Saturday, February 16, 2008

Patent Troll Seeks Cable Operator Toll

Yikes. Rembrandt IP Management, a suburban Philadelphia firm whose sole business is to buy up technology patents, and whose business model is based on patent royalties derived from those assets, has filed numerous lawsuits in numerous venues to force large cable operators and major broadcasters to pay substantial license fees on the transmission of digital TV signals and Internet services. Rembrandt seeks royalties for use of intellectual property related to cable modem services as well as digital TV broadcasts.

Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Charter Communications, Cox Communications and Cablevision Systems are named as patent infringers.

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