“WiLan Sues Giant Tech companies”
September 02, 2011 -WiLan, a Canadian patenting licensing company filed a patent infrigement suit against computer and software corporations Apple, Dell, HTC, Hewlett-Packard, Novatel, Alcatel-Lucent and Sierra Wireless.
WiLAN is a patent licensing company which previously offered wireless LAN products.
The suit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District Texas, where the complainant said that the above said companies encompassed one of its CDMA (code division multiple access) and HSPA (high-speed packet access) patents, another patent related to Wi-Fi and LTE (long-term evolution).
This is not the first time WiLan sued Apple,when it was involved at a previous suit with Cisco, Intel, NetGear, Atheros, and others.
It can be observed that the wireless market is filled with lawsuits. Apple against Motorola, Samsung and HTC; Oracle versus Google; and Microsoft and Motorola.
Wilan tried to purchase Mosaid,which announced acquisition of 2,000 patents of Nokia in August. But the latter party refuses to support the purchase.