UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`(cid:160) (cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) SERIAL NO: 76/581644
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`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) APPLICANT:(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`WURLD Media, Inc.
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`*76581644*
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`RETURN ADDRESS:(cid:160)
`Commissioner for Trademarks
`P.O. Box 1451
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1451
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`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS:
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) GARY L. SHAFFER
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) 901 BANKS PL
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) ALEXANDRIA VA 22312-5507
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`COOPERATIVE COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS
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`(cid:160) (cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) MARK:(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
`(cid:160) (cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) CORRESPONDENT’S REFERENCE/DOCKET NO :(cid:160)(cid:160) WUR-98753-80
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) CORRESPONDENT EMAIL ADDRESS:(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`Please provide in all correspondence:
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`.(cid:160) Filing date, serial number, mark and
`applicant's name.
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`2.(cid:160) Date of this Office Action.
`3.(cid:160) Examining Attorney's name and
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) Law Office number.
`4. Your
`telephone number and e-mail
`address.
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`OFFICE ACTION
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`O AVOID ABANDONMENT, WE MUST RECEIVE A PROPER RESPONSE TO THIS OFFICE ACTION WITHIN 6 MONTHS
`OF OUR MAILING OR E-MAILING DATE.(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`Serial Number 76/581644
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`The assigned trademark examining attorney has reviewed the referenced application filed on March 17, 2004 and has determined the following.
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`he Office records have been searched and no similar registered or pending mark has been found that would bar registration under Trademark
`Act Section 2(d), 15 U.S.C. §1052(d).(cid:160) TMEP §704.02.
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`ection 2(e)(1) - Descriptive Refusal
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`egistration is refused because the proposed mark merely describes a feature or function of applicant’s goods and/or services.(cid:160) Trademark Act
`Section 2(e)(1), 15 U.S.C. §1052(e)(1); TMEP §§1209 et seq.
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`pplicant seeks to register the wording “COOPERATIVE COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS” for use in connection with various software
`and services related to digital file and data transfer via the internet or other computer-facilitated network.(cid:160) The wording “cooperative networks”
`appears to be used in the industry to describe or name a shared web-based network that may be used by all parties involved in a particular
`transaction, e.g., manufacturer, distributor, broker, retailer, and end consumer.(cid:160) Likewise, the wording “ cooperative communications network”
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`merely states the type of network provided by or enabled by applicant’s goods and/or services. (cid:160)(cid:160)
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`Moreover, the components of the mark do not create together a separate, non-descriptive meaning. See In re Ampco Foods, Inc., 227 USPQ 331,
`333 (TTAB 1985).(cid:160) A mark that combines descriptive terms is generally not registrable unless the composite creates a unitary mark with a
`unique, non-descriptive meaning or commercial impression.(cid:160) In re Tower Tech, Inc., 64 USPQ2d 1314 (TTAB 2002) (SMARTTOWER merely
`descriptive of “commercial and industrial cooling towers and accessories therefor, sold as a unit”); In re Sun Microsystems Inc., 59 USPQ2d
`1084 (TTAB 2001) (AGENTBEANS held merely descriptive of “computer software for use in the development and deployment of application
`programs on a global computer network”);
`In re Shiva Corp., 48 USPQ2d 1957 (TTAB 1998) (TARIFF MANAGEMENT held merely
`descriptive for “computer hardware and computer programs to control, reduce and render more efficient wide area network (WAN) usage and
`printed user manuals sold therewith”); In re Putnam Publishing Co., 39 USPQ2d 2021 (TTAB 1996) (FOOD & BEVERAGE ON-LINE merely
`descriptive of “a news and information service updated daily for the food processing industry, contained in a database”); In re Copytele, Inc., 31
`USPQ2d 1540 (TTAB 1994) (SCREEN FAX PHONE merely descriptive of “facsimile terminals employing electrophoretic displays”); In re
`Digital Research Inc., 4 USPQ2d 1242 (TTAB 1987) (CONCURRENT DOS and CONCURRENT PC-DOS held merely descriptive of
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`“computer programs recorded on disk”).
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`or these reasons, registration is refused under Section 2(e)(1) of the Trademark Act.
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`lthough the trademark examining attorney has refused registration, applicant may respond to the refusal to register by submitting evidence and
`arguments in support of registration.
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`f applicant chooses to respond to the refusal(s) to register, then applicant must also respond to the following requirement(s).
