Friday, August 3, 2007

Widevine Takes On Competitor

Seattle-based Widevine said Thursday that it has filed a patent lawsuit against Verimatrix, one of the firm's competitors in the digital content security market. Widevine claims that Verimatrix has infringed on a patent that the firm holds on encrypting content being sent over a network. The suit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. Verimatrix said it rejected the allegations of patent infringement, in response to the announcement of the lawsuit. Widevine has tapped Darby and Darby to represent the firm in the lawsuit.