ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,743,900, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to S2W INC. (Seongnam-si, South Korea).

"Method, apparatus, and computer program for detecting unauthorized use of brand logos" was invented by In Wook Hwang (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Ki Cheol Kim (Seongnam-si, South Korea) and Keun Tae Park (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a method, device, and computer program capable of detecting whether a brand logo is illegally being used by an unauthorized person using an image and text of the brand logo. The present disclosure provides a detection technique capable of accurately detecting illegal use o...