According to practicing lawyers, it will be difficult for a company to defend its rights
The American company Blyncsy said that it has exclusive rights to use smartphones and other electronic devices to track people who come into contact with a person who is carrying the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. The patent owner intends to assert his rights in court if companies that violate his rights, including Apple and Google, do not agree to license the development.
Blyncsy promises to sue Apple and Google if they do not license a patent to track contacts of infected people using smartphones
We clarify that in the patent owned by Blyncsy, it is not COVID-19 directly that appears, but “contagious diseases” in general. A patent was obtained in the United States in February 2019. The patent holder claims that no company has yet received a license. Meanwhile, many already offer contact tracking applications.
However, according to a source citing the opinion of practicing lawyers, it will be difficult for the company to defend its rights. Technical giants such as Apple and Google, which already offer contact tracking applications, in such cases, persistently try to revoke patents and act tough in the courts, and this patent will be vulnerable in the light of the decision of the Supreme Court in 2015, limiting the types of software that can be to patent.
