Pinterest Video Recommendation Tech Infringes Patents, Suit Says

A US subsidiary of Switzerland-based Kudelski SA accused Pinterest Inc. of infringing four patents by creating systems that target and recommend advertisements and content to users on the social media platform.

Pinterest’s systems, including advertisement recommendation and pin recommendation, use similar methods as OpenTV Inc.’s patents, according to a complaint filed Nov. 29 in the US District Court for the District of Delaware. OpenTV said it had been in licensing discussions with Pinterest over the span of four years.

Pinterest infringed US Patent Nos. 10,419,817; 9,699,503; 7,669,212 and 7,055,169, according to OpenTV.

The ‘503 and ‘817 patents ...