Patents
Patent Appeals Board Limits Lawsuit Over Pornhub Technology
A three-judge panel at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board has limited the scope of an infringement dispute between a video patent holder and Pornhub’s parent company, MG FreeSites Ltd.
Lora DiCarlo Patents New Air Pressure Stimulation Tech
Lora DiCarlo has been awarded U.S. patent number 10,993,873 for the air pressure field stimulation technology used in its Baci and Osé products, the company announced today.
Sex Toy Patents Tell Story of Evolving Social Norms
Last month, part one of this column covered the first-ever sex toys that were patented (claiming various non-sexual uses).
Sex Toy Patents Reveal History, Evolution of Pleasure Products
If you’re searching for the origin of America’s conflicted views on sex, you may want to start in a perhaps surprising place — the patent office. Granted to innovators for new inventions, patents collectively chronicle technological developments over time.
The Importance of Patents in the Sex Tech Industry
The sex tech industry has achieved a remarkable amount of progress in the last decade. Innovation is occurring everywhere, including in the shapes of vibrators, the way their motors function, incorporation of haptics, and the whole new terrain of VR.
Study: Slight Dip in U.S. Patents Issued for Sex Devices
A new study shows that there was an 11 percent decrease in the number of sex-device patents filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in 2016.
National, International Patents Granted for Munkey Barz
Munkey Barz has been granted national and international patents for its sex strap device, the company says
Oracle Sues Lodsys, Seeks to Invalidate Patents
Patent troll Lodsys Group, which last month sued five adult entertainment companies alleging infringement, must respond to a declaratory complaint waged by software giant Oracle.
Jury Finds 2 Eolas Internet Patents Invalid
Eolas Technologies has lost its suit over interactive web patents in federal court. Playboy and New Frontier Media earlier settled with the patent-holding company and bought licenses.
Company Offers Reward to Invalidate Lodsys' Patents
A company has offered to pay a bounty for research that invalidates Lodsys patents after it sent out scores of patent infringement notices to online adult companies and other businesses.
Suit Seeks to Invalidate Lodsys Patents
Patent holding company Lodsys, which recently sent out scores of infringement notices to online adult companies, has itself been hit with a suit over threats of lawsuits and attempts to get companies to license its patented methods.
Playboy Licenses 2 Web Browser Patents; Suit Is Dropped
Eulos Technologies said Tuesday that it dropped Playboy Enterprises from a patent suit after the adult entertainment giant licensed two of their patents.
New Frontier Media Licenses 2 Browser Patents to Settle Suit
New Frontier Media on Thursday revealed it has agreed to license two patents from a patent holding company that sued the adult entertainment company over browser capabilities when delivering porn.
Key Rulings Dilute Power of U.S. Patents
In two rulings important for the online adult industry, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday has reversed the Federal Circuit — the U.S. appeals court that has jurisdiction over patent appeals — over several key areas of patent law.
Acacia Acquires Electronic Messaging Patents
Acacia Patent Acquisition, a subsidiary of the Acacia Research Corp. has acquired rights to patents related to electronic message advertising.
Kodak Patents Age Verification Camera
Camera maker Eastman Kodak may soon make an unintended contribution to the seemingly endless 2257 litigation with a camera that can identify the age of the person in the picture.
Microsoft Sued Over JPEG-Related Patents
Forgent Networks is suing Microsoft, alleging that the software giant is infringing the patent on Forgent’s still-image-compression technology by using the JPEG digital-image standard.
McAfee Patents Firewall Tracking Technology
Antivirus firm McAfee was just awarded a patent Tuesday that covers, in part, firewall systems that track connection events. Patent No. 6,839,852 is described by McAfee as "a firewall system and method with network-mapping capabilities."
Mobile Anti-Piracy Patents Pooled
An initial group of essential patent holders have reached a tentative agreement on the terms of a joint patent portfolio license to be offered by MPEG LA for use of the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) DRM 1.0 specification, boosting the development of mobile applications.
A Proliferation Of Patents
Any adult webmaster that has multimedia on their website by now should have heard about Acacia Research and its Digital Media Transmission patents that claim ownership of the audio and video downloading and streaming process from a server. Acacia was the first company to enter into the adult space claiming licensing fees, and XPays Inc.'s newly awarded patent is a sign of change for the industry.