May 23, 2017 – Law360, New York By Nicole Narea
Apple and Visa were hit with a patent infringement suit in Delaware federal court on Sunday alleging that they rejected a licensing deal with an early developer of personal identity authentication technology for a contactless payment system and nevertheless went to market with their own version, Apple Pay.
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May 22, 2017 – Bisnow Boston by Cameron Sperance
A small, Boston-based technology company known for its work in security and personal identity authentication filed a lawsuit Sunday in U.S. District Court in Delaware against Apple and Visa, claiming the two corporate giants infringed on its patents to create Apple Pay. Universal Secure Registry’s claim alleges its founder and CEO, Kenneth Weiss, was the first in the mobile payment space with his patents for security and identity authentication, which he revealed to Apple and Visa in 2010. The secure payment technology he developed is the core of Apple Pay, according to the filing. The suit seeks unspecified damages, but hundreds of millions of dollars are believed to be at stake based on prior and ongoing patent infringement lawsuits with the smartphone.
May 22, 2017 – Bloomberg Technology by Christopher Yasiejko
Apple Inc. and Visa Inc. are facing claims by Universal Secure Registry, a small Boston-area company, that their mobile-payment partnership infringes four of its patents. In a federal lawsuit filed in Wilmington, Delaware, USR said it sent Apple a series of letters in 2010 describing its patented technology and seeking a partnership long before Apple Pay’s debut. One letter detailed USR’s patent for using biometrics to authenticate identity on a smartphone, according to the complaint filed May 21.
May 22, 2017 – The New York Times by Vindu Goel
A small Boston company, founded by the inventor of a popular corporate encryption technology called RSA SecurID, sued Apple and Visa on Sunday, arguing that the Apple Pay digital payment technology violates its patents.
The lawsuit, filed by Universal Secure Registry in Federal District Court in Delaware, says that its chief executive, Kenneth P. Weiss, received 13 patents for authentication systems that use a smartphone, biometric identification such as a fingerprint and the generation of secure one-time tokens to conduct financial transactions.
May 22, 2017 – The Boston Globe by Vindu Goel
A small Boston company, founded by the inventor of a popular corporate encryption technology called RSA SecurID, sued Apple and Visa on Sunday, arguing that the Apple Pay digital payment technology violates its patents. The lawsuit, filed by Universal Secure Registry in Federal District Court in Delaware, says that its chief executive, Kenneth P. Weiss, received 13 patents for authentication systems that use a smartphone, biometric identification such as a fingerprint and the generation of secure one-time tokens to conduct financial transactions.
BOSTON – (May 22, 2017) – Universal Secure Registry™, LLC (USR) a small Boston area company, filed a complaint in United States District Court for the District of Delaware challenging two of the world’s largest companies, Apple Inc., and Visa Inc., as well as Visa Inc.’s subsidiary Visa U.S.A. Inc., in a lawsuit alleging they infringed seminal patents for electronic payments and identity authentication that paved the way for their mobile payment platforms.
February 24, 2014 – Boston Business Journal (bizjournals.com – techflash)
Ken Weiss founded the company now known as RSA and invented its signature security product, the widely used authentication token SecurID, more than two decades ago. But that was long before the emergence of the smartphone — a device that could make authenticating yourself radically more secure and convenient, Weiss said in an interview.
January 24, 2014 – Secure ID News by Zach Martin
Kenneth Weiss, developer of the token-based authentication technology that became RSA’s SecurID, is working on a smart phone app that would enable users up to three-factor authentication to a laptop or PC – with no additional hardware. “You’re protecting your device with something you already have,” says Weiss, now founder and CEO at Universal Secure Registry.
Boston, Mass. – December 17, 2013 – Universal Secure Registry™, LLC (USR), an identity authentication company, today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued US Patent No. 8,613,052 covering breakthrough technology allowing individuals to conveniently and securely authenticate their identity via their smartphone. The proprietary technology is part of a family of recently-issued patents that represent a revolutionary way for individuals to conveniently authenticate their identity remotely, wirelessly, continuously, and with greater security than any other available solution.
December 17, 2013 – The Wall Street Journal By Michael Hickins, Editor
New innovations are coming to market in response to escalating cyberattacks from a range of criminal gangs, political groups and even nations. Kenneth P. Weiss, the entrepreneur who invented the computer password fobs that millions of people carry with them daily, tells CIO Journal that he has received a patent on a next-generation cybersecurity system.
December 16, 2013 – The Wall Street Journal By Steve Rosenbush
Kenneth P. Weiss, the entrepreneur who invented the computer password devices that millions of people carry with them daily, told CIO Journal that he has received a patent on a next-generation cybersecurity system.
December 17, 2013 – Boston.com (Marketwired)
Patent Covers World’s First Secure, Portable, Integrated, 3-Factor, Wireless Identity Authentication Mobile Device; Seminal Technology Conveniently and Automatically Locks and Unlocks Computers by Wireless Signal.
April, 2012 – Bank Systems & Technology By Kenneth P. Weiss
PERSPECTIVE: MOBILE PAYMENTS and LEMMINGS (A definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results)
January 27, 2012 – Network World By Tim Greene
Young companies’ offerings range from content delivery networks to securing BYOD to multi-factor authentication.
January 6, 2011 – Infoboom By Brandy Courtade
The father of RSA’s SecurID token, Kenneth Weiss, found it “cute” and didn’t think it was “serious security.” Microsoft is certainly making it hard for IT pros to take them seriously with this move–which is potentially fatal since Windows does best in the enterprise space.
December 22, 2011 – CIO Update By Jeff Vance
“Unless the four credit card giants engage in innovative leadership with a universal application, they will lose more than 30 percent of their market share by the end of the decade,” said Kenneth Weiss, CEO of Universal Secure Registry.
