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22 Companies Sued Over Wi-Fi Patents

Posted by kdawson on from the all-my-trolls-live-in-texas dept.

Newer Guy writes "Wi-LAN, another patent holding company, has sued 22 companies that make or sell wireless routers. Defendants include Apple. Atheros, Belkin, Best Buy, Buffalo, Dell, HP, Intel, and Lenovo. Wi-LAN has a portfolio of more than 280 issued or pending patents." Of course the two patent suits were filed in Marshall, Texas.

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  1. Re:interesting here that -- by wizzard2k · · Score: 5, Informative

    They sued Cisco 3 years ago.

  2. Actually by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    Wi-LAN was an early innovator in the field of wireless stuff. They weren't formed as a patent holding company. Unfortunately, they couldn't compete in the post 802.11 market, and slowly withered away. They were part of the team that developed the WiMAX standard, and did a lot of pioneering work with OFDM. A year or so ago, they finally gave up and sold the various pieces of the company off to various other companies... *cough* fujitsu *cough*. Blame them.

  3. Re:interesting here that -- by wizzard2k · · Score: 5, Informative
    They settled.

    As part of the agreement, Cisco also received a license to Wi-LAN's patent portfolio. Other terms and conditions of the agreement are confidential.
  4. List of Patents by Anti_Climax · · Score: 4, Informative

    For those that are curious, a list of the patents Wi-LAN holds is here:

    http://www.wi-lan.com/patents/patents-issued.aspx

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