Apple sued for alleged infringement of wireless communications patents
News Highlights: Apple sued for alleged infringement of wireless communications patents
Apple has been hit by a lawsuit alleging that the iPhone and other mobile products infringe a handful of wireless patents.
The complaint, which was filed Wednesday in the US District Court for the Western District of Texas, alleges that Apple knowingly infringes five pieces of intellectual property owned by Delaware-based Neo Wireless, LLC.
Those patents target some of the underlying systems related to wireless communications, frequency bands and other cellular technologies. First submitted between 2005 and 2004 by inventor Xiaodong Li and other co-inventors, they cover parts of the technology related to LTE standards completed under the 3rd Generation Partnership Project – a group of standards organizations developing telecom protocols.