A new lawsuit brought in the American court for the eastern district of Texas accuses luxury conglomerate LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE and his subsidiaries of infringing patents owned by Watch Skins Corporation. The plaintiff claims that Tag Heuer is connected Caliber E4 Smartwatch Treat three of his American patents with regard to NFT display and verification.
Nuclear -consensions
View Skins, with headquarters in Puerto Rico, claims that the NFT-compatible smartwatch from Tag Heuer technology is almost identical to its own system, which authenticates NFT – Via a blockchain wallet before you display the relevant digital artwork on a watch face. The complaint Calls the promotional material from Tag Heuer, which describes the connected caliber E4 as a product that “you can display your NFT artworks on your watch by connecting your crypto portionor to guarantee authenticity.”
According to Watch Skins, this functionality reflects its patented platform designed to verify token ownership and enable users to buy, sell and show users NFTs On portable devices. The patents of the company treat methods for the collection and display of NFT-based watch faces, which prevents the display if the user does not contain the corresponding token.
Technology background
View Skins Says it started with demonstrating his NFT display concepts in 2020, in which he finally launched a portable NFT marketplace in 2021. By the time Tag Heuer introduced his NFT smartwatch functions in 2022, Watch Skins claims to have already commercialized the patented technology. The complaint emphasizes that Tag Heuer’s approach to the use of a blockchain wallet to verify NFT ownership and block display for non-owners is what the patents of the watch skins protect.
Legal claims and requested remedies
The lawsuit claims direct infringement, induced infringement and intentional infringement, with the argument that LVMH and Tag Heuer continued to use and market the disputed technology ‘without license’. According to Watch Skins: “About information and conviction, the defendants go without a license to make, use, import/export to/out, market, offer for sale and/or sell in the products of the United States that infringe the patents in the case.”
The company strives for a statement of infringement, monetary damage and a permanent order that further sale of the connected caliber E4 -Smartwatch or another device that is considered to prevent infringement on its patents.
Industrial institution
The lawsuit comes at a time when large luxury houses and consumer technical brands want to use blockchain functions for new income flows. If Watch Skins succeeds in protecting his patents, it could force companies to negotiate license colors for NFT – display technology or risk fees.
Meanwhile, Tag Heuer and other brands have indicated a growing interest under the umbrella of LVMH in Web3 -applicationsConsider NFTs as a way to improve product exclusivity and customer involvement.
Known for handling high-stakes technical disputes, the eastern district of Texas will investigate whether the patents of Watch Skins are valid and whether the implementation of Tag Heuer does indeed violate that claims. If the court rules in favor of watch skins, this can prevent other portable manufacturers from rolling out similar NFT functions without thorough patent assessments.
