A Medical Device Daily

Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing (RAKTL; Los Angeles) and WellPoint (Indianapolis) reported settlement of patent litigation in which WellPoint has agreed to pay an undisclosed sum for a nonexclusive license under a comprehensive portfolio of patents that Katz owns relating to interactive voice applications.

The license covers services offered by WellPoint in the automated healthcare services field of use including customer service delivered through automated systems and live agents. Other terms of the license were not disclosed.

The patents held by RAKTL cover a wide range of interactive technology including automated forms for customer service, prescription refill services, securities trading, merchandising, prepaid services, telephone conferences, registration, home shopping, as well as functions involved in securing information from databases by telephone, interactive cable transactions, and various other uses of toll-free and local numbers.

More than 200 other companies have license rights under this portfolio.