Pokémon GO

Patent Analysis

U.S. Patent No. 11,007,429: Background process for importing real-world activity data into a location-based game

U.S. Patent No. 11,007,429: Background process for importing real-world activity data into a location-based game Issued May 18, 2021, to Niantic Inc.Filed/Priority to June 26, 2019 This Niantic patent, likely related to…

11007429 activity app Activity statistics background process
Lawsuits

Lawsuit Update: Pokémon GOes Scot-Free

Lawsuit Update: Pokémon GOes Scot-Free Barbaro Tech., LLC v. Niantic, Inc.Case No. 21-1249The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal CircuitDecided: July 9, 2021 In 2018, Barbaro Technologies, LLC (“Barbaro”) sued…

7373377 8228325 barbaro technologies Barbaro Technologies v. Niantic
Lawsuits

Pokemon Go Developer Niantic Wins Battle Over 3D Virtual Thematic Environment Patent

Pokemon Go Developer Niantic Wins Battle Over 3D Virtual Thematic Environment Patent Barbaro Technologies, LLC v Niantic, Inc. United States District Court for the Northern District of California Case No. 18-cv-02955-RS Filed…

8228325 Barbaro Technologies v. Niantic Ingress Pokémon GO
Lawsuits

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…

augmented reality California class action In re Pokemon Go Nuisance Litigation
Lawsuits

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…

augmented reality barbaro technologies Barbaro Technologies v. Niantic California
Lawsuits

Photographer sues IGN over Pokémon GO Photo

On January 12, 2018, photographer Christopher Sadowski sued IGN Entertainment, Inc. (“IGN”) for copyright infringement.  The copyright in question: a photograph of the Pokémon GO homepage on Sadowski’s cell phone, similar to (but…

Christopher Sadowski v. IGN Copyright IGN Internet