A lawsuit was filed against three mobile phone manufacturers because of bluetooth
The American Research Institute has filed a lawsuit against the three largest mobile phone manufacturers in the world due to their violation of the Bluetooth patent.
The plaintiff is the organization Washington Research Foundation, which sells and promotes technologies developed at universities, filed a complaint against companies: Nokia, Samsung Electronics and Panasonic on the basis that all three companies used radio frequency reception technology, which was patented by the scientist of the above mentioned organizations in 1999. The lawsuit was filed on December 21 in the Seattle Federal District.
The bluetooth technology, as an alternative to wiring, was invented by engineer Jaap C. Haartsen at Ericsson in the mid-nineties and was developed by engineers from Ericsson and four other companies.
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Nokia refused to comment on the claim, but Samsung and Panasonic could not immediately respond to the accusation.
Bluetooth has been donated to the world in order to create a global standard for wireless connectivity with mobile phones, laptops, headphones and other electronic devices.
The complaint relates to devices that support bluetooth, which are sold or used in the United States. In the near future, regulation will thus affect 15-20 percent of all sales of bluetooth-enabled devices in the world, says Neil Mawston, an analyst at Strategy Analytics research group.
However, Ben Wood (Ben Wood), a consultant to CSS Insight, believes that the success of the claim will pose a threat to the standard. “The standard, the use of which everyone considers to be donor-free, is now under the threat that the use of this element in mobile phones and other devices will be paid,” he believes.
Despite the fact that the lawsuit contains the names of three specific companies, the subject of the claim is devices based on bluetooth chip from the British company CSR, which owns more than 50 percent of the global bluetooth chip market.
Against the CSR itself, located in Cambridge, the lawsuit was not filed, because the company does not sell chips directly to the United States.
This high-profile case unleashed a rival to CSR, the company Broadcom Corporation (Irvine, California), which, according to the WRF, has acquired a license to use radio technology.
The plaintiff is the organization Washington Research Foundation, which sells and promotes technologies developed at universities, filed a complaint against companies: Nokia, Samsung Electronics and Panasonic on the basis that all three companies used radio frequency reception technology, which was patented by the scientist of the above mentioned organizations in 1999. The lawsuit was filed on December 21 in the Seattle Federal District.
The bluetooth technology, as an alternative to wiring, was invented by engineer Jaap C. Haartsen at Ericsson in the mid-nineties and was developed by engineers from Ericsson and four other companies.
')
Nokia refused to comment on the claim, but Samsung and Panasonic could not immediately respond to the accusation.
Bluetooth has been donated to the world in order to create a global standard for wireless connectivity with mobile phones, laptops, headphones and other electronic devices.
The complaint relates to devices that support bluetooth, which are sold or used in the United States. In the near future, regulation will thus affect 15-20 percent of all sales of bluetooth-enabled devices in the world, says Neil Mawston, an analyst at Strategy Analytics research group.
However, Ben Wood (Ben Wood), a consultant to CSS Insight, believes that the success of the claim will pose a threat to the standard. “The standard, the use of which everyone considers to be donor-free, is now under the threat that the use of this element in mobile phones and other devices will be paid,” he believes.
Despite the fact that the lawsuit contains the names of three specific companies, the subject of the claim is devices based on bluetooth chip from the British company CSR, which owns more than 50 percent of the global bluetooth chip market.
Against the CSR itself, located in Cambridge, the lawsuit was not filed, because the company does not sell chips directly to the United States.
This high-profile case unleashed a rival to CSR, the company Broadcom Corporation (Irvine, California), which, according to the WRF, has acquired a license to use radio technology.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/30878/
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