RealID wins patent dispute for 3D technology


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Michelle Clancy

| 10 January 2016




An International Trade Commission investigation has backed RealD in a patent dispute with MasterImage over 3D imaging technology.



RealD, which has 27,000 3D cinema screens in 72 countries, had filed an ITC complaint contending that the MasterImage 3D's Horizon3D cinema system products infringe RealD patents, covering optical architecture and polarisation control technologies.

The ITC is an independent governmental agency in Washington, DC, responsible for addressing patent infringement disputes relating to goods that are manufactured abroad and imported into the United States.

"We are enormously pleased with today's initial determination by the US International Trade Commission in our favour," said Vivian Yang, EVP and general counsel, RealD. "We invested considerable time, effort and resources to develop the most light-efficient 3D projection system in the industry, and we will continue to aggressively enforce our intellectual property rights against any company that seeks to infringe on our patented technology."

RealD has significant patent protection surrounding its light-doubling XL Cinema System with IP covering architecture and other aspects of the inventive technology.