Paullee
4 years ago
Fed. Circ. Clears Netflix In WiLAN Streaming Patent Case
By Andrew Karpan
Law360 (December 14, 2020, 10:53 PM EST) -- Handing a win to Netflix, the Federal Circuit on Monday backed a lower court's finding that a WiLan unit's patent on streaming technology failed to pass muster under the U.S. Supreme Court's 2014 Alice decision.
In a nonprecedential opinion, a three-judge panel of the appellate court told Adaptive Streaming Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of WiLAN, that a patent it owned on "digital video processing techniques" was too abstract for protection under patent law, affirming U.S. District Judge David O. Carter's decision last year to dismiss the company's case against Netflix in California federal court.
Adaptive Streaming sued Netflix in July 2019, alleging it infringed a patent covering video processing innovations that were allegedly a decade ahead of the streaming platforms that would be developed by companies like Netflix, YouTube and Hulu, according to the initial complaint. The patent was granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in 2006 to Luxxon Corp. and eventually was acquired by Adaptive Streaming.
On Monday, the appeals panel found that Judge Carter was right to find that the patent didn't pass the two-step Alice test, which requires courts to first look at whether a patent deals with an abstract concept, and if so, then check whether it adds an inventive concept to the abstract idea to determine eligibility.
The panel had found that Adaptive Streaming's patent easily failed both. Writing for the panel, U.S. Circuit Judge Richard G. Taranto curtly dismissed the far-reaching innovations that Adaptive Streaming was claiming to own.
"[The asserted patent claims] do not incorporate anything more that would suffice to transform their subject matter into an eligible application of the abstract idea," Judge Taranto wrote.
Additionally, the claims failed in light of precedential rulings the Federal Circuit made in 2017, which found that ideas which merely involve encoding and decoding image data were abstract under the Alice framework, including a ruling that tossed streaming patents that had been asserted against Comcast and Verizon.
Adaptive Streaming had argued that Judge Carter could only come to such a conclusion by "simplifying" the claims its patent made, but Judge Taranto wrote that the panel disagreed and found, instead, it was the patent itself that was too simple.
"In particular, there is no identification in the claims or written description of specific, unconventional encoding, decoding, compression, or broadcasting techniques," Judge Taranto wrote.
WiLAN Inc. is a patent licensing business whose collection of technology patents won it a still-contested $85 million jury verdict against Apple earlier this year. Upon purchase of the patent at issue in 2019, WiLAN celebrated the technology as "the primary way in which video is delivered over the Internet today," according to a press release.
A representative for Netflix declined to comment on the ruling. Adaptive Streaming did not respond to a request for comment on Monday.
The patent-in-suit is U.S. Patent No. 7,047,305.
U.S. Circuit Judges Richard G. Taranto, Raymond C. Clevenger and Sharon Prost sat on the panel for the Federal Circuit.
Adaptive Streaming Inc. is represented by Paul J. Skiermont, Mieke Malmberg and Alexander Gasser of Skiermont Derby LLP.
Netflix is represented by Michael S. Kwun of Kwun Bhansali Lazarus LLP.
The case is Adaptive Streaming Inc. v. Netflix Inc., case number 20-1310, in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Paullee
5 years ago
High Court Urged To Find Retroactive IPRs Unconstitutional
By Ryan Davis
Law360 (November 12, 2019, 7:13 PM EST) -- A major patent licensing firm has told the U.S. Supreme Court that it is unconstitutional for patents issued prior to the America Invents Act to be invalidated under the law’s review system, saying it was “both arbitrary and irrational” for Congress to make the reviews retroactive.
Collabo Innovations Inc., whose image sensor patent was successfully challenged in an AIA inter partes review requested by Sony Corp., said in a Nov. 4 petition for a writ of certiorari that the decision invalidating the patent violated both the takings clause and the due process clause of the U.S. Constitution.
The company, a unit of licensing company Wi-LAN Technologies Inc., said that when the patent was issued in 1999, 12 years before the AIA was passed, it was impossible to know that a new system for challenging patents would one day be created. Subjecting the patent to inter partes review disrupted the company’s expectations and violates the Constitution, it said.
“No one could have anticipated that Congress would retroactively make the ... patent subject to a wholly new procedure like inter partes review — the patent ‘death squad,’” Collabo wrote. “Had the patent owner known of this risk, it might have sought narrower claims in examination or, in the alternative, forego[ne] patent protection altogether by keeping its inventions a trade secret.”
