Canada’s Wi-LAN takes on Apple — and others
“A method for allowing a number of wireless transceivers to exchange information (data, voice or video) with each other. A first frame of information is multiplexed over a number of wideband frequency bands at a first transceiver, and the information transmitted to a second transceiver. The information is received and processed at the second transceiver. The information is differentially encoded using phase shift keying. In addition, after a pre-selected time interval, the first transceiver may transmit again. During the preselected time interval, the second transceiver may exchange information with another transceiver in a time duplex fashion. The processing of the signal at the second transceiver may include estimating the phase differential of the transmitted signal and pre-distorting the transmitted signal. A transceiver includes an encoder for encoding information, a wideband frequency division multiplexer for multiplexing the information onto wideband frequency voice channels … ”
That’s patent the current US cassification for patents , 375/260; 375/219; 375/298; 375/E01.002; 380/34, filed by Michel Fattouche, and Hatim Zagloul.
“John Lindgren had a hard time keeping his mouth shut last week.
The “chief executive of Mosaid Technologies Inc. addressed analyst concerns over the Ottawa-based patent holding firm lacking a robust wireless portfolio during the company’s Aug. 25 earnings call, saying those claims were a “misperception.”
“Our achievements make clear that is just not the case,” Mr. Lindgren said then.
What Mr. Lindgren couldn’t talk about was a deal he was about to strike with Microsoft Corp. and Nokia Corp. that would give Mosaid control of 2,000 advanced cellular technology patents originally filed by the Finnish phone giant.
Announced on Thursday, the agreement catapults Mosaid into the most lucrative arena of patent warfare — and potentially culls a standing hostile takeover bid.
“The company is in the process of considering an unsolicited $480-million buyout offer made by rival Ottawa patent firm Wi-Lan Inc. last month, continues, the Financial Post.
“Also on last week’s Mosaid earnings call, a special committee of Mosaid’s board of directors called the offer “opportunistic” and said they would issue a formal response no later than September 7.
Now, “WiLAN, a company that holds a number of patents related to the wireless industry, has launched another patent infringement lawsuit against Apple, Hewlett-Packard, Dell, and other, says CNET News.
In June, 2004, Wi-LAN based in Calgary, Alberta, Took on Radiata Communications, a supplier of chipsets for high-speed wireless networks, saying the it’d infringed its Wideband Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (W-OFDM) patent.
“In November, 2000, Cisco bought Radiata, based in Australia, saying,’This acquisition strengthens Cisco’s New World strategy by expanding its ability to deliver next generation wireless networks using the IEEE 802.11a standard for faster data rates’.
Filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Tyler Division, WiLAN’s suit alleges that the defendants, which also include HTC, Alcatel-Lucent, and Sierra Wireless, violate patent RE37,802, which relates to CDMA and HSPA communications, as well as patent 5,282,222, related to Wi-Fi and LTE.
According to a p2pnet post, “Cisco’s Linksys Division and Aironet product line utilize advanced OFDM technology which, says Wi-LAN, infringe on its Canadian patent 2,064,975 and US patents No. 5,282,222 and 5,555,268.
’s our intent to collect, either directly or through component manufacturers, royalties from any company selling 802.11a, 802.11g or WiMAX Certified equipment.”
“This legal action against Cisco puts the industry on notice that Wi-LAN will aggressively protect its patent rights,” said ceo and president Sayed-Amr (Sisso) El HamamsyAt the time, adding, “Wi-LAN has consistently maintained that its patents are necessary for the implementation of the 2nd Generation WiFi Alliance standards, IEEE 802.11a and 802.11g, and the WiMAX Forum standards, IEEE 802.16 and the ETSI BRAN HiperMAN.
Would Wi-LAN win the David and Goliath battle?
“We think we have a claim with merit,” company business develoment Andrew Apedoe told p2pnet.
September 4th, 2011 at 11:51 pm
What ever happened to this p2pnet post from yesterday?
“Does Scientology owe Tom Cruise millions of dollars?
Does Scientology owe wee Tom Cruise millions of dollars in unpaid salaries?
The diminutive superstar has been one of (the?) principal spokesman for the cult since the year Dot.
Now, ” In a move that could send its Australian arm bankrupt, the controversial Church of Scientology may be forced to pay millions in backpay to former members,” says the Melbourne Herald Sun.
The nation’s workplace watchdog has received confidential statements from several former Scientology workers who claim they were underpaid, or not paid, for at least a decade,” it says, going on:
“It is understood some alleged victims told the Fair Work Ombudsman that they were paid only $2 a week for close to full-time work, and had to rely on welfare.
Cruise was never paid for his work as a staff front man, instead accepting pairs of custom-made ostrich leather ‘ lift’ shoes in lieu.”
I couldn’t forget that zinger. Too bad the whole thing disappeared.
Did the “Church” of Scientology unleash its army of lawyers on p2pnet, threatening a “billion year” legal battle because they didn’t have a s?
September 5th, 2011 at 7:23 pm
@ RW “What ever happened to this p2pnet post from yesterday?”
Quite frankly, my vision is getting worse and worse and this wouldn’t have been the first time, recently that I accidentally deleted a story.
It’s called scintillating scotoma http://www.p2pnet.net/story/53064 and it’s really making my life difficult.
It works like this — you tell the staff at the hospital that your vision is obscured by strange shapes. Nothing happens. Finally you speak to a higher up person, ie a doctor, and they tell you to go to an optometrist when you know full well it is a great deal more serious than that. Next you try your family doctor who finally makes an appointment with a ophthalmologist and so on and so on.
Every appointment takes three weeks or more to schedule and I’ve been five times so far. This is a short version of what really took place.
(This last paragraph was written by Liz, who is as fed up as Jon.)
September 6th, 2011 at 6:02 pm
Jon, it’s time to do a daily/weekly newscast.
Shoutcast or some other streaming service would be cool.
Maybe you can video stream or torrent an .avi.
It’s easier than typing and potentially more entertaining.
And don’t forget ctrl + and ctrl – to get your fonts bigger and smaller.