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`equest for Information/Meaning of the Mark
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`In order to allow for proper examination of this application, including the final determination as to whether the mark is merely
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`in relation to the goods or services, the applicant must submit samples of advertisements or promotional materials for the goods or
`descriptive(cid:160)
`services or, if unavailable, for goods or services of the same type.(cid:160) If such materials on the specific goods/services described in the application
`are not available, the applicant must describe the nature, purpose, prospective purchasers, and channels of trade of the goods or services
`identified in the application. This information is necessary to evaluate accurately and fully the registrability of the applicant’s proposed
`designation. 37 C.F.R. Section 2.61(b); TMEP § 814.(cid:160) If the applicant does not provide the information required herein, registration may be
`refused.(cid:160) The Trademark Rules of Practice have the effect of law and failure to comply with a request for information is grounds for refusal of
`registration.(cid:160) In re DTI Partnership, L.L.P., 67 USPQ2d 1699 (TTAB 2003).(cid:160) See also In re Page, 51, USPQ2d 1660, 1665 (TTAB 1999); In re
`Babies Beat, Inc., 13 USPQ2d 1729, 1731 (TTAB 1990); In re Big Daddy's Lounges, Inc., 200 USPQ 371 (TTAB 1978); In re Air Products and
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`Chemicals, Inc., 192 USPQ2d 84, 85-86 (TTAB 1976); and In re Morrison Industries, Inc., 178 USPQ 432, 433-34 (TTAB 1973). (cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`In addition, the applicant must indicate whether the mark has any significance in the relevant trade or industry or as applied to the goods
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`or services.(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. Section 2.61(b).(cid:160)(cid:160)
`Identification of Goods
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`he wording “software and firmware” in the identification of goods needs clarification because the type of software or firmware is not
`specified.(cid:160) Applicant may change this wording to the following, if accurate.(cid:160) TMEP §1402.01.
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`Computer software and computer firmware for use in digital file transfer, data transfer and in telecommunications, namely, data
`transfer management software and firmware, digital file transfer accounting software and firmware, file transfer tracking software
`and firmware, digital rights management software and firmware, and data transfer security software and firmware.
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`Please note that, while the identification of goods may be amended to clarify or limit the goods, adding to the goods or broadening the scope of
`the goods is not permitted.(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §2.71(a); TMEP §1402.06.(cid:160) Therefore, applicant may not amend the identification to include goods that are
`not within the scope of the goods set forth in the present identification.
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`ecitation of Services
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`he wording “transaction tracking,” “file and data transfer accounting management services; account reporting and notification services,” and
`other wording in the identification of services needs clarification because the nature of the services is unclear.(cid:160) In addition, such wording could
`comprise services in more than one international class of services.(cid:160) Applicant may change this wording to the following, if accurate.(cid:160) TMEP
`§1402.01.
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`Computerized transaction tracking of [specify type of materials/objects to be tracked, e.g., “package shipments” or
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`“commercial transactions on a global computer network”, etc.] (International Class 35).(cid:160)(cid:160)
`Data transfer services, namely, transfer of data via telecommunications (International Class 38).(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`Services in the fields of digital file and data transfer, namely, and data transfer services,
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`Computer systems, software and firmware design services for others regarding [specify type of, e.g., purchase] transaction
`tracking and purchaser account reporting and vendor notification via the internet and other computer-facilitated networks
`(International Class 42).(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`Please note that, while the identification of services may be amended to clarify or limit the services, adding to the services or broadening the
`scope of the services is not permitted.(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §2.71(a); TMEP §1402.06.(cid:160) Therefore, applicant may not amend the identification to include
`services that are not within the scope of the services set forth in the present identification.
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`or assistance with identifying goods and/or services in trademark applications, please see the online searchable Manual of Acceptable
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`Identifications of Goods and Services at http://tess2.uspto.gov/netahtml/tidm.html.
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`equest for Information regarding Services
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`pplicant must submit samples of advertisements or promotional materials for the identified services because the nature of the services in
`connection with which applicant intends to use its mark is not clear from the present record.(cid:160) If such materials are not available, then applicant
`must submit samples of advertisements or promotional materials for similar services.(cid:160) In addition, applicant must describe in some detail the
`nature, purpose and channels of trade of the services listed in the application.(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §2.61(b); TMEP §§814 and 1402.01(d).
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`lassification
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`pplicant must correct the classification of the services in the application and amend the application to classify them in the International Classes
`referenced above.(cid:160) (cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §§2.32(a)(7) and 2.85; TMEP §§1401.02(a) and 1401.03(b).
