Humana signs license agreement with Ronald A. Katz Technology

Humana, Inc., a health and supplemental benefits company, has signed a non-exclusive license agreement with Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing, L.P., a company engaged in the licensing business, for a comprehensive portfolio of patents that Katz owns relating to interactive voice applications. Both the companies are based in the US.

The non-exclusive license covers services offered by Humana and its subsidiaries in the "Automated Health Care Services" Field of use, including customer service provided via automated systems and live agents.

The patents held by Ronald A. Katz Technology cover a wide range of interactive technology including automated forms of: 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.

Deal Type    Partnership
Sub-Category Licensing Agreement
Deal Status  Announced: 2009-04-08

Deal Participants

Partner 1 (Company) Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing, L.P.
Partner 2 (Company) Humana, Inc.

Related terms: business, health, local, partnership, securities, technology