News Article
Jim Lennon Quoted In National Broadcasting Publication on Patent Infringement Suit
March 8, 2011
WILMINGTON, DEL.—Womble Carlyle attorney Jim Lennon is quoted in a current news article in Radio Business Report/TV Business Report about a patent infringement lawsuit against hundreds of U.S. radio stations.
Mission Abstract Data, LLC is suing the stations, claiming patent infringement on digital music storage systems. A total of 900 stations, owned by such major communications corporations as Beasley Broadcasting, CBS Radio, Cox Radio, Cumulus, Entercom, Greater Media and Townsquare Media, are named in the suit.
But Lennon tells RBR-TVBR that he is skeptical of the lawsuit’s chances. “Given that any publication or prior public use of this concept at least by Jan. 25, 1993 [a year before the patent was filed] would absolutely invalidate this claim, it leaves the world to wonder whether DigiMedia’s patents could survive a validity challenge in court,” he tells the publication.
Jim Lennon is a registered patent attorney who helps clients resolve infringement and validity disputes and counsels them on patent licensing matters. His experience also includes resolving disputes over false marking, breach of contract, antitrust, unfair competition and replevin, among others. Lennon practices in Womble Carlyle’s Wilmington, Del., office.
Jim is a co-author of the False Patent Markings Blog.
Jim is a co-author of the False Patent Markings Blog.
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