gi vklučime golemite banki i korporacii kako Merrill Lznch and Co., Goldman Sachs Group Inc. ili Wachovia Corp. Ovie kompanii rabotat so golemi pari, tie gi investiraat, samo si igraat so razni obezbeduvanja koi pokrivaat navistina golemi vrednosti. I ima i gubitnici - obično mali banki koi se dovolno glupavi da veruvaat na bankarskite službenici poveke od na sopstvenite ženi. I pokraj toa što ovie dve grupi se kompletno različni tie imaat edna zaednička rabota - tie sakaat poveke pari. Posle ekonomskiot krah vo SAD site gubea i site se obiduvaa da izlezat od kalta. I se čini deka bankite povtorno najdoa dobar način kako da go storat toa. Veke spomenatite korporacii prodavaa nekoi od nivnite obezbeduvanja na investitorite so golema nominalna vrednost, no sega tie treba da se soočat so istragata za toa dali tie pogrešno gi navele investitorite na aukciskata stapka ili ne. Dodeka ima golema zakana tie ke treba da se soočat so tužba od NY za koja ke treba da vetat deka tie povtorno ke gi otkupat obezbeduvanjata po istata stapka po koja gi prodale na nivnite klienti. Kancelarijata na glavniot obvinitel misli deka e nesoodvetno isplanirano dosega. Wachovia veti deka ke si gi otkupi nazad obezbeduvanjata so vrednost od 8,5 bilioni dolari, Citigroup, UBS AG, JPMorgan Chase and Co i Morgan Stanley se soglasija povtorno da gi otkupat obezbeduvanjata po cena od 32,6 bilioni dolari. Parite se vrtat i tie gi menuvaat sopstvenicite postojano i nikogaš ne možete da bidete sigurni koga ke gi izgubite site.

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Winners or losers by Barbora Misakova

I don't know who said it, but I know he was right: “When you are poor, you are lucky. Cos you have nothing what could be stolen.” It is sometimes funny for me when I realize that we are looking at beggars and homeless people with such a pity, like they were the most unhappy and unlucky people in the world. Like the fact they don't have a flat or house, good car, pretty and clean clothes make them less worthy. The problem is that we have never been on their side of a bridge. We are still looking at our life from our point of view and then we can never understand it clearly. Only a man without single penny knows it is not such a catastrophe (especially these days) to live without money. You really never know who and when will relieve you of them. Financial crisis in the U.S. came and spread on the rest of the world just like the plague. We weren't prepared because we were just used we and our money are safe. And what about today? Well, today we are counting our money every day, just to verify none of our precious dollars didn't disappear. We are thinking twice what to do with our last dollar, where to invest it – we don't want to end up on the street at the end of a month, do we? We are just worried about everything, even about the weather. Homeless don't have such a problems. They have nothing to lose, and even though it sounds a bit cliché and creepy, they are free.

When we are talking about money, it is necessary to realize there are always two types of players – winners and losers. Into the first group we can include especially big banks and corporations such as Merrill Lynch & Co., Goldman Sachs Group Inc. or Wachovia Corp. These companies are working with big bucks of money, they are investing them, they are just playing with various kind of securities which cover really big values. And then there are losers – usually the small bank clients which are stupid enough to believe the bank clerks more than their wives. And even though these two groups are totally different they have one thing in common – they want more money. After the economic break down in the U.S. everyone was loosing and everyone was trying to get out of this mud. And it seems that banks found again a good way how to do it. Already mentioned corporations were selling some of their securities to the investors in big nominal values, but now they have to face investigation whether they misled investors in the auction-rate securities market or not. While there is a big threat they will have to face NY lawsuit they are promising to repurchase auction-rate securities from their customers. The attorney general's office thinks it is “woefully inadequate” plan though. Wachovia promised to buy back $8.5 billion of the securities, Citigroup, UBS AG, JPMorgan Chase & Co and Morgan Stanley agreed to repurchase $32.6 billion in auction-rate securities. Money are spinning and changing its owner constantly and you can never be sure when you will loose all of them.