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`ombined Applications
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`.(cid:160) Applicant must clarify the number of classes for which registration is sought.(cid:160) The submitted filing fees are insufficient to cover all the classes
`in the application.(cid:160) Specifically, the application identifies goods and/or services that are classified in at least four international classes, however
`applicant paid the fee for only one class(es).
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`pplicant must either: (1) restrict the application to the number of class(es) covered by the fee already paid, or (2) pay the required fee
`for each additional class(es).(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §2.86(a)(2); TMEP §§810.0l, 1401.04, 1401.04(b) and 1403.01.
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`I.(cid:160) If applicant prosecutes this application as a combined, or multiple-class application, then applicant must comply with each of the following
`for those goods and/or services based on an intent to use the mark in commerce under Trademark Act Section 1(b):
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`(1)(cid:160)(cid:160) Applicant must list the goods and/or services by international class with the classes listed in ascending numerical order.(cid:160) TMEP §
`1403.01; and
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`(2)(cid:160)(cid:160) Applicant must submit a filing fee for each international class of goods and/or services not covered by the fee already paid.(cid:160) 37 C.F.R.
`§2.86(a)(2); TMEP §§810.01 and 1403.01.
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`rawing
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`.(cid:160) Applicant must submit a new drawing showing the entire mark clearly and conforming to 37 C.F.R. §§2.52.(cid:160) The current drawing is not
`acceptable because the depiction of the mark is unclear; the drawing is a photocopy (facsimile copy) of the mark that will not reproduce
`satisfactorily.(cid:160) Currently, there is a facsimile mark or black line running through the mark shown on the drawing page.(cid:160) TMEP §807.07(a).
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`I.(cid:160) Applicant must submit the following standard character claim:(cid:160) “The mark is presented in standard characters without claim to any particular
`font style, size, or color.” (cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §2.52(a).
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`lease note that in a standard character drawing, the mark on the drawing consists of only words, letters or numbers, but does not include any
`designs or claims as to particular font style, size, or color.(cid:160) A registration for a mark using a standard character drawing affords protection not
`only for the standard character version of the mark, but for any possible renderings of the mark, as long as those renderings do not contain any
`design elements; i.e., a registered standard character drawing of the mark gives protection for display on the specimens in any lettering style.(cid:160) A
`special-form drawing, on the other hand, shows the mark in stylized letters and/or with a design element and provides protection for only that
`specific rendering.(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §2.52; Exam Guide 01-03, section I; See TMEP §§807.06 et seq. and TMEP §807.07 et seq.
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`NOTICE:(cid:160) TRADEMARK OPERATION RELOCATING OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER 2004
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`he Trademark Operation is relocating to Alexandria, Virginia, in October and November 2004.(cid:160) Effective October 4, 2004, all Trademark-
`related paper mail (except documents sent to the Assignment Services Division for recordation, certain documents filed under the Madrid
`Protocol, and requests for copies of trademark documents) must be sent to:
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`Commissioner for Trademarks
`P.O. Box 1451
`Alexandria, VA(cid:160) 22313-1451
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`Applicants, registration owners, attorneys and other Trademark customers are strongly encouraged to correspond with the USPTO online via the
`Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS), at www.uspto.gov.
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`y Law Office will move on October 27, 2004.(cid:160) To reach me by phone after that date call (703) 285-1184 or (571) 272-9240.(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`To submit a fax response to this Office action after that date, send your response to the Law Office fax number, namely (571) 273-9113.
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`f the applicant has any questions concerning this Office action, please telephone the assigned examining attorney.
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`/ELIZABETH J. WINTER/
`Trademark Examining Attorney
`Law Office 113
`(703) 285-1184; (703) 308-9113, ext. 480
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`How to respond to this Office Action:
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`ou may respond formally using the Office's Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) Response to Office Action form (visit
`http://eteas.uspto.gov/V2.0/oa242/WIZARD.htm and follow the instructions therein, but you must wait until at least 72 hours after receipt if the
`office action issued via e-mail).(cid:160) PLEASE NOTE: Responses to Office Actions on applications filed under the Madrid Protocol (Section 66(a))
`CANNOT currently be filed via TEAS.
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`o respond formally via regular mail, your response should be sent to the mailing Return Address listed above and include the serial number, law
`office and examining attorney’s name on the upper right corner of each page of your response.
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`o check the status of your application at any time, visit the Office’s Trademark Applications and Registrations Retrieval (TARR) system at
`http://tarr.uspto.gov/
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`about
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`OR INQUIRIES OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS OFFICE ACTION, PLEASE CONTACT THE ASSIGNED EXAMINING
`ATTORNEY.
