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Subject: Copyright Policy – DMCA NotificationDate: Thu, December 22, 2011 2:00 pm
TO:

Darci Bailey

DMCA Agent

A&E Television Networks, LLC

235 E. 45^th Street

New York, NY 10017

Phone: (212) 210-1400

Facsimile: (212) 210-1308

Email: copyright@aetn.com with the subject line “Copyright Policy – DMCA Notification”

As noted in the email below, this is a pre-notification that an upcoming episode of “Invention USA”: “Copper and Robbers,” due to premiere tomorrow, 23rd December 2011, at 10 p.m. (9 p.m. Central), may contain information from a person or persons on the show that infringes upon U.S. Patent No. 8,081,074.

The inventors of the above patent plan to review the show for alleged copyright and/or patent infringement.

If copyright infringement, patent infringement and/or deleterious remarks about the patent and/or its technology, including applicable products and/or services, appear to have been made during the broadcast of the show, the inventors will determine legal actions to take to protect their patent and its market value, both potential and actual, including “cease and desist” submittal to prevent the distribution of current/future availability on A+E Network websites and/or electronic/print media (such as single DVD(s), boxed DVD set(s), advertising media, and/or “teaser” trailers) of the episode titled “Copper and Robbers” of the show “Invention USA.”

If no copyright infringement, patent infringement, libel, slander, and/or product/service viability damage (such as might occur by general viewing of the episode by a potential manufacturer, distributor, customer and/or end user) has been observed during the broadcast or subsequent viewing by legal experts of the episode, then no further action (i.e., no formal notification of alleged copyright/patent infringement) will occur at this time.

Sincerely,

Rick Hill

261 Mohawk Road

Big Cove, AL 35763

(256) 518-9392

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Subject: Upcoming episode of “Invention USA”: “Copper and Robbers”
From:
Date: Wed, December 21, 2011 11:20 pm
To: permissions@aetvn.com

 To Whom It May Concern:

In an upcoming episode of Invention USA to premiere on the History Channel on the 23rd of December 2011, there is supposed to be a segment where “Reichart and Garrett test the mettle of an inventor who believes he’s created a way to stop a crime that costs Americans millions of dollars a year.”

For your information, U.S. patent no. 8,081,074 was officially issued yesterday that provides similar protection:

“An apparatus for deterring removal of electrical wiring that is installed in a building includes a controller, and a wiring module responsive to the controller and forming a monitored circuit with installed electrical wiring by coupling to an end of the wiring located at a load distribution junction. The other end of the wiring is electrically coupled, and can be coupled with a controlled impedance, or with a protected asset. The apparatus is configured with control logic to issue an alert if the integrity of the monitored circuit has been compromised.”

Any and all claims made on the Invention USA episode titled “Copper and Robbers” will be reviewed for patent infringement, as well as libel, slander or miscellaneous disparaging remarks in relation to the technology and inventors/businesses involved in the creation, sale and/or distribution of products/services based on the above patent.

I request permission to create a digital copy of this episode for further legal review as required or requested by the inventors of the patent cited above to protect the patent’s technological and market value.