Patents & Intellectual Property

Absolute Software relies on a combination of patent, copyright, trade secret and trademark laws, confidentiality agreements, contractual provisions and other similar measures to protect its proprietary information and the intellectual property related to its technology platform.

Issued Patents

Absolute Software Corporation invented the Computer Theft Recovery category in 1994 and to date the following patents have been issued to Absolute:

USA:
Canada:
United Kingdom:
No. EP793823, No. GB2338101, No. GB2298302
Germany:
No. 695 125 34.6-08
Australia:
No. 699045
Japan:
No. JP4067035

Several other patent applications are pending in a variety of jurisdictions.

Patent Licensees

The following companies have taken licenses to Absolute's patents:

Essare LLC has been licensed to distribute its Where’s My Phone offerings under US patent #6087937; Canadian patent #2211735; and U.K. patent #GB2298302.

E.E. Soft, LLC has been licensed to distribute its LaptopSentry offerings under US patents #5,715,174, #5,764,892, #5,802,280, #5,896,497, #6,244,758, #6,269,392, #6,300,863, and #6,507,914; Canadian Patents #2284806 and #2205370; U.K. patents #EP793823, and #GB2338101; German patent #0793823; Australian patent #699045; and Japan patent #4067035.

Tometa Software has been licensed to distribute its LaptopLocate.net offerings under US patents #5,715,174, #5,764,892, #5,802,280, #5,896,497, #6,244,758, #6,269,392, #6,300,863, and #6,507,914; Canadian Patents #2284806 and #2205370; U.K. patents #EP793823, and #GB2338101; German patent #0793823; Australian patent #699045; and Japan patent #4067035.

Trackion has been licensed to distribute its Trackion Device Tracking System offerings under US patents #5,715,174, #5,764,892, #5,802,280, #5,896,497, #6,244,758, #6,269,392, #6,300,863, and #6,507,914; Canadian Patents #2284806 and #2205370; U.K. patents #EP793823, and #GB2338101; German patent #0793823; Australian patent #699045; and Japan patent #4067035.

Cyber Angel has been licensed to distribute its Cyber Angel Tracking System under US patents #5,715,174, #5,764,892, #5,802,280, #5,896,497, #6,244,758, #6,269,392, #6,300,863, and #6,507,914; Canadian Patents #2284806 and #2205370; U.K. patents #EP793823, and #GB2338101; German patent #0793823; Australian patent #699045; and Japan patent #4067035.

SecureRetrieve has been licensed to distribute its SecureRetrieve offerings under US patents #5,715,174, #5,764,892, #5,802,280, #5,896,497, #6,244,758, #6,269,392, #6,300,863, and #6,507,914; Canadian Patents #2284806 and #2205370; U.K. patents #EP793823, and #GB2338101; German patent #0793823; Australian patent #699045; and Japan patent #4067035.

Tri-8 has been licensed to distribute its MyLaptopGPS offerings under US patents #5,715,174, #5,764,892, #5,802,280, #5,896,497, #6,244,758, #6,269,392, #6,300,863, and #6,507,914; Canadian Patents #2284806 and #2205370; U.K. patents #EP793823, and #GB2338101; German patent #0793823; Australian patent #699045; and Japan patent #4067035.

Awareness Technologies, Inc. has been licensed to distribute its Interguard and Laptop Cop offerings under US patents #5,715,174, #5,764,892, #5,802,280, #5,896,497, #6,244,758, #6,269,392, #6,300,863, and #6,507,914; Canadian Patents #2284806 and #2205370; U.K. patents #EP793823, and #GB2338101; German patent #0793823; Australian patent #699045; and Japan patent #4067035.

Detto Technologies, Inc has been licensed to distribute its Laptop Cop offerings under US patents #5,715,174, #5,764,892, #5,802,280, #5,896,497, #6,244,758, #6,269,392, #6,300,863, and #6,507,914; Canadian Patents #2284806 and #2205370; U.K. patents #EP793823, and #GB2338101; German patent #0793823; Australian patent #699045; and Japan patent #4067035.

Steganos GmbH has been licensed to distribute its AntiTheft offerings under US patents #5,715,174, #5,764,892, #5,802,280, #5,896,497, #6,244,758, #6,269,392, #6,300,863, and #6,507,914; Canadian Patents #2284806 and #2205370; U.K. patents #EP793823, and #GB2338101; German patent #0793823; Australian patent #699045; and Japan patent #4067035.

Peak Positioning Corporation has been licensed to distribute its HomeWave and Peak Positioning offerings under US patents #5,715,174, #5,764,892, #5,802,280, #5,896,497, #6,244,758, #6,269,392, #6,300,863, #6,507,914, #6,087,937, #7,818,803 and #7,818,557; Canadian patents #2284806, #2205370 and #2211735; U.K. patents #EP0793823, #GB2338101 and GB2298302; German patent #DE0793823; Australian patent #699045; and Japanese patent #4067035.

Licensing Program

In addition to the parties mentioned above, those interested in obtaining a license to Absolute’s intellectual property should contact Absolute’s Legal Department at 604-730-9851 or 1-877-553-6862..