Holography News articles from March 2003

Holography News archives from March 2003

DNP continues innovation with 3D-CGH.(Dai Nippon Printing )
March 1, 2003... Japanese company Dai Nippon Printing has just introduced computer-generated 3D holograms, under the provisional trade name of 3D-CGH, (3D -computer generated hologram). This continues the recent spate of holographic innovations from the company...

EC's proposed AntiCounterfeit directive supports 'devices'.(European Commission)
March 1, 2003... The European Commission (EC) has published a proposed Directive 'to ensure the enforcement of intellectual property rights' through bolstering the fight against product counterfeits and piracy. A point of particular interest is that it provides...

Reminder: it's a dangerous world. (Editorial).(Editorial)
March 1, 2003... Sadly, in this issue of Holography News we record the fatal shooting of Sergey Poleyatev in Kiev, the Ukraine. For several years, through his company Holograma, he had been importing and supplying authentication holograms for various...

Hologram Industries India JV with Holostik.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... French company Hologram Industries (HI) and Holostik India Pvt Ltd have sealed a joint venture to manufacture and distribute the former's Optofoil[R] range within India. Optofoil, a range of diffractive foils from Hologram Industries, is a high...

Does this property belong to you? (Intellectual Property).(interview with Scott Farnsworth)(Interview)
March 1, 2003... On April 1 2003, the EC's Design Office became operational, the latest stage in the harmonisation and simplification of design right protection in the European Community. Now, a single registration procedure grants design rights protection in...

Court upholds copyright ruling in favor of Spectratek. (Intellectual Property).
March 1, 2003... A US Court of Appeals has supported an earlier ruling denying a claim made by Swiss company 3D AG that Spectratek Technologies, of Los Angeles, had infringed a copyright 3D pattern. The original case was recognized as the first US cnurr...

Wasatch Photonics completes new Utah facility. (Technologies).
March 1, 2003... Wasatch Photonics, a dichromate gelatin holographic optical element (HOE) venture, is completing its new 6500 facility in Logan, Utah. The plant will be used to develop the company's a-thermal volume phase holographic (VPH) optics and...

Rutherford Appleton Lab to master Exel. & Vectorgram. (Technologies).(CSIRO licenses its proprietary Exelgram and Vectorgram to UK lab)
March 1, 2003... The Australian R&D organisation CSIRO has licensed its proprietary Exelgram[TM] and Vectorgram[TM] optical anti-counterfeiting OVDs to the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL), operated by the UK's Council for the Central Laboratory of the...

No respite for Hologram company shares. (Stockwatch).
March 1, 2003... Given the proximity and then the onset of war, it is no surprise that shares have not fared well this period. The surprise is that only three stocks have fallen, one remained the same and three gained in value. But all has not been as calm as...

Obituaries.(Pal Greguss 1921-2003)(Obituary)
March 1, 2003... Pal Greguss 1921-2003: Pioneer in Acoustical and Medical Holography. (Obituaries) The holography community has lost one of its pioneers, Pal Greguss, a professor emeritus at the Technical University in Budapest. He received his PhD in...

10 years ago.
March 1, 2003... Holtronic Goes Bust The lead article in March 1993 reported the impending closure of German company Holtronic, which had been established in 1983 by Gunther Dausmann, later joined by Udo Reinert as managing director. At its peak in the...

Dennis Gabor Award applications.
March 1, 2003... The Novofer Foundation has announced the opening of the application or nomination process for the 2003 Dennis Gabor Award, to be presented to a person under 35 who has made a significant contribution to scientific fields inspired by Gabor's...

ABNH reports falling revenues in 2002. (Corporate News).
March 1, 2003... ABNH has field its 2002 financial results showing a $1.3m fall in revenues from the same time last year. The year's total revenues were $19.2m compared to $20.5m for the year ended December 31, 2001. Income (or profit) excluding non-cash...