Tag: T-Rex

Burr Smith on Fighting T-Rex

Yesterday digital out of home marketing platform provider Broadsign announced that T-Rex Property AB released Broadsign and Broadsign’s clients, from the T-Rex industry-wide patent infringement campaign. In response, Broadsign has agreed to dismiss its counter lawsuit against T-Rex.  Insider talked with Broadsign CEO Burr Smith Burr, congrats on the settlement. […]

T-Rex Settles with Broadsign and Broadsign’s Clients

Insider’s take:  Next time you see Broadsign’s CEO Burr Smith at a convention you need to buy him a drink.  Broadsign was the only digital sign company to fight back after TRex started suing out of home companies claiming patent infringement.  Insider thinks that it’s more than a coincidence that […]

Are T-Rex Lawsuits Done?

What a difference a year makes.  T-Rex hasn’t filed any new lawsuits since July 2016. Insider hears that one or more of T-Rex’s patents is expiring in 2018.  Maybe T-Rex isn’t suing because some patents are expiring or it is distracted by Broadsign’s counter-lawsuit or feels hampered by the Supreme […]

Bad News For Patent Trolls Like T-Rex

“Forum shopping in patent litigation is over.” Patent lawyer Shawn Hansen quoted in the New York Times, May 22, 2016 Patent trolls like T-Rex like to shop venue to find the court which will be friendliest to them.  40% of all patent cases get filed in a single East Texas […]

Patent Trial and Appeal Board denies T-Rex patent review.

Law 360 reports that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board decided on April 11, 2017 not to review  T-Rex US patent 7,382,334.  Last year Broadsign filed a lawsuit in New York seeking an order that it did not infringe of three T-Rex patents.  Broadsign separately filed three petitions before the […]

Burr Smith Tells Sixteen:Nine Why Broadsign Sued T-Rex

Dave Haynes did a terrific interview with Broadsign CEO Burr Smith on the Sixteen:Nine Podcast.  T-Rex has been suing out of home advertising companies who use a computer to control digital billboards for patent infringement and last June 2016 Broadsign countersued to contest the patents.   At 15:30 of the podcast Smith […]

Four Tips For Buying A Digital Billboard

Here are Insider’s four tips for buying a digital billboard based on our experience financing digital billboards and talking with billboard operators who’ve installed digital billboards. Buy American.  Maybe it works if you’re Outfront, but Insider hears lots of horror stories from independent operators who’ve tried to buy direct from […]

TRex Litigation Update November 2016

Samsung Electronics America purchased the digital billboard operations of Yesco in May 2015 and rebranded the Yesco’s digital sign operations as Prismview, LLC..  A representative of Samsung Electronics America which owns Prismview LLC.  asked Insider to make two corrections to an article published last week on T-Rex sign litigation. First […]

T-Rex Digital Sign Litigation Update – October 2016

Who is T-Rex?  T-Rex Property AB was founded in 2003 by Mats Hylin, Mats Dahlgren and Fredrik Persson.  The company acquired 12 patents for outdoor advertising products.T-Rex Property AB has been suing outdoor companies who use a computer to control digital signs.  T-Rex owns US Patent Number RE39,470 titled Digital […]

Broadsign Fights T-Rex

Insider has written before that T-Rex has been suing digital sign manufacturers and the outdoor advertising firms which use their products alleging patent violations.  Watchfire, Formetco and Daktronics has settled with T-Rex.  Samsung/Yesco hasn’t.  Broadsign, a digital out of home software and solutions provider, is fighting back.  Here’s a statement released […]