NeoMedia Technologies, Inc (NEOM)

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QR and DATA MATRIX codes are 2d codes and are not covered by NEOMs patents if the URL is embedded directly in the code, thus not requiring a resolution server to identify the code and match it to a URL.

NEOM does not own the space for QR and DATA MATRIX codes, as has been discussed here in great detail over the past several weeks.

NEOMs patents as you state, cover 2d codes when there is no URL embedded in the code, so technically speaking yes a QR or a DATA MATRIX code could well be covered, if its just a symbol that needs to be matched to a URL, using a data base.

But apparently no one using QR codes is not embedding the URL. They are out there and being used as we speak, just as DATA MATRIX codes are out there and being used, and to the best of my knowledge NEOM isnt recieving a dime of revenue off either.