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NanoLumens Ready To Assert Patents, Go After Makers Of “Cheap Imitations”

December 7, 2016 by Dave Haynes

When I had a long podcast chat with Rick Cope at InfoComm back in June, the founder and CEO of Nanolumens made it very clear he was about to go to legal war with a number of (mostly or all) Chinese manufacturers who were marketing LED display products that seem to borrow on Nano’s flexible …

BroadSign Goes Public With Patent Battle Plans

July 26, 2016 by Dave Haynes

The Montreal-based digital signage software firm BroadSign has taken the somewhat unusual approach of announcing to its industry brethren that it’s going after a company it regards as a patent troll. In a note from CEO and principal shareholder Burr Smith, the company says T-Rex Property AB has, since 2012, filed 59 cases (and counting) against digital …

Sixteen:Nine Podcast: Stephen Randall of Monster Media

May 11, 2016 by Dave Haynes

Stephen Randall is the EVP Social and Mobile at the out of home media firm Monster Media. Randall was doing mobile operating systems before they were ever called smart, as a co-founder of Symbian. He then started LocaModa, which was doing visualizations of user-generated content as far back as 2005, before social media was even …

Monster Media, TINT Resolve Patent Dispute Through Cross-Licensing Deal

April 28, 2016 by Dave Haynes

In an interesting approach to patent dispute resolution, the out of home media company Monster Media and the social media visualization firm TINT have done a long-term patent and technology cross-licensing agreement. The deal sees Monster licensing its LocaModa-derived social media display patent portfolio of five patents to TINT, and TINT has licensed the use …

Swedish Firm Has 40-Plus Active Lawsuits On Its Digital Signage Patents

April 12, 2016 by Dave Haynes

A small Swedish company now has dozens of lawsuits circulating in the digital billboard industry, suing those media companies for patent infringement, based on a suite of patents related to using a computer to remotely control digital signs. The company is called T-Rex Property AB, and has been around since 2003. I’m not sure it …

Four Winds Sues 22 Miles For Patent Infringement; Alleges Reverse-Engineering Of FWI Platform

March 31, 2016 by Dave Haynes

Denver-based digital signage CMS company Four Winds Interactive has filed a lawsuit in Colorado to go after Silicon Valley-based 22 Miles over patent infringement, copyright infringement and something called Patent False Marking, in addition to other related claims. FWI is claiming 22 Miles – which markets itself as an “innovative interactive digital signage solution vendor” – is marketing a …

Monster Settles Social Media Visualization Patent Dispute With TigerLogic

January 26, 2016 by Dave Haynes

Orlando-based Monster Media has reached a settlement in the patent infringement action it filed in New York courts last summer against Portland,OR-based TigerLogic Corp, over the use of methods that put real time social media posts on digital signs. The terms of the settlement are, as you might expect, confidential. “The value of our Intellectual Portfolio enables continued innovation …

Custom Panel Resizer Tannas Acquired By Investors

January 15, 2016 by Dave Haynes

Tannas Electronic Displays, the interesting little company that saws LCDs in half to make custom displays, has been acquired by investors and the name changed to Pixel Scientific. Tannas , says a news release, was sold in a majority stock purchase agreement to investors led by Richard McCartney of Scotts Valley, California. The new board …

Monster, Aerva Patent Dispute Settlement Could Have Broad Implications For Running Social Media On Screens

June 24, 2015 by Dave Haynes

A pair of companies long active in digital signage and digital out of home have reached an out of court patent dispute settlement that could have broader implications for the use of social media feeds on networked digital screens. Boston-based software and solutions firm Aerva has reached a settlement in a patent infringement action filed by …

Monster Media Taking Aerva To Court In Patent Dispute

March 10, 2015 by Dave Haynes

Monster Media has filed a claim against the Boston-based software firm Aerva, in the New York Southern District Court, alleging willful patent infringement. Monster is asserting a patent for retrieving and then displaying social media content on screens. The patent was acquired by Monster when it acquired Locamoda. My guess is this is not the last …

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