MLB Accuses Inventor of Patent Fraud in Digital Tickets Dispute

Major League Baseball’s digital media arm is fighting back against claims it violated digital ticket technology, arguing the inventor fraudulently revived an abandoned patent to support his lawsuit.

eChanging Barcode LLC’s co-owner Alan Amron made misleading statements about why his former company failed to pay the maintenance fees for US Patent No. 9,047,715, MLB Advanced Media LP said in a June 13 answer and counterclaims filing submitted to the US District Court for the Southern District of New York.

MLBAM said Amron told the US Patent and Trademark Office that the COVID-19 pandemic caused the patent’s abandonment, despite his ...