A federal lawsuit involving NASCAR and the technology used for the Fanview device has been settled, according to a statement by the companies involved.
Immersion Entertainment had sued Kangaroo Media, NASCAR and Sprint Nextel in U.S. District Court in Texas last year alleging patent infringement.
Immersion alleged that Fanview, developed by Kangaroo Media, used devices or systems covered by patents owned by Immersion. Fanview is a handheld device fans can purchase or rent at the track to watch television feeds, look up race statistics and listen to in-car radio of various teams.
According to a Kangaroo Media news release, the settlement agreement covers Kangaroo and the other defendants. Additionally, Immersion granted Kangaroo rights in all issued patents and pending applications relating to Immersion’s intellectual property portfolio and technology.
Kangraoo has paid Immersion $2 million and will pay royalties on sales beginning this year. Minimum royalties are $1 million for 2008 and 2009.
At the end of 2010, Kangaroo will have the option to retain the exclusive worldwide rights to Immersion’s intellectual property portfolio, subject to minimum yearly royalty payments.
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ouch. Sprint sucks.
always back check patents, people have come up with a lot of stuff.
the activation charge of 10.00 dollars each weekend for the fanview is a scam. you don’t need to have it activated but once each year unless they do a software flash update. next time you are at the track turn it on and wait for it to load. NASCAR, Sprint and KTV paid out the 2 million to settle the law suit, now they along with Racing Electronics should be forced to refund the phoney activation charge. just like a shadey cell phone company to come up with a charge like that and NASCAR and RE to be part of it!
Your right Chip, you don’t have to pay for activation. If you want to rent, it just hangout at the Sprint Fanview Experience and they give them out for FREE. If they won’t give you a free one just tell them that Randy with Sprint said it was okay. They have over several hundred that give away each weekend.