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by Barbora Misakova for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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Chris Cantell Discusses Lawsuits: Víťazi či porazení by Barbora Misakova

Neviem presne kto to povedal, ale teraz už viem, že mal pravdu: “Ak si chudobný, máš šťastie. Nemáš totiž nič, čo by sa ti dalo ukradnúť.” Niekedy mi to príde viac ako smiešne, keď si uvedomím, s akou obrovskou lútosťou sa pozeráme na žobrákov a bezdomovcov. Akokeby to boli tí najnešťastnejší ľudia na svete. Ako keby fakt, že nemajú byt alebo dom, dobré auto, či pekné a čisté oblečenie ich robilo menej cennými. Problém je, že sme nikdy neboli na ich mieste. Stále sa pozeráme na svet a naše životy z nášho pohľadu, ale takto ich nikdy nebudeme celkom chápať a vlastniť. Len človek bez jediného haliera vie, že život bez peňazí nie je žiadna katastrófa (najmä v týchto dňoch). Naozaj nikdy neviete, kto a kedy vás oberie o vaše posledné peniaze. Finančná kríza v USA prišla a rozšírila sa po celom svete ako kedysi mor. Neboli sme na ňu pripravení, pretože sme dovtedy boli zvyknutí na to, že my aj naše peniaze sú v bezpečí. A ako je to dnes? Nuž, tak dnes rátame svoje peniaze každý deň, len aby sme si overili, či sa náhodou nestratila nejaká tá drahocenná minca či bankovka. Dvakrát si radšej rozmyslíme čo urobíme s poslednou korunou, kam ju investujeme – veď sa predsa nechceme na konci mesiaca ocitnúť na ulici, že áno? Jednoducho sme chytení do pasce a obávame sa každej maličkosti akou je dokonca aj zmena počasia. Bezdomovci veru takýto problém nemajú. Nemajú totiž nič, o čo by mohli prísť, a hoci to znie ako klišé, sú oveľa slobodnejší než my.

Keď už hovoríme o tých peniazoch, je potrebné si ešte uvedomiť, že vždy existujú dva typy hráčov – víťazi a porazení. Do prvej skupiny by sme mohli zaradiť rôzne bankové a nebankové subjekty a korporácie ako napríklad Merrill Lynch a spol., Goldman Sachs Group Inc. alebo Wachoviu. Tieto spoločnosti pracujú s veľkými balíkmi peňazí, investujú ich a takpovediac sa hrajú s rôznymi cennými papiermi, ktoré kryjú veľké čiastky. Nuž a potom sú tu porazení – obyčajne malí bankoví klienti, ktorí sú až príliš hlúpi na to, aby dôverovali svojej žene viac ako bankérom. A hoci sa tieto dve skupiny odlišujú, preda len majú jednu vec spoločnú – obe idu po peniazoch. Po tom, ako sa ekonomika v USA zložila, každý sa snažil vyhrabať z problémov a dostať sa z toho bahna. Zdá sa, že to boli opäť banky, ktoré našli výhodný spôsob, ako to urobiť, hoci je viac ako možné, že tentoraz budú ony tími porazeními. Už spomínané korporácie totiž začali vo veľkom predávať cenné papiere s vysokými nominálnymi hodnotami. Teraz však musia čeliť vyšetrovaniu, ktoré má zistiť, či náhodou nepostupovali protizákonne a nezávádzali svojich klientov pri odkupovaní týchto cenných papierov. Kým nad nimi vysí hrozba súdneho procesu, všetky korporácie sľubujú následné znovuodkúpenie cenín od klientov. Generálna prokuratúra však považuje tento krok za veľmi neadekvátny a biedny plán. Kým Wachovia prisľúbila odkúpiť ceniny v hodnote 8.5 bilióna dolárov, Citigroup, UBS AG, JPMorgan Chase a spol. A Morgan Stanlez súhlasili s odkúpením cenných papierov v hodnote 32.6 bilióna dolárov. Nuž, peniaze sa točia a neustále menia svojich majiteľov, a tak veru nikdy nemôžete vedieť, kedy stratíte tie svoje.

