Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Samsung Electronics Co. and Nokia Oyj, are accused of using patented wireless-communication technology without permission in a lawsuit brought by the Washington Research Foundation.
Matsushita, the world’s biggest consumer-electronics maker, its Panasonic unit, as well as Samsung and Nokia are infringing four patents for technology sold under the "Bluetooth” name, the foundation said in a suit filed Dec. 21 in Seattle federal court. The technology lets users exchange data between mobile phones, PCs and other devices without using cables.
The nonprofit Washington Research Foundation, which has given more than $150 million to the University of Washington, is asking for a court order barring the sale of products that use the patented technology and monetary damages.
The Seattle-based foundation said it isn’t asserting patent- infringement claims against products that use Broadcom Corp. chipsets because Broadcom licenses the technology. Rather, the foundation said, the suit is aimed at products that use chipsets made by companies other than Broadcom, "specifically those manufactured by CSR Plc.”
Source: Chicago Tribune
So let me get this straight … Nokia, Samsung, and Matsushita are getting sued for using Bluetooth chipsets from a company who doesn’t have rights.
The logic meter isn’t picking up a signal.
Why not sue CSR?!