December 22, 2011 – Network World By Tim Greene
‘I don’t think it’s serious security,’ says Kenneth Weiss of next Microsoft OS security feature.
October 1, 2011 – Biometrics Technology Today By Kenneth Weiss
Kenneth Weiss, USR, examines the security implications of using biometrics to authenticate payments via mobile devices.
September 13, 2011 – Network World By Dave Kearns
Kenneth P. Weiss founded Security Dynamics in 1984, served as CEO until 1986 and remained chairman of the board and CTO until 1996. Under his watch the company developed the SecurID token.
September 8, 2011 – Digital ID News by Zack Martin
While there are many one-time passcode devices on the market, RSA’s football-shaped key fobs are most often associated with the technology. In March a well-publicized hack of RSA’s seed code for its SecurID solutions sent shockwaves through the ID community.
September 2011 – Smart Money: The Wall Street Journal Magazine by Charles Passy
A surprising number of Americans are lugging around wallets fatter than their family pets. Here’s why those hefty billfolds can drag you down–and what to do about it.
August, 31, 2011 – Biometrics Security News and Information by Ravindra Das
As we continue to break away from the traditional brick and mortar ways of shopping, and continue with the trend of online shopping most notably from our Smartphone, the fears of making sure our payments and private/confidential information are secure and are accurately received by the vendor or retailer with whom are making the purchase from becomes even greater.
August 30, 2011 – Homeland Security Newswire
New patent awarded to Universal Secure Registry
August, 29, 2011 – Global Security Pipeline by Hollie Slade
Universal Secure Registry LLC (“USR”), an enabling mobile payment security technology and identity authentication company, announced it has secured a new patent, covering key aspects of USR’s proprietary technology for secure financial transactions.
August 29, 2011 – TMCnet.com By Raju Shanbhag
Universal Secure Registry has announced that the company has received patent from the United States Patent and Trademark office which covers key aspects of USR’s proprietary technology for secure financial transactions.
August 26, 2011 – Planet Biometrics
Universal Secure Registry (USR) has been awarded patent US 8,001,055 B2 by the US Patent and Trademark office (USPTO).
August 24, 2011 – Reuters Online
Universal Secure Registry(TM) LLC (USR), an enabling mobile payment security technology and identity authentication company, today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark office issued the company patent US 8,001,055 B2 on Tuesday, August 16, 2011, covering key aspects of USR’s proprietary technology for secure financial transactions.
August 24, 2011 – Third Factor
Universal Secure Registry LLC (USR), a mobile payment security technology and identity authentication company, announced that the United States Patent and Trademark office issued the company patent US 8,001,055 B2 on covering key aspects of the company’s proprietary technology for secure financial transactions.
July 13, 2011 – SecureIDNews
Gina Jordan spoke with Ken Weiss about his latest venture and the RSA SecurID breach.
July 5, 2011 – Homeland Security Newswire
The man who invented the two-factor authentication SecurID token has just unveiled a more secure authentication system using voice biometrics.
July 4, 2011 – The Boston Globe by Scott Kirsner
Kenneth Weiss believes two things:
1. Our mobile phones will soon do the job of all of those rectangular pieces of plastic that crowd our wallets, whether Charlie Cards or AmEx cards.
2. Securing our phones, and protecting the wireless transactions they engage in, will require a high grade of authentication…
July 4, 2011 – The Paypers
Universal Secure Registry, a US mobile payment security technology enabler and identity authentication company has released its electronic wallet available for mobile phone users.
June 30, 2011 – Le Monde Informatique by Jean Elyan (via Ellen Messmer)
La nouvelle technologie d’authentification de Kenneth Weiss, qui utilise en plus la biométrie vocale, pourrait être déployée pour sécuriser les paiements mobiles, les transactions bancaires et le cloud computing.
June 30, 2011 – Global Security Pipeline by Hollie Slade
Investors are falling over themselves to invest in mobile payments. …
However, a pertinent question remains. Is the technology actually secure? Kenneth Weiss, inventor of the SecurID tokens, whose technology is relied upon by more than 100 million people, Fortune 500 companies, as well as corporations, consumers, governments, and banks in more than 30 countries, told Global Security pipeline in an exclusive interview that he doesn’t think so.
June 29, 2011 – Network World by Ellen Messmer
The inventor of the two-factor authentication SecurID token says the latest technology he’s come up with is better because it can be used with a voiceprint biometric, plus it can be deployed for purposes of secure authentication in mobile phones, payments and cloud computing.
June 28, 2011 – TMCnet.com by Raju Shanbhag
Universal Secure Registry (USR) has announced that its USR electronic wallet patented technology is now available to third parties.
June 27, 2011 – Security Week by Mike Lennon
Universal Secure Registry LLC (USR), a mobile payment security technology and identity authentication company founded by Kenneth Weiss, the inventor of the technology behind the SecurID tokens now owned by RSA, today announced licensing availability of its patented electronic wallet technology to third parties including credit card companies, wireless carriers, banks, retailers and others.
June 27, 2011 – Yahoo! Finance
Universal Secure Registry™ LLC (USR), an enabling mobile payment security technology and identity authentication company, today announced the availability of its USR electronic wallet patented technology to third parties including credit card companies, wireless carriers, banks, retailers and others for licensing.
June 27, 2011 – Boston.com by Scott Kirsner
Kenneth Weiss believes two things:
1. Our mobile phones will soon do the job of all of those rectangular pieces of plastic that crowd our wallets, whether Charlie Cards or AmEx cards.
2. Securing our phones, and protecting the wireless transactions they engage in, will require a high grade of authentication…
