360 tour lawsuit
Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2019 8:32 pm
Got this letter today, anyone have knowledge about this? Tours made with Pano2vr affected by this lawsuit?
Re: Infringement of Tour Technology Software Patents
We are writing to you on account of your operation of a website incorporating a 360° virtual tour using a geometric projection which keeps straight lines straight during up-and-down and left and right changes in the direction of virtual view. This technology is covered by United States Patent Number 6,754,400, as affirmed and elaborated by Ex Parte Re-Examination Certificate 9844, which is the culmination of a research effort conducted in the United States and Romania and originally funded by me.
We have filed numerous lawsuits in the United States against infringers of the technology. All of these lawsuits have been successfully prosecuted as you can verify with a simple Google search. License fees have ranged into six figures. You should also be aware that when the International Virtual Reality Photographers Association challenged our patent in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the patentability of our technology was confirmed with the issuance of 68 claims. Reference is made to the attached patent and re-examination certificate. Currently, the technology is licensed by Tour Technology Software to many users, including virtually every major hotel in the United States, either directly or through their virtual tour providers.
As you can see from the record, our company will not tolerate patent infringement. We hope that you will choose to act responsibly and accept our very reasonable offer of a license under the technology which you are using.
Our licensing fees for the life of the patent are as follows:
License fee for a single photographer: $650
License fee for a single real estate agent: $250
License fee for a single restaurant, attraction or other business: $250
The above fees include a release for past infringement of the patent.
We trust that you recognize the seriousness of this matter to our company and we look forward to your promptly taking action to avoid enforcement activity.
email: ttslicensing@gmail.com
Tour Technology Software, Inc., Orlando, Florida
If you have any questions, or if you would like to address a special issue, I would be pleased to discuss the same with you.
Very truly yours,
Richard Wilson, Jr.
President
Re: Infringement of Tour Technology Software Patents
We are writing to you on account of your operation of a website incorporating a 360° virtual tour using a geometric projection which keeps straight lines straight during up-and-down and left and right changes in the direction of virtual view. This technology is covered by United States Patent Number 6,754,400, as affirmed and elaborated by Ex Parte Re-Examination Certificate 9844, which is the culmination of a research effort conducted in the United States and Romania and originally funded by me.
We have filed numerous lawsuits in the United States against infringers of the technology. All of these lawsuits have been successfully prosecuted as you can verify with a simple Google search. License fees have ranged into six figures. You should also be aware that when the International Virtual Reality Photographers Association challenged our patent in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the patentability of our technology was confirmed with the issuance of 68 claims. Reference is made to the attached patent and re-examination certificate. Currently, the technology is licensed by Tour Technology Software to many users, including virtually every major hotel in the United States, either directly or through their virtual tour providers.
As you can see from the record, our company will not tolerate patent infringement. We hope that you will choose to act responsibly and accept our very reasonable offer of a license under the technology which you are using.
Our licensing fees for the life of the patent are as follows:
License fee for a single photographer: $650
License fee for a single real estate agent: $250
License fee for a single restaurant, attraction or other business: $250
The above fees include a release for past infringement of the patent.
We trust that you recognize the seriousness of this matter to our company and we look forward to your promptly taking action to avoid enforcement activity.
email: ttslicensing@gmail.com
Tour Technology Software, Inc., Orlando, Florida
If you have any questions, or if you would like to address a special issue, I would be pleased to discuss the same with you.
Very truly yours,
Richard Wilson, Jr.
President