InterDigital Hits Lenovo, Motorola With Patent Fights
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Law360 (September 6, 2023, 7:02 PM EDT) -- Wireless and video technology company InterDigital has launched legal proceedings in federal district court and at the International Trade Commission alleging Lenovo and Motorola laptops, desktops, tablets and smartphones infringe multiple patents on coding and wireless technology.
Various InterDigital entities filed a complaint in North Carolina federal court and at the ITC Friday against Lenovo and Motorola, claiming they infringed five InterDigital patents that "enable wireless file-sharing between devices" and are important to "delivery and consumption of an enormous amount of video content on a daily basis."
In the district court case, InterDigital wants a finding that Lenovo is infringing the patents-at-issue and for damages, among other things, according to court records.
In the ITC case, InterDigital is seeking a ban on imports of the products, including the Lenovo ThinkPad laptop and Motorola Edge+ smartphone, according to ITC records.
Chinese technology giant Lenovo earlier this summer walked away the "overall winner" in a London court judgment on costs in its long-running dispute with wireless and video technology company InterDigital over fair, reasonable and nondiscriminatory licensing rates for wireless patents.
"We remain committed to receiving a fair return on the billions of dollars that we have invested in foundational wireless and video innovation that drives so much of the connected world around us and which Lenovo continues to infringe in a number of their products," Josh Schmidt, InterDigital's chief legal officer, said in a statement to Law360 Wednesday.
Representatives for Lenovo and Motorola did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The patents-at-issue are U.S. Patent Nos. 10,250,877; 8,674,859; 9,674,556; 9,173,054 and 8,737,933.
InterDigital is represented by M. Scott Stevens, Philip C. Ducker, Katherine G. Rubschlager, Ryan W. Koppelman, Neal A. Larson, Jenny J. Wang and Adam D. Swain of Alston & Bird LLP.
Counsel for Lenovo and Motorola was not immediately available Wednesday.
The district court case is InterDigital Inc. et al. v. Lenovo Group Limited et al., case number 5:23-cv-00493, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina.
--Additional reporting by Alex Baldwin. Editing by Caitlin Wolper.
