Symbology accuses Massachusetts company Cable Matters of infringing three patents covering methods for enabling portable electronic devices to retrieve information about an object when the object’s Symbology is detected. Symbology, a Plano, Texas LLC, asserts that Cable Matters’ use of Quick Response Codes (a two-dimensional barcode) on its products and packaging. Upon scanning the code with a smartphone, users are sent information directed by the QR Code, such as a website with additional information about the product. I note that the plaintiff’s law firm, Ferraiuoli LLC of San Juan, Puerto Rico, have been involved with several other complaints in Massachusetts involving Plano non-practicing entities.