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`TRADEMARK LAW LIBRARY(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
`2101 CRYSTAL PLAZA ARC(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`MAIL-IT REQUESTED: OCTOBER 13, 2004(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`CLIENT: EW
`LIBRARY: CMPCOM
`FILE: ALLNWS
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`OUR SEARCH REQUEST AT THE TIME THIS MAIL-IT WAS REQUESTED:
`(cid:160) COOPERATIVE PRE/1 NETWORK
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`UMBER OF STORIES FOUND WITH YOUR REQUEST THROUGH:
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`1...(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
`190
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`EVEL(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`HE SELECTED(cid:160) STORY NUMBERS:
`1,6,9,12,21,24,30,48,57,60,62,87-88,96,98,100,103,116,126,138,148,153,160,166,16
`9,173,178,183
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`SEND TO: WINTER, ELIZABETH
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`MAILBOX 314
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`Copyright 2004 PR Newswire Association, Inc.(cid:160)
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`July 16, 2004, Friday
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`EADLINE: Americas Marketplace Inc.: Launch of Web Site Exclusively for America's Exporters
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`(cid:160)(cid:160) ... Caribbean, Latin America and the United States, and it includes the widest variety of export products and services.
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) This combination should mean highly favorable results for America's exporters, especially small and midsize companies, not only making it
`easy for them to display their products in detail, but allowing them the opportunity to do so as part of a solid Latin American bloc.
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) Another distinguishing characteristic of the site is that it is a (cid:160)(cid:160) Cooperative Network(cid:160)
`in which all registered companies enjoy membership
`status and receive a free basic listing in the directory.
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) Companies, however, can select the membership type most suitable to their needs, as well as the format in which they would like to show their
`products to the world.(cid:160) For more information, please contact us.
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) The world's importers will find 1AMERICAS.com a very useful Web site that will enable them to enter into direct contact with ...
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`EADLINE: MANAGEMENT; GRID COMPUTING READY TO SQUARE MAINFRAME CIRCLE.
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`- Client-server networks
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`- Wide area networks
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`- Utility computer systems
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`- The internet (information utility)
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`- Concurrent systems
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`- High-performance computers (HPCs)
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`- Scalable computers
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`- Symmetric multi-processor or shared memory processor
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`- Clusters
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`- Real-time embedded analytic system
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`- Wireless co-operative buildings and transport vehicles
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`- Self-aware/improving networks
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`- World brain
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`- Wireless co-operative robots
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`- Wireless computer and sensors networks
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`- Artificial intelligence networks
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`- Body area network
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`Copyright 2004 Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
`Copyright 2004 The News-Herald of Willoughby, Ohio(cid:160)
`The News-Herald of Willoughby, Ohio
`January 29, 2004, Thursday
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`EADLINE: Richmond Heights, Ohio, Network Management Company Continues to Grow
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`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) ... alerts staff members if the system is down or if there is a minor problem developing.
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) Edward Taton said clients also have asked his staff to test their system's security by trying to hack in. There is often a window in the system
`allowing access to sensitive corporate data.
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) "What they don't understand is that their Web site is a gateway to their (entire) network," Taton said. "It's surprising what you find."
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) He believes one of the keys to his company's success is (cid:160) cooperative network(cid:160)(cid:160) (cid:160)(cid:160) management -- allowing the client to be part of the monitoring
`process.
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) Taton said a client could get on their computer and call up the same information that is being fed into IntelliNet's hushed, dim-lit room.
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) IntelliNet's staff also keeps clients updated on anything that is found.
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) That regular communication is appreciated by Don Schaeffer, the director of IT infrastructure services for Parker Hannifin Corp. The Mayfield
`Heights company was one of ...
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`Copyright 2003 Gale Group, Inc.
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`Wireless Business & Technology
`September 1, 2003
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`SECTION: No. 9, Vol. 3; Pg. 46 ; ISSN: 1533-6735
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`EADLINE: RFID: driving benefits throughout the supply chain; Wireless That Works
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`YLINE: Korey, Norm
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`... true product visibility. This generates tremendous benefits, instantly detailing when a product was manufactured, if a retailer has received it,
`and where it is now. In this way, RFID ensures consistency of data throughout a business.
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`In the longer term, the increased data granularity afforded by RFID will allow companies to create, manipulate, and manage transaction data
`across the enterprise. Furthermore, this data can be shared across (cid:160) cooperative networks(cid:160)
`that feed the whole supply chain--manufacturer,
`distributor, broker, retailer, and end consumer. The increased data volumes, speed, and "reality" of data will impact storage strategies and storage
`infrastructure. RFID applications will demand software, hardware, data storage, and security solutions along with core technology
`implementations.
