Unwired Planet, Inc. today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary,
Unwired Planet International Ltd., a company organized under the laws of
the Republic of Ireland, has filed parallel patent infringement actions
in the Patents Court, High Court of Justice, London, United Kingdom and
in the Landgericht (District Court), Dusseldorf, Germany. The UK
lawsuit, asserted against Samsung, Google and Huawei, involves a total
of six UK patents covering technologies fundamental to wireless
communications found in mobile devices and network equipment, including
the use of 2G/3G/4G telecommunication standards and push notification
technology underpinning the Android ecosystem. The German lawsuit,
asserted against Samsung, Google, Huawei, and HTC, involves the six
German equivalents of these UK patents.
“We are committed to FRAND licensing principles and our preference
remains to complete royalty-bearing license arrangements without
litigation whenever possible,” said Philip Vachon, chairman of Unwired
Planet. “To that end, we have established fair and reasonable licensing
rates that we believe are wholly justified by our portfolio. Our goal
has been, and remains, to license each of these parties in 2014 at these
rates. However, we have determined that enforcement is necessary at this
time to expedite ongoing discussions, establish a concrete timeline for
resolution and, if necessary, to demonstrate the value of a small sample
of our expansive and diverse patent portfolio of over 2,600 patent
assets through formal and visible means.
“We have selected the courts in the UK and Germany, each a
well-respected forum for resolving intellectual property disputes. These
courts are among the fastest and most efficient ways to protect
intellectual property rights. In addition, both courts offer strong
remedies if a license cannot be reached on FRAND terms, including the
potential for injunctive relief.”
The patents involved in the lawsuits are:
1. European Patent No. 0,989,712, entitled “Method and Apparatus for
Establishing a Secure Connection over a One-Way Data Path,” asserted
against Google Inc.’s Android Cloud To Device Messaging (C2DM) and
Google Cloud Messaging for Android (GCM), and applications, mobile
phones and tablets which use these messaging services. This patent
generally relates to securing data transmissions in a wireless network.
2. European Patent No. 2,119,287, entitled “Self Configuring and
Optimisation of Cell Neighbours in Wireless Telecommunications
Networks,” asserted against mobile devices, together with base stations,
operating according to the LTE telecommunications standard. This patent
generally relates to cell reporting in wireless telecommunications
networks.
3. European Patent No. 2,485,514 entitled “Self Configuring and
Optimisation of Cell Neighbours in Wireless Telecommunications
Networks,” asserted against mobile devices, together with base stations,
operating according to the LTE telecommunications standard. This patent
generally relates to cell reporting in wireless telecommunications
networks.
4. European Patent No. 2,229,744, entitled “Method and Arrangement in a
Wireless Communication Network,” asserted against mobile devices,
together with base stations, operating according to the LTE
telecommunications standard. This patent generally relates to status
reporting for transmitted data packets in wireless telecommunications
networks.
5. European Patent 1,105,991, entitled “Communication Methods and
Apparatus Based on Orthogonal Hadamard-Based Sequences Having Selected
Correlation Properties,” asserted against mobile devices, together with
base stations, operating according to the UMTS telecommunications
standard. This patent generally relates to cell search procedures and
associated encoding and decoding of synchronization channels in wireless
telecommunications networks.
6. European Patent No. 1,230,818, entitled “Method for Improving
Handovers Between Mobile Communication Systems,” asserted against mobile
devices operating according to the GSM telecommunications standard. This
patent generally relates to cell measurement reporting and conversion
between different mobile communication systems.
The Company plans to post documents filed with the respective courts to
its website when they become available.
About Unwired Planet
Unwired Planet, Inc. (NASDAQ: UPIP) is the inventor of the Mobile
Internet and a premier intellectual property company focused exclusively
on the mobile industry. The company's patent portfolio of over 2,600
issued and pending US and foreign patents, includes technologies that
allow mobile devices to connect to the Internet and enable mobile
communications. The portfolio spans 2G, 3G, and 4G technologies, as well
as cloud-based mobile applications and services. Unwired Planet's
portfolio includes patents related to key mobile technologies, including
baseband mobile communications, mobile browsers, mobile advertising,
push notification technology, maps and location based services, mobile
application stores, social networking, mobile gaming, and mobile search.
Unwired Planet is headquartered in Reno, Nevada. References in this
release to Unwired Planet may be to Unwired Planet, Inc. or its
subsidiaries.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward Looking Statements
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expectations, including statements regarding the Company's licensing
activities and expectations regarding enhancing shareholder value are
forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Section 27A of the Securities Act of
1933. These forward-looking statements are subject to many risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from
those projected. Notwithstanding changes that may occur with respect to
matters relating to any forward looking statements, Unwired Planet
assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking statements included
in this press release. For a detailed discussion of these and other
factors that may cause these forward looking statements not to come
true, please refer to the risk factors discussed in Unwired Planet's
filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including the
company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30,
2013. These documents are available at www.sec.gov
or from Unwired Planet's website at www.unwiredplanet.com.
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