Canadian society, small business Wi-LAN 18 days before the IT companies to court, accusing them of violating their patent for Bluetooth technology. Wi-LAN said that these companies produce and sell the use of Bluetooth technology, PCs, mobile phones and other violations of the company U. S. No. 5515369 patent.
The prosecutions have been undertaken Wi-LAN, including Acer, Apple, Dell, HP, Lenovo, Motorola, Sony, Toshiba, Intel, LG, etc., that Wi-LAN Patent No. 5,515,369 for the company in 1996 covers “In frequency hopping communication network in the frequency sharing and frequency output of the method.”
Wi-LAN in the compensation proceedings are not precise figures, but the defendant on the intentional tort damages to three times the damages.
Wi-LAN at the same time has also been accused equipment manufacturers Atheros Communications wireless, accessories giant, Belkin, Broadcom Corporation, the network equipment maker D-Link Corporation, a subsidiary of Acer, Gateway, Marvell Semiconductor Personal Communications Devices, Texas Instruments, UT Starcom and.
Currently, Intel, HP, Apple, Dell Dengjun do not want to comment the case.