Friday, November 15, 2019

Caltech Continues Legal Battle With Apple Over Wi-Fi Patents

A Federal Circuit court has upheld a decision in favor of Caltech, over a decision by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, which upheld parts of two Wi-Fi patents held by the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), in a continuing battle between Caltech and Apple. The decision is the latest chapter in a lawsuit filed by Caltech in 2016, which alleges that Apple is using Wi-Fi chips that infringe on four of Caltech's patents. The lawsuit, when it was filed, had targeted Apple saying it had used its patents in almost all of its products developed since the iPhone 5. Caltec say its patents cover technology used in the 802.11n and 802.11ac Wi-Fi standards.

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