If You License Images Online Are You Infringing Unilock’s Patent?

Posted on 12/26/2013 by Jim Pickerell | Printable Version | Comments (2)

Patents are granted for original ideas. Unilock has a U.S. patent that describes in broad terms a system for licensing the use of images online. The company is claiming that stock agencies are infringing their patent when they license image use through online sites.

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Ellen Boughn Posted Dec 26, 2013
Thanks, Jim, for posting this.

Carroll Seghers Posted Jan 4, 2014
Uniloc USA has a very spotty record of success in dealing with large firms regarding patent claims. Those with smaller legal resources seem to be able to settle. That is their game. They invent nothing, ride on the ideas of others and bully the weaker firms into paying for nothing. Yet another reason for the US and other countries to set new laws in this area that reflect the realities of todays industry and commerce, and which will encourage the innovation needed for the future.

Thank you Jim, for letting the photo community know. God forbid that they start naming photographers as co-defendants.

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