Congress had no authority to make AIA reviews retroactive when enacting the law in 2011, Collabo said. The invalidation of patents by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board is a taking of property by the government that violates the Constitution’s takings clause, and the use of reviews on pre-AIA patents strips away the legal rights of patent owners without due process, the company said.
"Congress identified no rationale for its decision to make inter partes review retroactive. There is none," the petition said.
Collabo made the same arguments to the Federal Circuit, which rejected them in August. The appeals court affirmed the PTAB's decisions invalidating Collabo's patents, and cited a decision in a separate case days earlier that found the retroactive applications of AIA reviews was constitutional.
In that case, Celgene Corp. v. Peter , the Federal Circuit concluded that patent owners have known for decades that issued patents may be subject to further review by the patent office in proceedings like ex parte reexamination, which was created in 1980. The new inter partes review system created by the AIA is not different enough that its use on pre-AIA patents is unconstitutional, the court said.
"Although differences exist between IPRs and their reexamination predecessors, those differences do not outweigh the similarities of purpose and substance and, at least for that reason, do not effectuate a taking of Celgene's patents," it wrote.
Collabo urged the high court to reject the Federal Circuit’s reasoning, pointing to what it said are numerous differences between ex parte reexaminations and inter partes reviews. For instance, the new proceedings involve the active participation of the challenger, and it is much more difficult to amend claims in IPRs than in reexaminations, the company said.
"Inter partes review is not simply a new mode of procedure for a preexisting proceeding," it said. "Nor does it simply change the tribunal adjudicating that proceeding. It is an entirely new proceeding that Congress has unlawfully imposed on patents that issued under an 'old regime.'"
The company noted that Congress appears to have made AIA reviews retroactive in part to crack down on what lawmakers viewed as frivolous lawsuits by so-called patent trolls. However, the company cited a Supreme Court holding that Congress cannot make laws retroactive "as a means of retribution against unpopular groups or individuals."
"Wi-LAN Inc., Collabo’s parent, has been unjustly smeared with the unfortunate label of 'patent troll,'" the petition said. "But it should not have to suffer the consequences of retroactive legislation as a result."
If the justices were to agree with Collabo, it would significantly curtail the reach of inter partes review. The petition cited statistics showing that nearly two-thirds of patents challenged in inter partes review were issued prior to the AIA.
Collabo’s petition brings an issue to the Supreme Court that the justices expressly left unresolved in a last year’s Oil States v. Greene’s Energy decision, which rejected an argument that it is unconstitutional for the PTAB, rather than a court, to invalidate patents.
The court stressed that it was addressing "only the precise constitutional challenges" raised by Oil States, and pointed out that those did not include challenging the retroactive application of IPRs or arguing that they violate due process.
While Collabo opted to the take the issue directly to the Supreme Court, Celgene requested en banc rehearing of its case in September. The full Federal Circuit has not yet decided whether to review the case.
The petition comes weeks after the Federal Circuit ruled in an unrelated case that the structure of the PTAB is unconstitutional because its judges do not have enough supervision by the director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
The court therefore made it easier for the director to fire the judges, saying that fixed the violation of the Constitution’s appointments clause. However, some patent owners have argued that the decision didn’t go far enough and the entire inter partes review system must be struck down.
Attorneys for Collabo and Sony declined to comment on the case.
The patent-in-suit is U.S. Patent Number 5,952,714.
Collabo is represented by Patrick Conroy, Monte Bond and Daniel Olejko of Bragalone Conroy PC.
Counsel information for Sony at the Supreme Court was not immediately available. At the Federal Circuit, it was represented by Smith Baluch LLP and Turner Boyd LLP.
The case is Collabo Innovations Inc. v. Sony Corp, case number 19-601, in the U.S. Supreme Court.
--Editing by Jack Karp.
For a reprint of this article, please contact reprints@law360.com.
Paullee
7 years ago
Quarterhill Provides Third Quarter Financial Update
•October 2, 2017Comment
Q3 2017 Revenues expected to be in the range of $72.5 to $82.5 Million
OTTAWA, Oct. 2, 2017 /PRNewswire/ - Quarterhill Inc. ("Quarterhill" or "the Company") (NASDAQ: QTRH, TSX: QTRH) today provided an update on expected financial results for the three-month period ended September 30, 2017 ("Q3 2017"). Quarterhill financial results are reported in United States dollars.
Driven by strong results from Wi-LAN Inc. ("WiLAN"), the Company's patent licensing subsidiary, and the inclusion of a full quarter of operations of its other subsidiaries, International Road Dynamics Inc. and VIZIYA Corp., Quarterhill's consolidated revenue for Q3 2017 is expected to be in the range of $72.5 to $82.5 million.