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) To illustrate the promise of RFID, let's consider one organization that's beginning to deploy RFID with great effectiveness.
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`Communications Daily
`September 6, 2002, Friday
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`... until more research was finalized.(cid:160) Those ad hoc networks are self-organizing multihop wireless networks that don't rely on infrastructure
`such as base stations but involve system in which all covered devices have packet-forwarding capabilities.(cid:160) Recent research said cooperative ad
`hoc wireless relay networks could support virtually any number of users in certain cases.(cid:160) "Motorola believes that the practically achievable
`capacity of these (cid:160)(cid:160) cooperative networks(cid:160)
`is not yet known," company said in filing to FCC's Spectrum Policy Task Force.(cid:160) Potential promise of
`ad hoc wireless networks was among issues raised in recent series of workshops held by task force.(cid:160) Motorola told FCC it wasn't clear that
`cooperative ad hoc wireless relay systems must be rolled out in unlicensed spectrum.(cid:160) Company suggested they might be ...
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`Copyright 2002 Gale Group, Inc.
`ASAP
`Copyright 2002 American Library Association(cid:160)
`Library Technology Reports
`July 1, 2002
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`SECTION: No. 4, Vol. 38; Pg. 1; ISSN: 0024-2586
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`EADLINE: Establishing and maintaining live online reference service; Library Technology Reports.
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`YLINE: Maxwell, Nancy Kalikow
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`... Congress launched the Collaborative Digital Reference Service with 16 libraries initially participating. The first live EDRS question was sent
`June 29, 2000, by a library in London to the Santa Monica Public Library. Since that first question, about 4,000 question records have been
`processed. As of March 2002, the number of participating libraries has grown to about 230 members comprising one of the largest international
`Web-based (cid:160) cooperative network(cid:160) of librarians in the world. (Grotke, Abbie, e-mail communication, March 21, 2002) The impact of the new fee
`structure for QuestionPoint is not predictable.
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) Virtual Reference Desk Project
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) Another way libraries can collaborate on a virtual reference project is by joining the Virtual Reference Desk Project, which lists 18 libraries,
`organizations, and services among its current participants. Sponsored by the U.S. ...
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`Seattle Times
`February 11, 2002, Monday
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`EADLINE: Wi-Fi Is the Guerrilla Revolution of Wireless Computing
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`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) ... executive officers to take advantage of the growth in the market.
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`-- Microsoft has built its home electronics vision around a Wi-Fi-networked house -- where a digital video recorder like TiVo, a stereo that
`plays downloaded digital music, an Internet appliance and laptops will all access a single Internet connection wirelessly.
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`-- An organization called Seattle Wireless is trying to build a (cid:160) cooperative(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) network(cid:160) of linked Wi-Fi hotspots in Seattle that could potentially
`circumvent the local telephone network and allow, say, someone at a coffee shop in Bellevue to access his or her corporate network in downtown
`Seattle.
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) Observers say it isn't clear whether wireless carriers can succeed where ventures such as MobileStar didn't, especially because of the low so-
`called "barrier to entry." Any restaurant or coffee-shop owner could go to ...
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`Copyright 2000 Gale Group, Inc.
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`Copyright 2000 Information Today, Inc.(cid:160)
`Information Today
`June 1, 2000
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`SECTION: No. 6, Vol. 17; Pg. 75 ; ISSN: 8755-6286
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`EADLINE: Organizing and Evaluating the Web.
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`YLINE: Gregory, Gwen M.
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`... used. Some, like EEVL, have created their own original classification schemes. Others, including INFOMINE, have chosen to use standard
`tools like Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH). Some modify these standard tools slightly, as The Librarians Index to the Internet does
`with LCSH.
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) A wide variety of information specialists will benefit from The Amazing Internet Challenge. In the words of the editors, "Whether developing
`a system from scratch or working to establish (cid:160) cooperative networks,(cid:160) anyone involved with organizing information on the Internet will find
`knowledge and inspiration in the experiences of these projects."
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) The chapters are well-written and -organized. Readers can easily flip to particular sections in each chapter to compare how projects handled
`challenges, or they can read through and learn all about each project in turn. I found it fascinating to read how each of these services developed.
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`Computerworld
`August 30, 1999
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`EADLINE: German Data Center Buys IBM Thin Clients;
`Vendor gets biggest sale yet of Network Stations -- 12,500
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`By Stacy Collett
`GAD,