some more clarity... on previous litigationThis article was a very interesting read and from it there is a quote (pasted below) where Hatim says Radiata filed an affidavit to Wilan's lawsuit that states Radiata does not sell products in Canada and does not intend to ever sell products in Canada.
BUT what I like most is CISCO was also involved in this case since it had acquired Radiata by then.
Also notice the size of the lawsuit!
https://www.businessedge.ca/ViewNewsItem.aspx?NewsItemID=3620&editionID=1
"...Wi-LAN is seeking more than $780 million against U.S.-based Radiata Communications Inc., alleging patent infringement. Essentially, it’s a faceoff against the largest U.S. networking company, Cisco Systems, which is in the process of acquiring Radiata.
In a statement of claim filed Nov. 16 in the Federal Court of Canada, Wi-LAN alleges that Radiata violated Wi-LAN’s Canadian patent on its OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) technology, otherwise known as IEEE 802.11a standard.
“They (Radiata) have played a very strange manoeuvre,” says Zaghloul. “They have filed an affidavit that they have not ever sold (products) in Canada and don’t plan to sell in Canada. That is bound to get the judge to say: ‘Wi-LAN, why are you suing these guys? I’ll drop the case because they’re promising not to sell.’
“That’s a PR manoeuvre and a legal manoeuvre. If the judge drops the case, of course they’ll say they won. But they didn’t win because they have given us what we wanted. We may go to court and say: ‘Every single thing is what we want, so just put on their Web site that they won’t sell in Canada.’
“ . . . if they go to court and show a very strong hand and try to scare us, they may scare the shareholders. But they definitely don’t scare us from a legal point of view. We believe we’re right and we believe we’ll win.”
Also after the litigation I found this article to sum it up.
https://articles.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2001_March_28/ai_72408338
Wi-LAN Inc. (TSE: WIN.), an innovator of high-speed wireless data/Internet communications, today announced the Federal Court of Canada ruled it had no jurisdiction to hear Wi-LAN's claim on the basis that Radiata products are not available for sale and are currently not intended for sale in Canada.
I guess Radiata/CISCO had a change in plans? Curious as to what excuse they will use this time...