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Articles tagged with: Wisconsin
Wisconsin Senate passes texting ban for all drivers
All Wisconsin drivers, not just teenagers, would be banned from sending text messages while driving under a bill that passed the state Senate on Tuesday. more
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New Car-Ignition Key can Jam Mobile Phones
University of Utah researchers have developed an automobile ignition key that prevents teenagers (or anyone frankly) from talking on cell phones or sending text messages while driving. more
Related Tags: rfid, intel, bluetooth, gps, driving, rcom, hands-free, patents, maryland, 911, teenagers, california
Court Rules Compensation for Former Cingular Wireless Customers
A US court has ruled that some 7,000 Cingular Wireless customers in wisconsin are entitled to refunds from a debt collection agency after it added "illegal fees" to the debts. The collection firm, Afni Inc - a subsidiary of Arrow Financial, added fees equivalent to 15% of the outstanding debts. more
Qualcomm Loses GSM Patent Lawsuit in Germany
The German Federal Patent Court has ruled that a Qualcomm patent affecting
GSM phones is invalid - and threw out a case against Nokia. The original lawsuit
was filed by
Related Tags: qualcomm, patents, international-trade-commission, Germany
Wisconsin Senate Passes Bill to Ban Texting While Driving
The Senate of the US state of wisconsin has passed two bills which affect using a mobile phone while driving. The first bill bans the use of mobile phones while driving a bus, which mirrors laws passed in several US states. more
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Nokia and Qualcomm Calm their Patent War - Slightly
Qualcomm and Nokia on Friday agreed to consolidate ongoing patent lawsuits in the US state of Delaware with an arbitration currently pending in Los Angeles. While the move should speed up the resolution of the manifold legal battles between the companies, a Nokia spokeswoman warned that the move is unlikely to "resolve the overall licensing negotiations between the companies" more
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T-Mobile and Sprint Nextel Settle Patent Lawsuit
Acacia Research Corp. says that its Contacts Synchronization subsidiary has entered into a license agreement with both T-Mobile USA and Sprint Nextel for rights to practice United States Patent No. 7,072,687, which discloses and claims technologies for synchronizing addresses between one device and another over a wireless communication network, in connection with the settlement of Sprint Nextel's part in the patent infringement lawsuit Civil Action No. 07-C-0250-C, filed in the Western District of wisconsin in May of this year. more
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Sprint Nextel To Buy Northern PCS For $312.5 Million
Sprint Nextel, continuing a string of buyouts of affiliated companies, on Wednesday said it agreed to acquire Northern PCS Services LLC, a Minnesota provider of Sprint PCS services, for $312.5 million. more
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Nokia Counter-Sues Over Qualcomm Patents
Nokia says that it has responded to the Qualcomm lawsuit filed in the Western District of wisconsin on 2 April, 2007. Nokia says that it remains confident that its products do not infringe either of the two Qualcomm patents-in-suit and asserts that both patents are invalid.
Nokia also filed, in the same court, patent counter assertions against Qualcomm for its infringement of six Nokia implementation patents used in Qualcomm GSM/WCDMA and CDMA2000 chipsets. These six patents are not essential for the practice of standards, however they provide substantial benefits when used. more
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Qualcomm Files Additional GSM Patent Infringement Suits Against Nokia
Qualcomm says that it has filed 2 more lawsuits against Nokia. One suit was filed in the Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division for infringement of two patents and in the Western District of wisconsin for infringement of three patents. more