Adjusted EBITDA* for Q3 2017 is expected to be in the range of $50.0 to $56.0 million.
"We are very pleased to have such a substantial contribution from WiLAN this quarter," said Shaun McEwan, Interim CEO. "As we have said in the past, financial results in this segment of our business can be variable from quarter-to-quarter and this is a prime example of the upside potential of this variability. Our expected results for Q3 will provide a significant boost to our cash position, which will assist in the continued growth of Quarterhill."
Quarterhill will release its Q3 2017 financial results at 6:30 AM ET on Thursday, November 9, 2017. The Company will host a conference call to discuss its results at 10:00 AM ET that morning. Details on how to access the conference call will be provided later in October.
Non-GAAP Disclosure*
Quarterhill follows U.S. GAAP in preparing its interim and annual financial statements. We use the term "Adjusted EBITDA" to mean net income from continuing operations before: (i) income taxes; (ii) finance expense or income; (iii) amortization of intangibles; (iv) special charges; (v) depreciation of property, plant and equipment; (vi) effects of deleted deferred revenue; (vii) the effects of fair value step up in inventory acquired, and (viii) stock based compensation. Adjusted EBITDA is used by Quarterhill management to assess our normalized cash generated on a consolidated basis and in our operating segments. Adjusted EBITDA is also a performance measure that may be used by investors to analyze the cash generated by Quarterhill and our operating segments. ADJUSTED EBITDA IS NOT A MEASURE OF FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE UNDER U.S. GAAP. IT DOES NOT HAVE ANY STANDARDIZED MEANING PRESCRIBED BY U.S. GAAP AND IS THEREFORE UNLIKELY TO BE COMPARABLE TO SIMILARLY TITLED MEASURES USED BY OTHER COMPANIES. EBITDA SHOULD NOT BE INTERPRETED AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO NET EARNINGS AND CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATIONS AS DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH U.S. GAAP OR AS A MEASURE OF LIQUIDITY.
Paullee
8 years ago
Nvidia Hit With Patent Suit Over Google Digital Assistant
By Kat Greene
Law360, Los Angeles (March 20, 2017, 6:26 PM EDT) -- A Wi-LAN Inc. unit accused Nvidia Corp. of profiting off its patents for a digital voice assistant on tablets and televisions, saying the company’s Google voice assistant products are all infringing technology picked up from Apple Inc.’s Siri, according to a Delaware federal complaint on Friday.
IPA Technologies Inc. said that Nvidia’s products that use Google Inc.’s Android operating system are stepping on its U.S. Patent Nos. 6,742,021; 6,523,061; and 6,757,718, which cover a digital voice assistant and cards that display selected information based on a user’s search results and other personal factors.
The products in question, which include Nvidia’s Shield Tablet K1 and Android TV, include a feature once branded Google Now that allows users to conduct searches or access digital features within the product by voice, a system IPA picked up from Apple’s Siri Inc., according to the suit.
“For example, the Nvidia Google Now-enabled products use speech-based navigation of an electronic data source,” IPA said in its suit. “The Nvidia Google Now-enabled products receive a spoken request for desired information from the user ... and transmit the selected portion from a network server to the Nvidia Google Now-enabled products.”
The technology was originally invented by SRI International Inc., a nonprofit institute that had been building a personal digital assistant as part of one of the world’s largest artificial intelligence projects, according to the complaint. The AI project, funded by the U.S Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, was meant to create ways for computers to assist human decision-makers, the company said.
Once SRI had a workable voice assistant, it formed a spinoff company called Siri Inc. in 2007, to which it gave a nonexclusive license to the patent portfolio, according to the suit.
Siri was demonstrated at first as an iPhone app and in April 2010, Apple acquired Siri. In 2011, Siri’s personal digital assistant became an integrated feature of the iPhone.
IPA in May 2016 acquired the SRI speech-based navigation patent portfolio, which it’s now asserting in several lawsuits against technology companies that create a platform for Google’s own version of a voice assistant, court records show.
The Nvidia suit was filed on Friday, but it’s only the latest in a string of filings by IPA seeking to assert its patents for the digital voice assistant. The Nvidia suit from Friday is related to 13 others in Delaware court, according to the docket.
IPA has also sued companies including Dish Network Corp., HTC Corp., Amazon.com Inc., Sony Corp., Lenovo Inc. and Motorola Mobility LLC, court records show. Those cases have been peppering Delaware’s docket since Dec. 9, and the defendant companies are each just beginning to respond to the allegations against them, according to filings in the cases.
Apple itself has faced patent litigation over its Siri function, according to court records.
