September 2014

Jay-Z Tries to Wriggle Out of Copyright Royalties

Submitted by patentadmin on Thu, 09/18/2014 - 01:57

Rapper Jay-Z and Roc-A-Fella Records LLC, his record label, lost out in their request for quick dismissal of a lawsuit claiming that Jay-Z and Roc-A-Fella Records owes Dwayne Walker (who claims he helped design the singer’s logo back in 1995 in return for a $3,500 upfront and a 2% royalty on sales) $7 million! 

Thanks to “The Big Bang Theory” Most People Now Know Who Stan Lee Is!

Submitted by patentadmin on Thu, 09/18/2014 - 01:56

Back in 2012, Stan Lee Media Inc., owner of the Marvel Comic Book characters created by Mr. Lee – such as Spider Man and the X-Men – sued the Walt Disney Company for copyright infringement. Disney owns Marvel Comics, but Stan Lee Media (with which Stan Lee himself is no longer affiliated) claims it owns the copyrights to the actual characters created by Mr. Lee.

Image Processing Technologies Awarded New U.S. Patent

Newly Issued Patent Directed to Tracking a Target Using an Image Processing System

 

Suffern, N.Y., September 3, 2014 − Image Processing Technologies LLC (IPT), a client of General Patent Corporation (GPC), announced today that it has been awarded another patent, bringing the total number of its issued U.S. Patents to twenty-two. 
 
U.S. Patent No. 8,805,001 entitled "Image Processing Method" relates to a process for tracking a target using an image processing system.