I never cease to be amazed at what people will write in social media–or at how useful some of those posts can be in court. Click here to read my latest post, titled “Mining Social Network Sites for Evidence in Litigation,” which is guest-hosted on my friend Paige Mill’s blog, IP@Tennessee [& beyond]. Paige is[...]
(Updated) Think There’s No Hurry to Patent Your AR Inventions?
Tuesday, October 4, 2011 By
**Updated on Dec. 10, 2011 with patent numbers, hyperlinks, and more excerpts.** Think again. For one thing, the United States recently changed its approach to determining patent priority. It used to be that even if someone else beat you to the punch in applying to register an invention, you could undo their patent by proving[...]
A Distinctive Touch: Augmented Textures and Haptic Trademarks
Thursday, July 21, 2011 By
Soon, technologies that augment our sense of touch may lead to a rush of trademark applications seeking to protect a wide variety of artificial textures. The Dawn of Haptic AR? A few days back, the @Augmentology Twitter account pointed out the website of an interesting Helsinki-based company called Senseg. Senseg advertises its “E-Sense” technology as[...]
Augmented Reality Tattoos and Copyright Law
Sunday, May 8, 2011 By
Two completely unrelated stories broke in the past week that, when considered together, raise interesting questions for the augmented reality industry. (Just the sort of serendipity for which the blogosphere is designed!) The first was the news that the artist behind Mike Tyson’s facial tattoo had filed a copyright infringement suit against Warner Brothers for[...]
Projection Mapping, AR, and Architectural Copyrights
Thursday, April 28, 2011 By
I have to admit: it took me awhile to “get” projection mapping. If you haven’t heard about it, “projection mapping” was defined by Mashable as ” a relatively new technology that animates stationary objects with 3D video.” I had seen references to this “new technology” in a few different places recently, and it appears to[...]
Forget Facial Recognition–Body Recognition May Be the Real Privacy Concern
Sunday, April 24, 2011 By
“Take a picture; it’ll last longer.” Many times has that bit of sarcasm been directed at people who stare just a little too long. But suppose the guy is staring because he’s taking your picture? That creepy scenario may play itself out sooner than we think. While many commentators are (rightly) concerned about the ramifications[...]
The Coming Conundra: Real Laws In an Augmented Reality
Tuesday, March 22, 2011 By
(c) 2010 Brian D. Wassom. This article was originally published in the Winter 2011 issue of SideBAR, the newsletter of the Federal Bar Association’s Litigation Section. Over the past decade, there has been no shortage of articles, CLEs, and speeches in legal circles about the implications of “virtual reality.” Many an academic hand has been[...]
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