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Chris Cantell Discusses Lawsuits: Nemecký kvázi Facebook si na seba privodil hnev Facebooku by Radka Konkolova

Najväčšie a asi aj najsilnejšie stránky internetu, ktoré spájajú ľudí z celého sveta, majú nového konkurenta. Myslím, že to by nebolo nič nezvyčajné, ale Facebook nemôže vystáť fakt, že táto nová stránka kopíruje originál, teda Facebook.

Na spresnenie, vo Frankfurte bola vytvorená takáto „sieťujúca“ stránka určená žiakom, študentom, ale aj ostatným. Ani toto by nebolo nič špeciálne. Ale problém je, že traja „výmyselníci“, ktorí túto stránku vytvorili a zrealizovali tento plán, boli príliš inšpirovaní grafikou, vlastnosťami a dizajnom, ktorý má Facebook. Pretože studiVZ (www.studivz.net), ktorá bola uvedená v októbri 2005, má presne taký istý výzor ako aj Facebook. Iba farba stránky je iná.

Ehssan Dariani, zakladateľ tejto stránky, musí vážne zbožňovať Facebook. A pretože v Nemecku neexistovala takáto stránka, lebo Facebook nemeckú verziu spustil až v marci tohto roka, rozhodol sa, že spraví svoju vlastnú a nezáležalo mu na tom, že bude takmer rovnaká ako originál.

Vyzerá to tak, že studiVZ je medzi mladými ľuďmi naozaj veľmi obľúbená, pretože podľa údajov zo samotnej stránky, už teraz sú jej členmi ľudia z Nemecka, Rakúska a Švajčiarska, ktorých je okolo 10 miliónov a každým týždňom sa toto číslo zvyšuje o niekoľko tisíciek. Ale pravdou je, že napriek popularite a úspechu tejto stránky, stále musí zdieľať negatívne postoje „súkromím uvedomelého“ Nemecka.

Ľudia, ktorí investovali svoje peniaze do Facebook sú proti poskytovaniu služieb od tejto stránky. Myslím studiVZ. Ale tí, ktorí investovali do rozvoja studiVZ, dúfajú, že sa bude naďalej rozširovať jej pole pôsobnosti a dosiahne nový cieľ, ktorý zahŕňa získavanie stále nových členov a väčšej obľúbenosti medzi ľuďmi možno aj z iných krajín.

Ale tiež je pravdou, že Facebook je pár rokov pred studiVZ. Ale napriek tomu sa musí ďalej rozvíjať a zlepšovať svoje vlastnosti a možnosti pre svojich členov. To sa ale môže čoskoro zmeniť. Závisí to na vývojároch a ich nových nápadoch a na ľuďoch, ktorí sa rozhodujú, ktorá z týchto stránok je lepšia a ktorú si vyberú na vyjadrenie sa a zdieľanie svojich životov s virtuálnymi priateľmi...

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2 Former Bear Stearns Managers Face 20 years of Jail For Fraud Conspiracy! by Milota Sidorova

American FBI has finally pulled in to the massive investigation lightening fraud conspiracies behind the subprime mortgage crisis, that knocked out the majority of world's financial world. According the latest press, Justice Department in Washinghton has decided to start trial against more than four hundred charge-sheets having their fingers in the fat fraud pie, spreading out from Wall Street crashing down hundreds of misinformed investors.

