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WiLAN gets day in court w/ Ericsson for patent infringement
Thursday 19 January 2017 | 09:33 CET | News

Licensing group WiLAN said that a ruling by the appeals court in Florida means the group will be taking Ericsson to court for the infringement of three patents related to LTE technologies.

The dispute goes back to 2006 when WiLAN accused Ericsson of infringing four patents relating to wireless standards. The group intended to take Ericsson to court over three of the patents (8,229,437, 8,027,298 and 8,249,014) related to LTE technologies but a Florida federal judge cancelled the trial, set to take place on 26 May 2015. At the time, the court said that two of the patents had not been infringed and that the third patent was invalid. The appeals court in Florida has now overturned this ruling, finding that the 8,229,437 patent should not have been found invalid and the 8,027,298 and 8,249,014 patents should not have been found non-infringed as there are material disputes of fact.

The Court of Appeals also affirmed the Florida District Court's ruling that Ericsson was not entitled to most favoured licensee treatment on the three patents at issue based on a 2007 Agreement between WiLAN and Ericsson. WiLAN CEO Jim Skippen said the ruling paves the way for a trial to begin against Ericsson.

https://www.telecompaper.com/news/wilan-gets-day-in-court-w-ericsson-for-patent-infringement--1180128