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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.

2 of 219 comments (clear)

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

    They sued Cisco 3 years ago.

  2. 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.