Most of them were arrested during Wednesday and Thursday. However, media pressure strikes the case of two former Bear Stearns hedge managers. Ralph Cioffi, 52 and Matthew Tannin, 46 have been charged from concealing informations to investors and premediated fraud conspiracy.
Their continuously misstatement of income and assets, forged documentation, inflated appraisals and misrepresentation of buyer's intent to occupy property as primary residence led into loss of investor's at least $1,8 billion. Although, they did know the true.
Once again and shortly enough! Knowing the market crisis is about to fall, they advised and encouraged investors to put and extend hedge funds. Tannin himself, put his $2 million put of troubled fund and separated it without telling investment's group.

Both men face almost 20 years in prison. This morning they has been released on bond, accompanied their wives, making no official statement. The trial will begin 18th July.

Returning to Bear Stearns, New York based global investment banks, securities trading and brokerage firms declared to be badly damaged by the credit crisis in 2007. Just before the collapse in mid-year, it had more than $20 billion in assets. Whereas the corporation had been drowning till March 2008, the only one solution was buy out. JP Morgan Chase bought it for 10 dollars per share, a price far bellow its original value.

Cioffi and Tannin have been detected and charged due a series of proving internal e-mail communication.E-mail correspondence was the key evidence pleading guilty in the case of Credit Suisse Group banker Frank Quattrone, stock analysts Jack Grubman and Henry Blodget.

You are not guilty, until we prove you are guilty. That's how the famous American trial law works. However Cioffi's and Tannin's defenders loudly speak out, naïve arguments. It has happened to the whole world, so why do you accuse just our clients?

Smells like an expired fish tin to me.

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Mortgage Fraud exposed by Claudia Sonea

It is for no surprise that US is facing a housing crisis since last year that is worsening day by day. Everyone talked about solutions and the effects of the crisis, but few people talked about the real causes of it. Finally the Justice Department makes its work public at a news conference in Washington as part of the preparation for asking the Congress more money to fund its combat against collar crime and violent crime.
In the last few months there have been investigated 1406 people in the “Operation Malicious Mortgage" that tracks down mortgage fraud at a national level considered being responsible of the present housing crisis. Since March there were discovered 144 cases across the country and over 400 real estate agents and manager have been indicted. Only yesterday 60 people were arrested in Miami, Chicago and other regions, including New York where two former Bear Stearns managers become the first executives charged of such crimes.
The types of fraud were related to false statements of assets, forged documents, and others. The Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network announced that the reports of fraud coming from banks are 10 times higher than what it was in 2001 or 2002, while the FBI estimated for the homeowners and other borrowers’ loss to surpass $1 billion.
As it is, US residents should feel more at peace with themselves because at least the Justice Department functions well. However, the indictment of those who are responsible for the housing crisis won’t actually bring a saving solution. The focus should be on that too.



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Apple has been cleared by Claudia Sonea

Apple Inc is famous for designing and manufacturing consumer electronics and related software. The most popular products are the Macintosh computers, the iPod and the iPhone which just launched a new version. Well, nothing new or surprising until now, but how many of you knew that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission was investigating the company for stock option backdating?
Everything started on 29 June 2006 when Apple announced an internal investigation meant to establish whether members of the management team were involved in stock option backdating, but it concluded no member was guilty of misconduct and Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO and co-founder, was cleared of any suspicion. Yet, SEC filled charges against former Apple chief financial officer Fred D. Anderson and former Apple general counsel Nancy R. Heinen for their parts in the backdating based on the testimony of former Apple lawyer, Wendy Howell who said she was asked by the defendants to falsify an inexistent meeting of Apple's board of directors.
Apple's honor suffered tremendous, but fortunately for them the U.S. Justice Department found no incriminating evidence and decided to give up charges. Apple did not comment on the matter that made its name to enter among the 200 mostly high-tech companies investigated for stock options backdating. The Wall Street Journal was the first one in presenting the decision of the Department of Justice.
I am glad that Apple was cleared and that everything is back to normal, although there are still unsolved issues like the fact that the special committee organized by Apple in 2006 found some irregularities that have not been investigated. The mystery that puzzles me, however, is why Howell wasn't accused of false testimony.



