UnitedCorp Seeks Injunctive Relief from Instagram in Federal Court of Canada for use of its iFramed Patented Technology
February 02 2018 - 10:00AM
InvestorsHub NewsWire
UnitedCorp Seeks Injunctive Relief from
Instagram in Federal Court of Canada for use of its
iFramed Patented Technology
NEW PRESS RELEASE
Miami,
Florida -- February
2, 2018 -- InvestorsHub NewsWire --
Miami-based United American Corp (UnitedCorp),
(USOTC:
UAMA) announced
today that is enforcing on patent infringement against Instagram
Inc. a subsidiary of Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ:
FB) related to
Instagram's use of geo-location
based filters.
United American Corp vs
Instagram Inc. complete Statement of Claim and Court file number is
available for download at: www.unitedcorp.com/instagram
Instagram is a
photo-sharing application which allows users to upload photos or
videos to its service which can then be viewed publicly or
privately on the Internet according to permissions set by the user.
The application also provides a system for geolocation-based which
Instagram refers to as "Geostickers"
and the integrated content can then be posted on the Instagram
social media site. The suit, filed today in the Federal Court of
Canada, alleges that through its Geostickers,
Instagram Inc. infringes on certain claims of Canadian Patent No.
2,887,596 granted on June 14, 2016, entitled "USER CONTENT SHARING
SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH AUTOMATED EXTERNAL CONTENT INTEGRATION", the
underlying technology behind "iFramed". The corresponding US patent
for iFramed (number 15/240,515) was also
allowed by the US Patent and Trademark Office on October 3, 2017
and has been received by its Office of Publication for issuance.
Both patents benefit from a first priority date of January 3,
2014.
The patent is directed
to the implementation of a dedicated mobile content sharing
application that can acquire and share new user images or videos,
but also gives users the ability to select between distinct locally
sourced external content items based on their location to be
integrated within their own content before sharing.
The iFramed patent portfolio has been
appraised by TechInsights
at US$1.04
billion.
Amongst other claims,
Instagram's Geostickers
which use the
geolocation of social media users in order to provide on demand
insertion of external content in the form of a frame or overlay on
pictures or videos, infringes upon several claims held by
iFramed
patent. Instagram
had previously been sent a notice to cease and desist the use of
the alleged infringing technology by UnitedCorp
on October 12,
2017.
UnitedCorp
is seeking
remedies in the form of injunctive relief prohibiting Instagram
from continuing to infringe on the UnitedCorp
patent as well as
of monetary damages for past infringement. The company
will also
continue assert its rights from its broadly filed global patent
portfolio in key international jurisdictions.
Similar legal
proceedings were commenced in the Federal Court of Canada in August
2016 against Snap Inc. and on February 1, 2018 against Facebook
Inc.
iFramed
is first
technology to patent an advertising system that allows users to
brand their own social media content with user-related advertising
and information, and then pay those users for posting on social
media. Operating under the trade name "iFramed" the system provides users
with advertising choices for integration into pictures and videos
based on, among other things, their geographic locations and
specific demographic information's.
Patent No. 2,887,596 -
USER CONTENT SHARING SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH AUTOMATED EXTERNAL
CONTENT INTEGRATION: https://patents.google.com/patent/CA2887596C/en
USPTO
No. 15/240,515 - USER CONTENT SHARING SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH
LOCATION-BASED EXTERNAL CONTENT INTEGRATION http://pdfaiw.uspto.gov/.aiw?PageNum=0&docid=20160359987&IDKey=FF1D3780C834&HomeUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fappft.uspto.gov%2Fnetacgi%2Fnph-Parser%3FSect1%3DPTO1%2526Sect2%3DHITOFF%2526d%3DPG01%2526p%3D1%2526u%3D%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.html%2526r%3D1%2526f%3DG%2526l%3D50%2526s1%3D20160359987.PGNR.%2526OS%3DDN%2F20160359987%2526RS%3DDN%2F20160359987
For further
information on iFramed, go to www.iframed.com
iFramed Social Media Posting
Technology
About
UnitedCorp
Established in 1992,
United American Corp is a Florida-based development and management
company focusing on telecommunications technologies. The company
currently holds the rights to manage a portfolio of patents and
proprietary technology in telecommunications, social media and more
recently in Blockchain PSTN technology. For more
information, visit: www.unitedcorp.com
About
the iFramed Patent
Family
The iFramed Patent and Patent
Applications are directed to the implementation of a dedicated
mobile content sharing application that can acquire and share new
user images or videos, but also gives users the ability to select
between distinct locally sourced external content items based on
their location to be integrated within their own content before
sharing.
This
news release contains forward-looking statements that are subject
to various risks and uncertainties. The Company's actual results
could differ materially from those anticipated in such
forward-looking statements as a result of numerous factors that may
be beyond the Company's control. Forward-looking statements are
based on the expectations and opinions of the Company's management
on the date the statements are made, and the Company assumes no
obligation to update forward-looking statements should
circumstances in management's expectations or opinions
change.
Source:
UnitedCorp
Lawry
Trevor-Deutsch,
SVP Corporate
Affairs
(lawry.trevor@unitedcorp.com)
IFRAMED
CANADA Ltd.
Michael Eric
Schmidt (mschmidt@iframed.com)
Contact:
Jenna
Trevor-Deutsch, Director Public Relations
Email:
jenna.trevor@unitedcorp.com
Tel:
604-398-5000 ext: 109
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