Volume IX

Issue : 7: December 2, 2010

• Ontario Judge Endorses Substituted Service Through Facebook
• Facebook Closer to Trademarking "Face"
• WiLAN Sues Major Tech Companies in the U.S. Alleging Patent Infringement
• SAP to Pay Oracle $1.3 Billion for Infringement
• U.S. Shuts Down Web Sites in Piracy Crackdown
• Motorola Files ITC Complaint Re: Xbox
• Chinese Woman Detained for Retweeting
• Ontario Invites Online Consultation

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WiLAN Sues Major Tech Companies in the U.S. Alleging Patent Infringement

An Ottawa-based wireless company with a history of filing patent infringement claims against major leading technology companies recently filed a new lawsuit alleging patent infringement over technology in cable modems. The Canadian wireless company, WiLAN, launched the lawsuits against Comcast, Time Warner, and Charter Communications in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.  WiLAN alleges that these cable companies have been "marketing and selling cable systems and modems", thus violating U.S. patent No. 5,761,602. This patent covers "the broadcasting of data to a number of remote networks and computers."

Last month WiLAN filed patent infringement lawsuits against Alcatel-Lucent, Sony Ericsson, LG Electronics, and other mobile communication companies. Similarly, in April, WiLAN filed lawsuits against Acer, Apple, Dell, HP, Lenovo and various other technology companies alleging patent infringement due to their use of Bluetooth in PCs and mobile phones.

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