ITC to take up OV vs. Samsung Bosch next month
By Martha Entwistle
Updated Tue June 12, 2012
I had a quick conversation last week with Object Video CEO Raul Fernandez, about the company's recent announcement that it has signed another licensing agreement, this time with Vivotek.
Earlier this year, OV announced that it had signed similar agreements with Sony and Tyco's American Dynamics.
Fernandez said the fact that Vivotek decided to do a portfolio-wide agreement speaks to the fact that more and more products will be built with video analytics already onboard or will be video-analytic enabled.
OV is suing Samsung and Bosch through one legal process with the International Trade Commission and it announced last month that it had filed suit against Pelco in the U.S. District Court in Virginia.
The discussion between Vivotek and OV was prompted, Fernandez said, by OV's Amnesty offer, which it announced just before ISC West.
The five-day ITC trial with Samsung and Bosch will start on July 18, Fernandez said. A judgment will not be announced until November, however.
Fernandez is optimistic that OV will prevail in this trial. “[We're saying that their products] made outside the U.S. have features [for which we] have patents … they're attacking the patents [and saying they're not valid],” Fernandez said. “But only one [claim] has to survive. One claim does it all… it leads to an injunction of the product. It's a highly risky proposition,” he added.
Fernandez said OV will be announcing another agreement in the near future.
Samsung, Bosch and Pelco have previously declined to comment on the OV lawsuits saying that they do not comment on ongoing litigation
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