Wi-LAN Moves to Reopen 4-Year-Old Patent Infringement Case Against LG
Lawyers for intellectual property licensing company Wi-LAN asked the U.S. District Court in Newark, New Jersey, to reopen their 4-year-old complaint alleging LG Electronics flat-panel TVs violated two Wi-LAN patents on display processing technology. U.S. Magistrate Judge James Clark signed…
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a November 2013 order terminating the complaint after the case was sent to arbitration. The order “provided that the parties retained the right to reopen the case” after arbitration, the Wi-LAN lawyers told Clark in a Wednesday letter (in Pacer). Now that arbitration has been completed, “Wi-Lan is prepared to file a formal motion to reopen the case should the Court so require,” the letter said. LG representatives didn’t comment Wednesday. Wi-LAN changed its name to Quarterhill, effective June 1.