Desi ne-am obisnuit ca Apple sa cheme in instante diverse companii pentru presupuse incalcari ale unor brevete de inventie, iata ca Wi-Lan a hotarat sa cheme Apple in judecata pentru incalcarea a 2 brevete de inventie ce au legatura cu tehnologia Wi-Fi. Apple impreuna cu Alcatel-Lucent, Dell, Hewlett Packard, HTC, Kyocera, Novatel si Sierra Wireless au de infruntat compania Wi-Lan care sustine ca aceste brevetele sale de inventie U.S. Patent No. RE 37,802 si U.S. Patent No. 5,282,222 au fost incalcate cu buna stiinta de catre companiile numite mai sus in construirea unor dispozitive electronice.
Canadian technology licensing company WiLan Inc said on Friday it had begun its patent infringement cases against Apple Inc, Dell, Hewlett-Packard and six other companies. WiLan said the companies infringed two of its patents related to telecom, Wi-Fi and the rapidly expanding Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology. Shares of WiLan, which is currently in hostile pursuit of peer Mosaid Technologies, closed at C$7.06 on Thursday on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
Desigur ca sansele ca Apple sa fie obligata sa plateasca licentierea acelor tehnologii catre Wi-Lan sunt mici insa compania canadiana pare interesata sa scoate cativa bani de le companiile prezentate mai sus. Apple are intotdeauna grija sa implementeze tehnologii care fie sunt libere fie sunt brevetate de catre companii cu care a incheiat o intelegere deci asemenea procese au rareori succes.