Microsoft Hit With Patent Suit Over LinkedIn, Skype Message Tech – Bloomberg Law News

Microsoft Corp.’s Skype and LinkedIn allegedly infringe ScanComm LLC’s patent for software that lets users privately communicate using QR codes.ScanComm sued Microsoft in the US District Court for the Western District of Texas, claiming the $2.4 trillion company developed and marketed applications that violate ScanComm’s exclusive right to commercialize its patented system for using QR codes to circumvent the need for two communicating parties to possess each other’s phone numbers or email addresses.Skype and LinkedIn allegedly infringe at least one claimed limitation of ScanComm’s US Patent No. 11,003,878, including a scanner that extracts a digital identification code, … Learn more about Bloomberg Law or Log In to keep reading: Learn About Bloomberg Law AI-powered legal analytics, workflow tools and premium legal & business news. Already a subscriber? Log in to keep reading or access research tools.
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