Axis and Arecont Legal Conflict Over Multi-Imager Cameras
Arecont threatened Axis. Axis has responded by moving to invalidate an Arecont patent. It is an important contest. Multi-imagers are Arecont's...
Arecont threatened Axis. Axis has responded by moving to invalidate an Arecont patent. It is an important contest. Multi-imagers are Arecont's...
Canon, owner of Axis and Milestone, has sued Avigilon for patent infringement in US court. This is a highly atypical move for Canon, pitting 3 of...
The litigation between former partners Milestone and OnSSI has finished, confirmed by both parties. In April 2016, OnSSI sued Milestone and in...
Recently, ADT has been in the news for a $16 million settlement for a cyber security vulnerability class action suit. One of the most important...
Is Alarm.com about to dominate the smart home software market? That is what Honeywell alleges in its new lawsuit, first reported by...
The disaster of BRS Labs continues to unfold. BRS Labs, after $100+ million in investment and now known as Giant Gray, has sued their founder Ray...
The unprecedented scale of internet outages on October 21st from botnet attacks risk triggering lawsuits against video surveillance manufacturers,...
By John Honovich - almost 8 years ago
The Chinese video surveillance manufacturer, Xiongmai, whose equipment numerous sources blame for driving massive Internet attacks over the past...
By Brian Karas - almost 8 years ago
Milestone wants OnSSI to pay up. A Danish court has issued damages against Milestone's former top partner. But OnSSI says they are going to come...
Whether or not G4S has any responsibility in the Pulse terrorist attack, G4S certainly has responsibility for securing their own customers. New...
By John Honovich - over 8 years ago
One company is dominating the body camera business - Taser. The stun gun leader aims to grow a VSaaS powerhouse and take over one of the fastest...
OnSSI has withdrawn its lawsuit from US courts, but the fight is far from done. In this note, we examine what is happening, digging into the 2009...
The battle between OnSSI and Milestone is now going to court. In 2015, OnSSI acquired Seetec and later that year, OnSSI terminated selling...
MSRP? Make Suckers Really Pay? Many video surveillance manufacturers set their Manufacturer Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) to far higher levels...
This is a fascinating case about the role and limits of video surveillance, beyond the absurdity of the actual event itself. Generally, in the US,...
The new Avigilon 'patent licensing program' is starting to roll out, confirmed Avigilon's CEO on today's earnings call. This is just a month after...
If you can't beat 'em, join em. Many lament that security is a cost center. Now, a tech startup and major retailers have partnered to make money...
What do 24 Hour Fitness, Barnes and Nobles and multiple hospitals have in common? They have all been sued in the past few months, with their...
This report explains the key steps in hacking an alarm system, like ADT, as was presented in a Defcon 22 presentation. The risk of such a hack has...
Things are getting ugly between the two biggest surveillance manufacturers in the world. Both companies have skyrocketed largely driven by monster...
A lawsuit has been filed against ADT. The class action complaint claims ADT's wireless systems are 'easily hacked', that ADT knows this and yet...
Last year, an inventor / troll said they were going to sue end users for violating a patent they have on video surveillance technology. Now, they...
By John Honovich - about 10 years ago
Cameras in schools are nearly everywhere but inside classrooms? Far less common. A school district in Michigan paid $3,000 per classroom for a...
By Carlton Purvis - over 10 years ago
A company was ordered to pay a female employee $11,000 after an investigation found that the owner regularly used the surveillance system to stream...
By Ben Wood - over 10 years ago
The family of an elderly man found a hidden camera in his hospital room. Already frustrated from what they felt was substandard care, they were...
By Carlton Purvis - over 10 years ago
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