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AT&T targeted in $1.35bn patent suit over connected devices
28-01-2021
19-08-2016
American telecommunications company AT&T is at the centre of a $1.35 billion patent infringement lawsuit relating to the technology which connects smart devices to one another.
Seattle-based technology company Network Apps filed the complaint at the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Tuesday, January 26.
Network Apps said the “astonishing” technology that enables multiple devices to sync is at the centre of the dispute.
AT&T entered into non-disclosure, development, and licensing agreements with Mya Number now known as ‘Network Apps’ in November 2013, having sought out the technology company earlier in the year to establish how consumers’ smart devices can connect to one another.
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AT&T is sued for US$1.35 billion over technology to synchronize smart devices AT&T Inc was sued on Tuesday for at least US$1.35 billion by a Seattle company that accused the telecommunications giant of stealing its patented twinning technology, which lets smart devices such as watches and tablets respond to calls placed to a single phone number.
FILE PHOTO: The AT&T logo is pictures on a building in Los Angeles, California, U.S. August 10, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake//File Photo
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A Seattle-based company on Tuesday sued telecommunications giant AT&T for $1.35 billion, alleging the company stole its patented “twinning” technology that allows multiple devices to respond to the same phone nu
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FILE PHOTO: The AT&T logo is pictures on a building in Los Angeles, California, U.S. August 10, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake//File Photo
NEW YORK (Reuters) - AT&T Inc was sued on Tuesday for at least $1.35 billion by a Seattle company that accused the telecommunications giant of stealing its patented “twinning” technology, which lets smart devices such as watches and tablets respond to calls placed to a single phone number.
Network Apps LLC said AT&T abandoned joint development and licensing agreements for its technology in 2014 after realizing it would owe a “fortune” in royalties because the market for smart devices was exploding, only to then incorporate the technology a year later in its own product, NumberSync.