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

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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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