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Copyright infringement and privacy by Claudia Sonea

Is Google in trouble? After Viacom and other copyright holders sued YouTube owned by Google seeking damages of $1 billion, things started to become shaky. In addition Judge Louis Stanton of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled on July 1 for Google Inc to hand over YouTube logging database, thus revealing users’ log-in IDs and IP addresses.
It is understandable for Viacom and the other plaintiffs to seek compensation from YouTube and accuse it of copyright infringement, but why should we all suffer? The database in question contains information like: each time the video played, users; login ID, the IP, allowing tracking specific individuals. Although the judge founds the problem of privacy speculative, I see the entire thing as an intrusion in my personal habit, in the way I use the Internet. Why would Viacom need all viewers ID when the only one that matters is that of the person that attached the video?
Viacom and the other plaintiffs showed that they understand the problem and what it would cause and they reached an agreement with Google so that YouTube can preserve the anonymity of the records. However, YouTube has a week to come up with an alternative plan. Also, there are concerns whether a YouTube employee watched a video guilty of infringement. If one did so, then Google can kiss $1 billion goodbye.
Fortunately for us the issue was put to rest thanks to diplomacy and understanding. Now, if they would only try to put to rest their differences in the same way, that would be quite an achievement. Stay connected, more to come…


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German fakebook site incurs wrath of Facebook by Radka Konkolova

The biggest and probably strongest networking sites of the Internet world have got a new competitor. I think this couldn’t be anything special, but Facebook can’t stand the fact, this new site is dubbing the original one, thus Facebook.

To precising, in Frankfurt there have been made a networking site dedicated to German pupils, students and non-students. Neither this is anything special. But the problem is, three creators who made up and realized this plan were too much inspired by the graphic, features and design of the Facebook. Because studiVZ (www.studivz.net), which was launched in October 2005 has got the same appearance and functions as Facebook has. Only the colour of the site differs.

Ehssan Dariani, founder of this social network site, must have really admired the Facebook. And because there was no possibility for German people to join in the network, because this Facebook site wasn’t provided in German till March this year, he decided to make his own one, no matter it would be the same as the strongest one.

It seems that studiVZ is really very popular among the young people while it has got about 10 million members in Germany, Austria and Switzerland and it achieves thousands of users every week according to data on its website. But the true is that despite its success and popularity it has had its share of negative headlines of privacy-conscious Germany.

People who have invested their money into Facebook are quite against providing servoces of this new web site. I mean studiVZ. But those who have invested into the improvement of studiVZ hope it will be always spreading and reach the new target of getting more and more members and it will be still more popular among people maybe also in other countries.

But the true is Facebook is light years ahead of studiVZ. But it has to improve its site and features and possibilities for its members. But this can be changed. It depends on the creators and their new ideas and on people who decide which of those two sites is better and which one they will choose for expressing themselves and sharing their „lives“ with virtual friends as well.

related story: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080723/tc_nm/studivz_facebook_dc;_ylt=AlWnvWSLOMFE46ojywpUutis0NUE

by Radka Konkolova for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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Chris Cantell Discusses Lawsuits: Furt si intimitate by Claudia Sonea

