M·CAM, Inc. releases Patently Obvious™ report on Sharing Sound LLC’s U.S. Patent No. 6,247,130 referenced in Sharing Sound LLC v. Apple Inc., et al. lawsuit

Date:  Fri, 2010-06-11

M·CAM, Inc. releases Patently Obvious™ report on Sharing Sound LLC’s U.S. Patent No. 6,247,130 referenced in Sharing Sound LLC v. Apple Inc., et al. lawsuit

Charlottesville, VA – June 11, 2010 –– M·CAM, Inc. released its Patently Obvious™ report today on U.S. Patent No. 6,247,130 which Sharing Sound LLC claimed in a May 18, 2010 lawsuit that Apple Inc., Sony Corporation of America, Rhapsody International Inc., Napster LLC, and other parties infringe upon. This report focuses on patents of interest which predate and are concurrent to the Sharing Sound patent, including public–domain alternatives.

The patent named in the lawsuit describes methods of distributing musical products by a web site vendor over the internet.

M·CAM’s Patently Obvious™ is a weekly report providing visibility into potentially unconsidered alternatives, including art in the public domain, to patent holdings across a variety of technology areas.

M·CAM, Inc. is a global, full–service intellectual property and rights (IP&R) and intangible asset financial services firm. We provide the technical and financial systems that allow public and private markets to use IP&R and IA for regulated transactions in banking, securities, insurance, and public innovation investment and technology procurement. From our pioneering work in creating the world’s first standards–based innovation collateralization financial products for banking and securities to our work in grassroots innovator enablement and patent quality assurance programs, M·CAM provides the mechanism to balance the interests of public and commercial sectors to support and build thriving economies.

The M·CAM Patently Obvious™ report on the Sharing Sound LLC patent can be found HERE