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Womble Bond Dickinson

Furniture Augmented Reality Technology at the Center of Patent Infringement Dispute

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AR Design Innovations LLC v. Rove Concepts Ltd., Case no. 2:23cv310 (E.D. Texas, June 26, 2023) - Virtual and augmented reality technology increasingly is finding a place in a wide range of industries, and home...more

Mintz - Intellectual Property Viewpoints

Intellectual Property for the Metaverse

How do you use the patent system to protect inventions related to the metaverse? What is the Metaverse? Merriam Webster defines the metaverse as “a persistent virtual environment that allows access to and interoperability of...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Metaverse: Patent Infringement in Virtual Worlds

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If patent holders want to exclude others from using their invention, then they need to keep an eye on the marketplace to spot infringers. Because the metaverse opens up a new, virtual and potentially endless space where...more

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Patenting the Metaverse

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The Metaverse is a new frontier of innovation in social and business interaction, and pioneers of this technology are rushing to develop its building blocks and protect their intellectual property (IP) rights. However,...more

Erise IP

The Metaverse Gold Rush: What Smart Brands Should Do (And Not Do) Now

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It is hard to escape the buzzword “metaverse” these days. Major tech companies are betting on the virtual future, with Facebook even re-naming itself “META” in homage to the concept. Traditional brick-and-mortar based...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Podcast: Virtual and Augmented Reality

In this episode, Dreamscape Immersive chief legal officer Tammy Brandt and Akin Gump corporate partner Courtney York, whose practice includes guiding clients through complex tech transactions, discuss the business and law of...more

Pillsbury - Internet & Social Media Law Blog

News of Note for the Internet-Minded – AI, Algorithms and the Virtual People of Walmart?

The IoT is a criminal cryptojacker’s delight; new patents suggest Walmart may have an eye on virtual reality in its future; MIT Technology Review has a few technologies worth thinking about in 2018; and more … MIT...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Ex parte Gershfang (PTAB 2018)

PTAB Affirms Patent Eligibility of Virtual Reality Advertising Claims - In a decision issued last month, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board reversed the final rejection of all the pending claims in U.S. Application No....more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Electronic Scripting Products, Inc. v. HTC America, Inc. (N.D. Cal. 2018)

Virtual Reality Patents Survive Patent-Eligibility Challenge - Last week, Judge Seeborg of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ruled that claims related to virtual reality applications are...more

A&O Shearman

Virtual Reality: The Expected Future Ubiquity Of Consumer Virtual Reality Equipment And Consequent Legal And Regulatory Challenges

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In this paper we consider how a new generation of virtual reality headsets promises to fundamentally change consumer experiences of virtual environments, and we raise some of the major legal and regulatory challenges that...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Virtual Porn – Real Patent Lawsuit

The porn industry is often one of the early adopters for new technologies. VR is no exception. Virtual Immersion Technologies LLC is enforcing its patent against live VR porn operators. The patent 6,409,599 (“the ’599...more

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Social Links: Appeals court opinions show reach of anti-hacking law; a virtual reality sickness cure; intrigue at Vine

The UK wants to use the blockchain to track the spending of welfare recipients. Some believe that a recent Ninth Circuit holding could turn sharing passwords into a federal crime under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act....more

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