Is PVI's technology patented? Yes. PVI has a growing suite of patent property, including 5 issued US Patents and 3 granted European patents. PVI's patent property includes the seminal US 5,264,933 patent. The European version of this patent was recently granted.
How broad is PVI's patent protection? PVI believes that it covers any image insertion into video that uses pattern recognition as part of the process. This includes its use on all video distribution mechanisms, including the Internet.
Is PVI prepared to defend its patents? Yes. PVI recently filed suit in Delaware against a competitor that PVI contends is violating its patent property. See news release. http://www.pvi-inc.com/news/rel eases/1999-0622.html
WHOA!!! The technology has been used for almost a decade, the concept must go back quite a ways, and they are trying to patent ANY insertion with ANY pattern matching? WTFIUWT?!?!?
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Is PVI's technology patented?
Yes. PVI has a growing suite of patent property, including 5 issued US Patents and 3 granted European patents. PVI's patent property includes the seminal US 5,264,933 patent. The European version of this patent was recently granted.
How broad is PVI's patent protection?
PVI believes that it covers any image insertion into video that uses pattern recognition as part of the process. This includes its use on all video distribution mechanisms, including the Internet.
Is PVI prepared to defend its patents?
Yes. PVI recently filed suit in Delaware against a competitor that PVI contends is violating its patent property. See news release. http://www.pvi-inc.com/news/rel eases/1999-0622.html
WHOA!!! The technology has been used for almost a decade, the concept must go back quite a ways, and they are trying to patent ANY insertion with ANY pattern matching? WTFIUWT?!?!?