The mobile metrics company, Telephia has filed a lawsuit against rival firm, M:Metrics for allegedly violating its intellectual property rights. The complaint asserts that M:Metrics has engaged in acts of patent infringement in connection with the development and distribution of smartphone metering software. The complaint is based upon multiple patents awarded to Telephia in the area of metering mobile devices.
"We believe that M:Metrics has violated Telephia's intellectual property rights through the unauthorized development of their smartphone metering panel," said Sid Gorham, President and CEO, Telephia. "It's regrettable that we need to resort to legal action, but we have been unable to obtain their cooperation through other means. We plan to vigorously protect and defend our intellectual property in this area."
"We believe that M:Metrics has deployed metering technology that not only infringes on Telephia's intellectual property but also creates unacceptable risks for consumers and mobile operators. By paying mobile subscribers to install metering software to their phones that has not been certified by carriers and device OEMs, M;Metrics is creating the potential for a wide range of device performance, customer service, and consumer privacy problems."
For their part, M:Metrics replied stating that the lawsuit has no merit. Will Hodgman, CEO, M:Metrics said, "Any reasonable inquiry into what M:Metrics' technology actually does would have clearly shown no infringement of those two patents."
Posted to the site on 19th June 2006
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