British Designer Prepares To Strike Back In Stormtrooper Fight

British Designer Prepares To Strike Back In Stormtrooper Fight

London, England (AHN) - A British designer is about to engage in a legal battle with George Lucas, the creator of the Star Wars franchise, over the right to make replica costumes. Andrew Ainsworth, of Shepperton Design Studios, helped Lucas to design more than a dozen characters for the first Star Wars film in the late 1970s.

Anisworth is seeking legal representation to defend himself against a $20 million claim lodged at the London High Court by the American producer.

Lucas filed an infringement lawsuit against Anisworth in 2004, after discovering that the former designer was selling unlicensed copies of Stormtrooper helmets and costumes, and TIE fighter pilot helmets.

Last month, a judge in California awarded Lucasfilm damages of $20m.

Solicitors acting for the director have issued proceedings in Britain to enforce the Californian judgment.

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Hampton AutoBeat, LLC launches new design web site of AutoTech ...

Hampton AutoBeat, LLC launches new design web site of AutoTech ...

Hampton AutoBeat executives and members from WWJ Newsradio 950 together worked with their vendor AQABA Global Search Engine Marketing SEM Company, a Global provider of Custom Web Development and Online Marketing services. The project involves the implementation of a new search feature that indexes the contents within the site, which will provide a detailed keyword search, release of new brand logo, simple navigation and interactive features like Talk Back Poll taking, real-time poll results, content management system and banner ad management capabilities. About AutoTech Daily: AUTOTECH DAILY is three pages of incisive, get-to-the-point articles delivered by e-mail, fax or both. AutoTech Daily covers new and emerging automotive technologies. We cut through the daily flood of automotive business news to tell you what's important--and why.

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Virgin Mobile Slice (UTStarcom PCS1400)

Virgin Mobile Slice (UTStarcom PCS1400)

The Virgin Mobile Slice (otherwise known as the UTStarcom PCS1400) is the latest phone to join the thin handset bandwagon. Looking very much like a clone of Cingular's Motorola Slvr L2, the Slice is a skinny candy bar handset with even slimmer features. It has no camera or Bluetooth but it does offer a Web browser and a speakerphone. Virgin Mobile claims that at a price of $49.99 the Slice is the thinnest phone in the U.S. without a contract, and while we can't confirm that, the price certainly makes the phone a steal.

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SSCC team receives marketing award

SSCC team receives marketing award Southern State Community College's communications staff were presented with five Medallion Awards from the National Council for Marketing and Public Relations (NCMPR) during the organization's District III Conference in Grand Rapids, Michigan on Oct. 16. The annual awards ceremony recognizes outstanding achievement in marketing communications for community, junior and technical colleges. Southern State Community College received a Gold Medallion Award (Division A) in the Nifty and Thrifty category for its 2005-06 Cultural Events brochure; a Gold Medallion Award (Division A) in the Advertisement Series category for its 2005-06 ad campaign "Shattering Myths for 30 Years;" a Silver Medallion Award (Division A) in the Specialty Advertising category for its healthcare gift tote; a Bronze Medallion Award (Division A) in the Annual Report category for its 2006 Report to the Community; and a Bronze Medallion Award (Division A) in the Outdoor Advertising category for its 2005-06 billboard "Shattering Myths for 30 Years." The creative team at SSCC's Communications Office includes the director, Annie Rankin, and the coordinator, Elizabeth Burkard.

Affordable Website Design Company, Global Marketing Resources ...

Affordable Website Design Company, Global Marketing Resources ... (PRLEAP.COM) Irvine, CA, November 2nd , 2006Global Marketing Resources (GMR), an Irvine, CA based affordable website design, web management and website marketing company announces it outsourcing program for website design, website development, website maintenance and website marketing. GMR is extending this service, which several of its clients have been using for some time, to the broader group of businesses from October 1st of 2006. Under this program, any business can get their website work outsourced by either getting a dedicated person or team to work on their internet and intranet; get them on a part-time basis, or just an ad-hoc on whenever needed basis. The website outsourcing program consists of website design, development, graphic design, content writing, website marketing. Businesses can outsource people from the pool of GMR employees with expertise in asp, asp.net, VB, PHP and other development programming languages; as well as database experts in SQL, MYSQL, MS Access and others.