Dozens of LG Smartphone Models Infringe 4 WiLAN Patents, Alleges Complaint
Dozens of models of LG smartphones and other devices willfully infringe four WiLAN patents on 4G wireless technology, the intellectual property licensing firm alleged in a complaint (in Pacer) filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in San Diego. WiLAN “was…
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the first company in the world to build Wi-Fi and 4G data speeds into mobile devices, with speeds reaching up to 100 Mbps, and did so "a decade before 4G would become the standard in the wireless industry,” said the firm. LG’s infringement gives it “an unfair advantage” over its competitors, “many of whom have chosen to do the right thing” and license their use of WiLAN’s wireless technologies and patents, it said. WiLAN made “numerous efforts” unsuccessfully to license the technology to LG, but the company uses WiLAN’s 4G technologies “without paying anything,” it said. LG declined comment.