Are Google probleme? Dup ace Viacom si alti detinatori de copyright au dat in judecata Youtube detinut de Google cautan daune de $1 miliard, lucrurile au devenit cam tulburi. Mai mult judecatorul Louis Stanton de la Inaltaa Curte de Judecata a districtului de sud al New York-ului a decis pe 1 iulie ca Google sa inmaneze acuzatorilor baza de date cu logarile, dezvaluind astfel id-ul de logare al utilizatorului si adresa de IP.
E de inteles ca Vicaom si ceilalti acuzatori sa caute compensatii de la YouTube si sa-i acuze de incalcare, dar de ce trebuie sa suferim noi toti? Baza de date mentionata anterior contine informatii precum: fiecare vizionare a unui videoclip, id-ul de logare si IP-ul, permitand astfel detectarea si identificarea unor anumiti indivizi. Desi judecatorul a gasit problema intimitatii ca simpla speculatie, eu o vad ca o invadare a spatiului meu personal, in felul cum utilizez eu Internetul. De ce are nevoie Viacom de id-ul tuturor celor care au vizionat, cand cel care conteaza este cel care a atasat videoclipul?
Viacom si ceilalti pagubiti au aratat ca inteleg gravitatea problemei si c ear putea ea cauza, ajungand la o intelegere cu Google in asa masura incat YouTube sa poata isi pastra anonimitatea bazei de date. Totusi, YouTube trebuie sa vina cu un plan alternative in decurs de o saptamana. De asemenea exista preocupari daca un angajat al Youtube a vazut sau nu videoclipurile in cauza. Daca da, atunci Google va trebui sa-si ia adio de la cei un milliard de dolari.
Norocul nostru ca problema a fost rezolvata pe cale diplomatica si datorita intelegerii. Numai de ar invata si ei sa resolve neintelegerile in acelasi fel. Stati conectati, urmeaza…


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Chris Cantell Discusses Lawsuits: Škandál s podvodom v AOL Time Warner pokračuje by Zuzana Zelenakova

Možno o tom neviete, ale Time Warner, Inc. je najväčšou spoločnosťou podnikajúcou v oblasti médií a zábavného priemyslu na svete. Táto spoločnosť so sídlom v New Yorku podniká vo filme, televízii, v nakladateľskej oblasti, internetových službách a telekomunikáciách. Zoznam jej dcérskych spoločností je vskutku pôsobivý. Spomeňme napríklad New Line Cinema (ktorá stojí za úspešnou trilógiou Pán Prsteňov), televízne stanice HBO, CNN a Cartoon Network, DC Comics, Warner Bros. Entertainment a tak ďalej. AOL takisto so sídlom v New Yorku je mediálna spoločnosť, ktorá sa tiež zaoberá poskytovaním globálnych internetových služieb. Firma, ktorú kedysi prezývali “Goliáš medzi poskytovateľmi internetových služieb” mala viac než 30 miliónov zákazníkov po celo svete. V roku 2001 sa spojila so spoločnosťou Time Warner. V súčasnosti AOL ešte stále čelí škandálu keďže osem bývalých vedúcich pracovníkov čelí obvineniam z toho, že nafúkli reklamné výnosy firmy o neuveriteľnú miliardu amerických dolárov v rokoch 2000 až 2002. V pondelok americká Komisia pre burzu a cenné papiere vyhlásila, že títo muži sa podieľali na transakciách, kedy spoločnosť dala inzerentom peniaze na to aby nakúpili reklamy, ktoré nechceli respektíve nepotrebovali. Takto navýšený príjem mal za následok zvýšenie ceny akcií, čo umožnilo v roku 2001 umožnilo spoločnosti odkúpiť Time Warner za 184 miliárd a vytvoriť tak svetovú mediálnu superveľmoc. “Keď si to zhrnieme, šlo vlastne o snahu vytvoriť zdanie úspechu v podnikaní, ktorý tam nebol,” povedal ešte v roku 2005 štátny zástupca Paul McNulty novinárom. Štyria z obvinených mužov David Colburn, Eric Keller, Jay Rappaport a James MacGuidwin, súhlasili ukončiť súdny proces zaplatením pokuty vo výške 8 miliónov dolárov. Koncom roka 2004 a začiatkom roka 2005 spoločnosť Time warner pristala na zaplatenie 300 miliónov dolárov s cieľom uzavrieť civilný súdny proces s Komisiou pre burzu a cenné papiere a takisto 210 miliónov dolárov v prípade obvinení zo strany amerického Ministrestva spravodlivosti.

