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... sex offenders. Pro Tech is a subcontractor for California-based G4S Justice Services Inc., which has a $950,000-a-year contract with the Judicial Branch. "There is simply ... Arizona, a 2007 legislative study found that in the state's first year of using GPS monitoring, more than 35,000 false alerts were generated by 140 ... far more accurate in tracking offenders. But even its many supporters caution that GPS technology should be used selectively, with the focus on offenders deemed most likely to commit ...

... regulated taxicabs beyond what already exists," and, in any case, "the information collected by the GPS equipment is not private information protected by the Fourth Amendment." (Defs. Mem. at 11.) ... G (Agreement Between City of New York and VeriFone Transportation Systems, Inc.), § 11.5.) Second, and more importantly, while the Fourth Amendment prohibits ... 426 F.3d 187, 202-03 (2d Cir. 2005). The use of GPS technology in accordance with the TLC Rules appears to outweigh any burdened privacy rights ...

... CA - Broadcom's patent attorneys filed a patent infringement complaint at the Federal District Court in Santa Ana, accusing SiRF Technology of infringing four of Broadcom's patents. Icon states that it is "an award-winning innovator in the field of exercise equipment and provides ... SiRF sells chips which provide GPS functionality for devices and enables GPS devices to support graphics and video processing. The case is titled Broadcom Corporation v. SiRF Technology, Inc., SACV08-546 AG (C.D. 2008).

... pill to cure everything. 01/26/2009 By Jim McKay GPS monitoring -- embraced as a simple technological solution for tracking the whereabouts of convicted sex offenders -- is proving to be something ... unit sent more than 40 false alarms. Pro Tech Monitoring Inc., a subcontractor for G4S Justice Services, eventually wrote a letter to the court that said it couldn ... lot of people think if you're on GPS somebody is sitting at a computer and they know your whereabouts all the time," Carbone said. "They're ...

... been comfortable ordering it."... Often the only way victims can prove that they are being stalked, experts say, is through new technologies like GPS.... Experts say the program can help save lives. Domestic-violence-related homicides increased 300 percent in Massachusetts from 2005 to 2007, according to Jane Doe Inc., the Massachusetts Coalition Against Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence, while in Newburyport, where a High Risk Team was in place ...

... automobile accidents can result in the wrongful death of one or more people. Because of its popularity, companies are developing new technologies to prevent cell phone use altogether. Safe Driving Systems Corp. is building something that takes over a cell ... that disables the keypad when the car is running. Aegis Mobility, Inc., a Vancouver-based company, is creating something called DriveAssist. DriveAssist uses a phone's GPS to detect when it's moving at driving speeds and prevents incoming calls ...

... the employer installing global positioning equipment in agency vehicles in the context of collective bargaining. In Civil Service Employees Association, Inc., Local 1000 and County Of Nassau, U-26816, the Administrative Law Judge dismissed a charge alleging that the County violated the Act by unilaterally deciding to utilize global positioning system (GPS) technology. The ALJ said that PERB has long held that the determination of the type of equipment to be utilized by an ...

... Judges, Bureaucrats, and Lawyers put Innovators at Risk': (IPBiz), (IPBiz), (IAM), (Technological Innovation and Intellectual Property), (Patent Prospector), Provisional strategy: (IP ThinkTank), ... rivals including Pro Tech Monitoring Inc, Omnilink Systems Inc and SecurAlert Inc for infringement of patent relating to GPS technology: (IP Law360), Synthes - Judge ... success: A G Designs & Assoc LLC v Trainman Lantern Co Inc: (Washington State Patent Law Blog), (Patently-O), (Patent Prospector), (IP ...

... proposed patent legislation: (Patent Prospector) Acacia - Sprint settles with Acacia over GPS tracking: (IP Law360), Acacia - Patent troll tracker update on new patent ... (Troll Tracker), Apple - Apple settles video-on-demand patent dispute with Intertainer Inc.: (IP Law360), Crater Corp - For the third time, a judge has axed the trade ... (IP Law360), (Patent Prospector), Vizio - Vizio reaches settlement in Positive Technologies Inc.'s suit over plasma display television patents: (IP Law360), Vonage ...

... . Provide full funding for equipment and parole/probation officers that will allow for expanded use of Global Positioning System (GPS) technology and other mandatory supervision for non-violent offenders to make room in prisons for violent, serious ... Rell's Sentencing and Parole Review Task Force and Executive Director of the Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Inc. Kevin Kane, Chief State's Attorney. Theresa Lantz, Commissioner of the Department of Correction. Not surprisingly, no ...