| Kintronic's King To Receive NAB Engineering Achievement Award
Kintronic Laboratories Chairman of the Board Louis A. King will be presented with the 2007 NAB Engineering Achievement Award during the NAB Technology Luncheon on Wednesday, April 18 at NAB2007 in Las Vegas.
King has made contributions to the radio broadcast industry as an inventor, educator, consulting engineer and manufacturer. After receiving his first patent for a pulse transformer design, King served as an educator at Clemson College. He spent four years at RCA where he was instrumental in the design of the first air-cooled 50kW AM transmitter at RCA and received the patent for the bistable multi-vibrator, which was better known as the flip-flop circuit commonly used as the basic switching device in early computers. King later began a consulting business that eventually led to the development of Kintronic Laboratories Incorporated, an RF equipment manufacturer with customers in all 50 states and over 100 countries.
Jimi Hendrix's family sues vodka maker for infringing trademark
SEATTLE: Experience Hendrix LLC, the family-managed company founded by James Hendrix, father and sole heir of rock legend Jimi Hendrix, has filed a lawsuit Tuesday in the federal court of the Western District of Washington against alleged unlawful use of Jimi Hendrix trademarks by a company promoting a brand of vodka. The suit has been brought against Craig Dieffenbach and the companies floated by him for allegedly using the Jimi Hendrix brand name in promoting "(Jimi) Hendrix Electric" vodka. The suit alleges that Dieffenbach and his companies are deceiving the public into believing that Experience Hendrix has authorized the use of the brand in the sale of the vodka and other products. The suit also charges Dieffenbach, Electric Hendrix and other companies that he controls with trademark infringement, false advertising and other unlawful acts through marketing a vodka brand as a "Jimi Hendrix family company." .
Bill aims to boost biosciences
A state representative from Greeley is hoping an infusion of cash will help jumpstart Northern Colorado's bioscience industry while simultaneously investing in technologies developed through public research. Rep. James Riesberg, D-Greeley, is sponsoring House Bill 1060, an initiative that provides $2.5 million in grants for state bioscience research and development. The grants will match those provided by the Governor's Office of Economic Development for research institutions and the federal Small Business Innovation Research program for small businesses. .
When the Internet Radio Copyright Dust Settles...
I received over a dozen calls yesterday from webcasters and writers wanting my take on what the Copyright Royalty Board ruling means. Today's assessment is that this horse is at fast gallop, and it looks like only a few riders have their feet in the stirrups. If you've ridden a horse you know having those feet in the stirrup is required when you try to pull back on the reins.
Want to slow this doomsday scene down? Take a few hours to read through the 115-page CRB ruling. As reading it is more a cure for insomnia, maybe the Rip Van Winkle effect will take hold and when you wake up this copyright issue will be history - or, at the very least, still on appeal.
Though radio industry trade magazines are lacking in coverage about the implications of this ruling, you will find stories on it in nearly every major publication.
Apple and Cisco resolve iPhone trademark battle
Apple and US networking giant Cisco have resolved their battle over the iPhone trademark and the iPod maker will now be able to use the name for its new mobile phone. Apple's recently announced plans to enter the mobile phone market quickly ran into trouble with Cisco deciding to sue the company for using the iPhone name, which it believed it had trademarked. But now the two have issued a joint statement announcing that both companies are free to use the "iPhone" trademark on their products. .
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