The ‘linking saga’ initiated by the Svensson decision of the CJEU back in 2014 has taken a new turn with today’s GS Media judgment. Of course, it would be more appropriate to call it a ‘communication to the public’ saga, but I suspect that the origin of the Svensson decision and the underlying threat [...]
TiVo Inc., makers of the famous TiVo had sued Samsung back in 2015 for patent infringement, alleging that Samsung’s digital video recorders violate four of TiVo’s patents. This isn’t the first time TiVo has sued competitors over DVR-related patents: The Company has quite a litigious history, and in the past filed lawsuits against EchoStar/Dish, AT&T, Verizon, Motorola and [...]
The Walt Disney Co. wants to use interactive projector technology to turn its hotel rooms into a new fully-immersed environment. It's an amped-up evolution of the company's already popular projector night lights on the consumer market today. Disney is often investing in new theme park attractions, many of which reflect entertainment properties owned by [...]
Super Mario Run was announced at Apple’s reveal conference for the IPhone 7 on September 7th of this year. The runner has been confirmed for both IOS and Android platforms, and will be launching on IOS first in December of this year. An Android release will come shortly after in the usual timed exclusive fashion, [...]
The Federal Circuit ruled Monday November 7, 2016 that two patents on interactive program guides and on-demand media that TiVo (Rovi Corp), a digital entertainment guides provider accused Netflix of infringing are invalid for claiming only abstract ideas under the Alice standard, upholding a lower court just days after arguments in the appeal. The [...]
In 2011, Apple filed a patent design lawsuit against Samsung. In 2017, we may finally see an end to the long-running feud between the two largest smartphone makers in the world. Samsung on Monday November 8, 2016 urged the full Federal Circuit, which last month reinstated a $120 million patent infringement verdict that Apple won [...]
