Sipco Wants Ban on Analog, Emerson Wireless Mesh Networking Products
Comments are due Monday on a complaint from Sipco requesting a Trade Act Section 337 import ban of wireless mesh networking products that allegedly infringe its patents. Its Aug. 6 complaint to the International Trade Commission alleged Emerson Electric and…
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subsidiaries and Analog Devices and its Linear Technology are among those manufacturing or importing the infringing products, used for monitoring or controlling wireless remote devices in industrial environments by way of a self-healing network. Sipco requests limited exclusion orders and cease and desist orders banning import and sale of Emerson Electric and Analog wireless mesh networking products. Sipco’s petition is "unfounded" and Emerson can't "comment as there is related litigation pending" in U.S District Court in Atlanta, said a spokesperson. Analog didn't comment Friday.