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Texas Firm Sues Major League Baseball Over Internet Video Patents

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 9, 2004 - 4:56am.
Austin, Texas -- A company holding patents on Internet video has sued Major League Baseball Advanced Media (MLBAM), over features offered on the baseball league's websites that allegedly infringe the patents, CNET News.com reported. Austin-based DDB Technologies says that MLB.com features such as simulations of live games, video highlights, searchable video and a stat tracker infringe on its patented technology. DDB has previously won a license of its technology from SportsLine.com, and said it is currently talking to other sites that provide similar live sports features. "Hopefully, MLBAM will take the license to DDB's patents, and eventually, we hope, others will as well," Michael McLaughlin, a spokesman for DDB, told News.com. MLBAM plans to take the matter to court. "We have preliminarily reviewed the allegations," MLBAM spokesman Jim Gallagher told News.com. "We believe the suit to be without merit, and we will see them in court."
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