Patent Law

The following is excerpted from a May 24, 2010 DDB Technologies press release published at BusinessWire:

DDB Technologies, L.L.C. (?DDB?) continues to enforce its patent portfolio within the interactive sports broadcasting market. AOL, Inc. (?AOL?) and NHL Interactive CyberEnterprises, LLC, NHL Enterprises, L.P., and NHL Enterprises Inc. (collectively the ?NHL?) have been sued in two separate lawsuits in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas (Austin Division).

The DDB patent portfolio consists of U.S. Patent Nos. 5,526,479; 5,671,347; 6,204,862; 7,373,587; and a pending continuation application (collectively, the ?DDB Data Driven Portfolio?). The DDB Data Driven Portfolio discloses innovative sport broadcasting technologies such as, but not limited to:

• Live simulation of a sporting event
• Play-by-play text, graphics, and animation
• Generating information about the state of the game

Since the settlement with Major League Baseball, DDB has filed six lawsuits against many of the major sporting leagues and sporting news content providers. The six outstanding lawsuits are against ESPN, the NFL, Yahoo!, the NBA, AOL, and the NHL.

DDB is represented by McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP (Chicago, IL) and Winstead PC (Austin, TX). IPinvestments Group (Atlanta, GA) serves as the licensing agent for DDB.

The AOL and NHL lawsuits referenced above are case numbers 1:10-cv-00313 and 1:10-cv-00336, respectively.

See the full release here.