How Did Samsung Beat Objectvideo Only To Settle With John B. Adrain?!

ObjectVideo's patent litigation record is impressive and almost unblemished. Prevailing against all those who would not voluntarily submit, Sony, Bosch, Panasonic, et al.

All except for Techwin, who turned back OV with this Samsmug comment

"We are very happy that the staff attorney and now ObjectVideo has apparently realized what we have been saying all along, that our products do not infringe ObjectVideo’s patents," said a spokesman of Samsung Techwin’s Intellectual Property Department in the statement. "We respect the intellectual property of others, but we do not pay unnecessary license fees simply to avoid litigation. That is why we decided to litigate this case and this outcome vindicates our company principles,"

John B. Adrain, celebrated "Doomsday Prepper Sprayer", on the other hand has much activity, but little, AFAIK, success as a litigant.

All the more puzzling then is this settlement back in August between Adrain and Samsung for an unspecified figure. Maybe it was only for a token amount, but was it just coincidence that Adrain opened up three new attack vectors against well funded and skilled adversaries the next month (HIK, Dahua and Avigilon)?

All being sued for the same Patent#, US5831669, entitled ‘Facility monitoring system with image memory and correlation,’ originally issued on Nov 03, 1998. In Samsung's case the claim revolved around the facial recognition built-in to their Smart TV's. Compared to security products, a bonfide claim against a popular consumer electronics product could have been a sizable settlement.

Meanwhile, the Avigilon case has been extended into January. So how long might John B. A drain on the security industry, now? ;)