Panda Interactive, a part of SportsCastr, has filed separate lawsuits on the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas towards Genius Sports and Sportradar for copyright infringement.
The generation company, which develops proprietary cloud-primarily based totally software program that allows media, leagues and sportsbooks to provide interactive viewing experiences, is being represented with the aid of using King & Spalding LLP withinside the case.
Donald Schupak, Panda Interactive Chairman, said: “We have made huge investments withinside the improvement of our generation and can’t tolerate having our patented generation used unfairly with the aid of using others and towards us.
“No one desires to see their very own arsenal used towards them in battle.”
The flagship product from SportsCastr, Panda Studio, is a turnkey ‘Watch&Bet’ platform that lets in visitors to have interaction with stay activities with in-circulate making a bet.
Kevin April, Panda Interactive CEO, said: “The confluence of media and sports activities making a bet is critical to the destiny of the fan-viewing experience.
“Panda advanced its pioneering generation lengthy earlier than on-line sports activities making a bet became even felony withinside the US. Sportradar and Genius Sports are infringing on our patents and capitalizing on our groundbreaking work.”
The SportsCastr Watch&Bet platform has been incorporated with the aid of using some of sportsbook and media companies.
Andrew Schupak, Panda Interactive’s Chief Strategy Officer, said: “Panda’s generation is transformational for sports activities bettors and sportsbooks.
“By combining actionable making a bet odds with any stay or on-call for broadcast, Panda’s platform removes transaction friction, reduces choice fatigue and will increase fan engagement.”