Women 2023-24

[dag14]

The article talks about a design patent, so a patent could be issued for equipment that is specifically designed to protect a woman in ways that current equipment can't even if the material and the purpose are the same.  The article references the ways that female bodies are different than male bodies from the perspective of an athlete in addition to the obvious issues of protecting one's breasts when playing a contact sport.  The fact that the major equipment manufacturers offer very few options designed for women makes the argument of issuing a patent even stronger.  It is not as though there is a lot of "prior art."

[Weder]

7-0 win over Syracuse tonight. Katie Chan and Avi Adam both had 2 goals, and Gabbie Rud had 4 assists. It's early, but it's looking like there's some good offensive depth on this team. Deanna Fraser got the shutout in goal.

[David Harding]

The article talks about a design patent, so a patent could be issued for equipment that is specifically designed to protect a woman in ways that current equipment can't even if the material and the purpose are the same.  The article references the ways that female bodies are different than male bodies from the perspective of an athlete in addition to the obvious issues of protecting one's breasts when playing a contact sport.  The fact that the major equipment manufacturers offer very few options designed for women makes the argument of issuing a patent even stronger.  It is not as though there is a lot of "prior art."

I asked a retired patent law friend (BS '74, JD '77) to comment:

Yes, in theory, a new design for shoulder pads should be patentable.  It would be necessary to describe how the new pads are different from previous pads and why those differences would not be obvious.  Using sensors or a scanner to come up with the design probably doesn't matter.  The issue is how is the end result different.

The article says that the inventor is working with Cornell Tech Licensing to consider patenting.  However, the article says they are looking at design patent protection, which protects the ornamental aspects of a design.  They would obtain stronger protection with a utility patent (the more standard kind of patent) which covers the utility of a design.

[ClarksonHockey]

Cornell women will join Ohio State, Penn State, & Stonehill in the 2024 Icebreaker tournament in Columbus.
https://thehockeynews.com/womens/college/ohio-state-to-host-2024-ice-breaker-tournament

[Trotsky]

Neat.  Thanks.

[billhoward]

Cornell women will join Ohio State, Penn State, & Stonehill in the 2024 Icebreaker tournament in Columbus.
https://thehockeynews.com/womens/college/ohio-state-to-host-2024-ice-breaker-tournament

Name like that, you'd hope they'd be serving drinks.

[Trotsky]

#9 Cornell ties Mercyhurst, 3-3, on a late goal by Izzie Daniel.

[Al DeFlorio]

Outshooting Mercyhurst 11-1 early but no score.

1-1 mid-3rd despite 40 SOG.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

Outshooting Mercyhurst 11-1 early but no score.

1-1 mid-3rd despite 40 SOG.

Final:  3-1 Red.  

Daniels with 2 more goals.

[Weder]

ECAC play opens this weekend at Union and RPI. As far as I can tell, the Daily Sun hasn't written a single word about the team this season. What gives?
The podcast covering the team is back, though.

[ugarte]

Cornell up 2-1 vs Union. 3d period about to start.

[Al DeFlorio]

Cornell up 2-1 vs Union. 3d period about to start.

Think it's 2nd period.

[Al DeFlorio]

4-1 late 2nd.

4-2 later 2nd.

[ugarte]

Cornell up 2-1 vs Union. 3d period about to start.

Think it's 2nd period.

my bad; i thought the graphic meant second intermission, not second period coming up. NOW it's the second intermission. No new score update.

[Al DeFlorio]

4-2 final, Red