augmented reality
Federal Circuit Finds Niantic AR-related Patent Claims Ineligible
On April 23, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a District Court ruling that patent claims directed to augmented reality (“AR”) location services were not subject-matter eligible under…
Palmer Luckey’s User-Killing VR Headset: Creepy, but Eligible to be Filed as a Patent Application
Famous VR developer Palmer Luckey recently developed a virtual reality headset rigged with bombs such that, if you lose the game, the headset explodes and kills the user. Per Luckey’s blog: The…
U.S. Patent No. 10,902,681: Method and system for displaying a virtual object
U.S. Patent No. 10,902,681: Method and system for displaying a virtual object Issued January 26, 2021, to Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Filed/Priority to June 22, 2018 Overview: U.S. Patent No. 10,902,681 (the ‘681…
U.S. Patent No. 11,045,725: Controller visualization in virtual and augmented reality environments
U.S. Patent No. 11,045,725: Controller visualization in virtual and augmented reality environments Issued June 29, 2021, to Valve Corp. Filed/Priority to May 14, 2019 Hey, where’d my controller go? A common question…
U.S. Patent No. 10,953,322: Scaled VR engagement and views in an e-sports event
U.S. Patent No. 10,953,322: Scaled VR engagement and views in an e-sports event Issued March 23, 2021, to Sony Interactive Entertainment LLCFiled/Priority to February 28, 2018 Overview: U.S. Patent No. 10,953,322 (the…
U.S. Patent No. 10,991,110: Methods and Systems to Modify a Two Dimensional Facial Image to Increase Dimensional Depth and Generate a Facial Image That Appears Three Dimensional
U.S. Patent No. 10,991,110: Methods and Systems to Modify a Two Dimensional Facial Image to Increase Dimensional Depth and Generate a Facial Image That Appears Three Dimensional Issued April 27, 2021 to…
U.S. Patent No. 10,569,164: Augmented reality (AR) system for providing AR in video games
U.S. Patent No. 10,569,164: Augmented reality (AR) system for providing AR in video games Issued February 25, 2020 to Valve Corp. Priority Date: September 26, 2018 Summary: U.S. Patent No. 10,569,164 (the…
U.S. Patent No. 10,509,461: Augmented reality video game systems
U.S. Patent No. 10,509,461: Augmented reality video game systems Issued: December 17, 2019, to Jeffrey David Mullen Priority Date: October 11, 2007 Summary: U.S. Patent No. 10,509,461 (the ’461 Patent) relates to…
Determining the Article of Manufacture in Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality Design Patents
There’s a super interesting article just published in the AIPLA quarterly journal by one our (Banner Witcoff’s) law clerks, Sonia Okolie, on design patents within augmented and virtual reality. She does a…
Places Where You Must Not Pokemon Go
Places Where You Must Not Pokemon Go In re Pokemon Go Nuisance Litigation United States District Court for the Northern District of California Filed: February 14, 2019 Case No. 3:16-cv-04300-JD Following the…
U.S. Patent No. 8,764,563: Video Game superimposing virtual characters on user supplied photo used as game screen background
U.S. Patent No. 8,764,563: Video Game superimposing virtual characters on user supplied photo used as game screen background Issued July 1, 2014, to Bandai Namco Entertainment, Inc. Priority Date: March 24, 2009…
U.S. Patent No. 9,454,849: Augmented reality playspaces with adaptive game rules
U.S. Patent No. 9,454,849: Augmented reality playspaces with adaptive game rules Issued September 27, 2016, to Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC Priority Date November 03, 2011 Summary: U.S. Patent No. 9,454,849 (the…
Sony files IPR Petition against 3D Stereoscopy Patent
On May 15, 2018, Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC (“Sony”) filed a petition for Inter Partes review (“IPR”) of U.S. Patent No. 7,666,096 (the “’096 Patent”). The owner of the ’096 Patent is…
Pokémon GO Creator Niantic, Inc. sued for Augmented Reality Patent Infringement
On January 30, 2018, Barbaro Technologies, LLC (“Barbaro”) sued Niantic, Inc. (“Niantic”) for the alleged infringement of U.S. Patent Nos. 7,373,377 and 8,228,325. Barbaro’s asserted patents are generally directed to integrating real-world…