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Counterfeit goods on eBay by Zuzana Fabcinova

eBay.com is a website that creates a place for people selling and buying various goods. It is probably the most popular on-line auction and shopping website, as in addition to its original American domain it has established localized websites in about 30 other countries all over the world, in Australia, Argentina, India, Poland, United Arab Emirates and Vietnam, just to name a few.eBay sells miscellaneous items, in fact almost everything you can imagine. Vehicles, furniture, collectibles, computers. Sometimes rather unusual objects are sold. Brussels sprouts left over from Christmas dinner, a single cornflake, a partially eaten, 10-year-old grilled cheese sandwich claimed to bear an image of the Virgin Mary, water that was said to have been left in a cup Elvis Presley once drank from. From time to time, people go even further and try to sell sundry peculiarities. Like a man from UK, who put his wife for sale, group of four men, who auctioned themselves to spend a weekend promising good fun and laugh or a guy, who tried to sell his own kidney.A problem is, that eBay only is a host for all these sellers and buyers and really can not control all offered items. That is what occasionally causes difficulties and makes eBay rather controversial company. For instance, in May 2000 Kenneth Walton sold an oil painting for $135,805, due to pretending having poor knowledge of the origin of the painting, but speculating that it might be an artwork of Californian modernist Richard Diebenkorn. Forgeries and frauds are nothing rare. Actually, eBay was convinced of selling counterfeit goods yesterday and ordered to pay 20,000 euros jointly with the woman who auctioned imitations of Hermes bags.

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Chris Cantell Discusses Lawsuits: Falošný tovar na eBay by Zuzana Fabcinova

eBay.com je webová stránka, ktorá vytvára priestor pre ľudí predávajúcich a kupujúcich najrôznejší tovar. Je to pravdepodobne najpopulárnejšia on-line aukcia a nákupná webová stránka, kedže okrem pôvodnej americkej domény vytvorila aj lokálne webové stránky v približne tridsiatich krajinách po celom svete, Austrália, Argentína, India, Poľsko, Spojené Arabské Emiráty a Vietnam predstvujú len výber z mnohých.eBay predáva rozličné veci, vlastne takmer všetko, čo si len dokážete predstaviť. Vozidlá, nábytok, zberateľské kúsky, počítače. Niekedy sa predajú dosť neobvyklé objekty. Ružičkový kel, ktorý zvýšil od vianočnej večere, jediný kukuričný lupienok, čiastočne zjedený, 10 rokov starý zapekaný syrový sendvič, o ktorom majiteľ tvrdil, že nesie podobizeň Panny Márie, voda, ktorá vraj ostala v pohári, z ktorého raz pil Elvis Presley. Občas ľudia zájdu ešte ďalej a snažia sa predať rozličné zvláštnosti. Ako muž zo Spojeného Kráľovstva, ktorý dal do aukcie svoju ženu, skupinka štyroch mužov, ktorí chceli vydražiť strávenie víkendu s nimi samými sľubujúc dobrú zábavu a smiech alebo chlapík, ktorý sa pokúšal predať svoju vlastnú obličku. Problémom je, že eBay je len hostiteľskou stránkou pre všetkých týchto predávajúcich a kupujúcich a skutočne nemôže kontrolovať všetky ponúkané kúsky. To je to, čo zvyčajne spúsobuje ťažkosti a robí eBay dosť kontroverznou spoločnosťou. Napríklad v máji 2000 predal istý Kenneth Walton olejomaľbu za 135 805 dolárov, vďaka predstieraniu slabej znalosti o pôvode obrazu a špekuláciách, že môže ísť o dielo californského modernistu Richarda Diebenkorna. Falzifikáty a podvody nie sú ničím zriedkavým. Práve včera bol dokonca eBay obvinený z predaja falošného tovaru a súd mu nakázal zaplatiť 20 000 eur spoločne so ženou, ktorá vydražila imitácie tašiek od Hermes.

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Posted by: Jana Kalicka