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Novatel Wireless said it filed another lawsuit against ZTE and...

Novatel Wireless said it filed another lawsuit against ZTE and its U.S. subsidiary over patent infringement. The suit, filed in the U.S. District Court in San Diego, claims ZTE violated Novatel’s MiFi mobile hotspots and wireless data modems patents. “Novatel…

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Wireless is the inventor of the MiFi Intelligent Mobile Hotspot and we continue to lead the product category with a focus on innovation, best-in-class user experience, superior performance and advanced security,” Novatel CEO Peter Leparulo said in a Tuesday news release. “We are committed to protecting our innovations and our intellectual property from those who take our proprietary technology.” Novatel said this is the second lawsuit it has filed against ZTE over patent infringement related to mobile hotspot technology (http://xrl.us/bnvorc). Vringo, a video ringtone and intellectual property company, filed suit against ZTE’s U.K. subsidiary Oct. 8 over infringement related to three Vringo patents on handsets and base station technology (http://xrl.us/bnvork).