Wi-LAN claims WiFi and DSL patent infringement, sues everybody

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moosedude @ Nov 1st 2007 10:11AM

ok, one point I would like to make here.... Where the hell was WiLan several years back when all these other companies were trying to get WIFI off the ground? I remember it was a competition between bluetooth, and WIFI. Well, WIFI won. WiLan sat on their asses and let everyone ELSE pump up the market, and get the shit rolling. Now that there is a fat WIFI market, WiLan decides to milk it. BULLSHIT! Should have done that shit years ago! You sat on your ass, now deal with it! That is not a golden Willa Wonka ticket into the gold vault, it is a fricken patient that was not enforced / upheld by the holder while other companies were making their presence.

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mdm-adph @ Nov 1st 2007 10:59AM

Aye, they sat around and waited, and while IANAL, I'm pretty sure you can prove in court that it means they didn't care about their "patent."

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phil @ Nov 1st 2007 11:59AM

@mdm-adph:

Nope. Not at all. You're thinking of Trade Mark. That you have to actively and vigorously defend or risk losing it.

With patents, you can wait, selectively prosecute, whatever you want as long as the patent is valid. My guess is that they have "been in licensing talks" (another way of saying "trying to extort") and the expiration is looming. So, they are simply filing the lawsuits so they are in flight before the patents expire.

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