Tuesday, March 25, 2014

PATENTS - Who owns hologram technology?

Gardner: 

[Possible plaintiff] says he's about to file a slew of lawsuits. This Michael Jackson one is the first.
The new lawsuit mentions two patents at issue: One for a device for displaying moving images in the background of a stage and one for a projection apparatus and method for pepper's ghost illusion.
"Although it has been widely acknowledged that Defendants employ the technology to create a three-dimensional hologram of Michael Jackson in Cirque du Soleil's Michael Jackson: One, Defendants do not possess a valid license to practice that technology.

Full article is here. 

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