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Ocean Tomo to Auction Off Movie Piracy Prevention-related Patents

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 18, 2006 - 1:12pm.
Chicago - Ocean Tomo Auctions announced on Monday that a portfolio of patents related to technology that prevents movie piracy has been put up for auction by Robelight, LLC. The lot includes patents that "disclose systems and methods for detecting recording equipment, generating an alert if a recording device is detected and disrupting the recording through transmission signals, thereby rendering the recording useless," and pending patent applications that "disclose technology that reads, stores and distributes the signature of the recording device utilized for pirating, therefore allowing insight into the changes and developments of pirating devices." The auction will be held in New York City on Oct. 26.
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