WSC Sports Seems to Have the Connections but It Needs Patents
WSC Sports is an automatic highlight generation company based out of Israel that has been on a roll, securing both high-value partnerships and funding. In February 2022, the company closed on a $100M Series D Funding Round and, as…
Sony/Hawk-Eye Enters the Training and Coaching Space
After its acquisition of the sports tracking company Hawk-Eye, Sony has become active in the Sports Analytics Patent Forecast®, filing multiple patents to protect improvements of Hawk-Eye’s baseline technology the often lacks the same…
SMT Takes on the Olympics
SportsMedia Technology (SMT) has continued its relationship with NBC by collaborating to provide on-screen graphics for the Winter Olympics as well as results and timing interface services. This continual collaboration between the two…
Adidas Looks Back Towards Telemetry
While Adidas is not, by any means, a new face in the Sports Analytics Patent Forecast®, it has been a while since we have seen a filing on the Data Analytics side of the Patent Radian®. This is especially true in regards to applications…
Trackman Beats Out Toptracer for PGA Partnership – Which We Predicted 6 Months Ago
Toptracer is out and Trackman is officially in following a recent deal signed between the company and the PGA Tour. The deal announced in early February 2022, details Trackman as the official radar and club and ball tracking technology…
DribbleUp Is Setting Itself Apart with Patents
Basketball tracking and training start-up DribbleUp is expanding and strengthening its positioning with patents. The patent application published in late-January 2022 details the expansion and possible new use cases of the technology. This…
Mustard’s Got the Money, Now it Needs Patents
Mustard, an AI-powered baseball coaching app, announced in January 2022 that it successfully raised $3.75 million in seed funding led by some of the biggest names in sports tech including Lake Nona Sports & Health Tech fund, Mark…
Could FCF, DAZN, and Stats Perform all team up?
Fan Controlled Football (FCF), a start-up leading the way towards a new vision of the sport, raised $40 million in Series A funding, ending the round in January 2022. The goal of the company is to provide a league where fans control the…
Adidas and Tectus Partner with Huge Aspirations
Tectus Corp, dba Mojo Vision, is a tried and true leader when it comes to the development of the world’s first AR contact lens. That’s right, contact lenses that support similar projections to that of Google Glass, without the unstylish…
InPlay Technologies Could Have a Trick or Two Up Its Sleeve
In late September 2021, Patent Forecast discovered a new patent application filed from an unknown assignee. The application related to technology that was able to predict and mitigate the risk of injury by utilizing AI and machine learning…
Investment In Fantasy Is Increasing, But Not the Number of Patents
With the return of sports following the COVID-19 pandemic, fantasy sports quickly resumed taking over hours of free time (and some work time) for millions of people worldwide. Nothing can get a group of people together or divide them like…
Disney Wants to Revolutionize Your Living Room
Disney, and its subsidiary ESPN, are looking to change the way you consume media. If you’ve ever watched a sporting event, you are likely to know the pain of missing a key play because the broadcast overlays information about players, past…
ShotTracker Eyes Football but It Should be Eying Patents
As discussed in a previous insight, the smart basketball market is pretty crowded at the moment, with three companies, ShotTracker, Wilson, and Sstatzz Oy, taking up a significant amount of the market. Of the three companies, ShotTracker…
Watch out for HIO Media
In mid-November, Hole-in-One (HIO) Media had its second patent application publish in the Sports Analytics Patent Forecast®. The application is a continuation of its previously granted application that relates to technology for displaying…
What Happened to Nextiles?
In a previous insight, Patent Forecast® highlighted the rapidly growing IP surrounding the innovative technology of Nextiles and commended the company for their patent-first approach, but what’s happened to them since? The company has been…
The NBA Looks To Join the Hawk-Eye Club
As sports technology becomes more and more sophisticated, it looks to be approaching a crucial point that is met with hope for some sports fans and dread for others. The times of automated officiating are quickly approaching sports of all…
Check Swings and Patents – Keep an Eye on SMT
As October, and the playoffs, progresses it's fairly normal to see heightened emotions amongst MLB fans as their favorite teams battle it out for a shot at a world series. That being said, things might be extra tense surrounding the Bay…
Acquisition and Patent Data Could Give a Sneak Peek to a New Slinger Product
Slinger, the manufacturer of a tennis bag/launcher used for training, recently announced that it would begin the process of acquiring the sports tech/video analytics company, Playsight. While the two companies are both centered around the…
SMT Re-Enters the Rink
In a previous insight, Patent Forecast® highlighted the rapid growth of SMT’s patent portfolio to capitalize on the white space that was once in the Telemetry Analytics subcategory and its exclusive contract for player and puck tracking in…
Genius Sports vs. Stats Perform
Two of the largest sports data companies worldwide are beginning to battle it out on the patent field. The two companies, Genius Sports and Stats Perform, have been rivals since their founding, but recently competition between their…
InPlay Technologies Could Have a Trick or Two Up Its Sleeve
In late September 2021, Patent Forecast discovered a new patent application filed from an unknown assignee. The application related to technology that was able to predict and mitigate the risk of injury by utilizing AI and machine learning…
WIN Reality Raises Debt Funding but How Is It Protecting Its IP?
Since its founding in December 2018, VR baseball and softball training company, WIN Reality, has taken the baseball and softball training industry by storm, already being implemented by professional and collegiate programs nationwide. The…
Opportunities Lie Where Disney Is Lacking
Disney has been a longtime leader in the Sports Analytics Patent Forecast® with years of patent activity devoted to both Data Analytics and Data Application. However, its lead might not last much longer if it continues the level of patent…
Are Topgolf and Trackman Preparing for Battle?
Both Trackman and Topgolf are known for their shot tracking abilities and implementation of these abilities for both fun and more serious training as their technology allows for players to track their shots and gather key metrics. A place…
IBM Patents in Events. What Comes Next?
IBM’s entrance into the Sports Analytics Patent Forecast® has been well-documented as the global patent leader looks to capitalize on technology areas forgotten by those already in the sector. One subcategory that has seen continuous…
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