maria luz calibo
Sep 3, 2011

Apple, others facing mobile patent threats from Openwave and Wi-LAN

While Apple is fighting it out with other mobile heavyweights—Samsung, Motorola, and HTC, to name a few—the company is facing new threats from two companies that largely make a business of licensing or litigating technology patents. Openwave Systems has targeted Apple and RIM over five seemingly broad mobile device patents, both in federal district court and the International Trade Commission (ITC). Meanwhile, Canada-based Wi-LAN is...