For example, in August, Apple reached a deal to end a patent suit brought by Dot23 Technologies Inc. in Eastern Texas over voice recognition technology. And a different case brought by Unwired Planet LLC over voice recognition patents, which had been killed by U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria in May 2015 but later revived by the Federal Circuit, is gearing up for a trial next month, according to that docket.
Nvidia declined to comment. A representative for IPA didn't immediately respond to a request for comment on Monday.
The patents-in-suit are U.S. Patent Nos. 6,742,021; 6,523,061; and 6,757,718.
IPA Technologies is represented in all cases by Marc A. Fenster, Adam S. Hoffman, Amir A. Naini, Brian D. Ledahl and Shani Williams of Russ August & Kabat, and Stephen B. Brauerman and Sara E. Bussiere of Bayard PA.
Counsel information for Nvidia couldn’t be immediately determined.
The case is IPA Technologies Inc. v. Nvidia Corp., case number 1:17-cv-00287, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware.
--Additional reporting by Ryan Davis and Alex Wolf. Editing by Kelly Duncan.
xanada
10 years ago
Bagnall: Patience pays off at WiLAN
James Bagnall, Ottawa CitizenMore from James Bagnall, Ottawa Citizen
Published on: May 13, 2015
Last Updated: May 13, 2015 7:20 PM EDT
“What are we here for?” For a moment, I expected WiLAN chief executive Jim Skippen to slip into a discourse on the meaning of life. But, no. On Wednesday morning the battle-hardened executive had something else in mind.
He wanted to explain to his company’s long-suffering shareholders why it was important to believe in WiLAN’s promise despite a 25 per cent plus drop in its share price during the past year.
“We are affected by factors that are bigger than us,” Skippen told a group of WiLAN shareholders and employees, “We feel the market has over-reacted.”
Skippen was characteristically direct. He talked about how patent licensing firms such as WiLAN are facing a multitude of negative influences. Part of it, he acknowledged, stems from the firm’s business model — which involves suing firms that use technologies claimed by WiLAN or its partners.
He said opposition lawyers in these cases have portrayed WiLAN and its competitors as “patent trolls”, firms that are “doing something wrong” by trying to extract royalty payments through the courts. Skippen added that the result is judges and juries in the U.S. are less inclined to render favourable judgments or royalty arrangements.
Another hurdle is a four-year old U.S. law that allows targets of lawsuits to get their patents reviewed by the U.S. Patent Office. Many of these reviews have gone against the patent licensing industry.
In short, it’s a much tougher playing field than Skippen enjoyed in 2006 when he re-launched WiLAN as a patent licensing expert.
Yet, there is a curious disconnect between the company’s actual performance and its share price, which closed Wednesday at $2.62 on the TSX — down from $3.56 a year earlier and a peak of more than $9 in 2011.
Last year, for instance, WiLAN generated $20.1 million from operations on revenues of $98.3 million (all figures U.S.) – a sparkling reversal from the loss of a year earlier. A large part of this reflects a new method of paying for the firm’s outside lawyers — hired guns who are now compensated only after WiLAN wins.
Wi-Lan has also rewarded shareholders since 2009 with a growing dividend that is now among the richest on the TSX. At 21 cents per share, it translated Wednesday to a yield of nearly eight per cent.
Last year, WiLAN shelled out $18.7 million to shareholders — in effect paying them for their patience in holding onto the company’s stock. Indeed, Skippen at one point marvelled that dividend payments now exceed the firm’s annual revenues from when he first took over the firm.
“Anyone who thinks we haven’t been making progress,” he said, “hasn’t been paying attention.”
Skippen noted he is frequently asked why the firm doesn’t decrease the size of its dividends, and use the proceeds to reduce the number of shares. There were 120 million outstanding at the end of March.
Such a move would increase the value of WiLAN’s remaining shares, potentially enriching the value of compensation pulled down by company executives. To his credit, Skippen and the rest of WiLAN’s board of directors have resisted. “We’d rather reward shareholders (with dividends) than help those who want to get out of the stock,” Skippen observed.
In short, he wants to ally himself with investors who are in it for the long haul. A year ago, Skippen predicted his firm would more than double its revenues to $200 million by 2018. To get there, WiLAN needs to generate annual revenue growth of 20 per cent — an aggressive target given the current conditions of the industry.
To lend substance to his projections, Skippen offered shareholders revenue projections for each of WiLAN’s biggest pools of patents — including 4G (fourth generation) wireless technologies and flash memory patents.
Skippen believes Wi-Lan will secure royalties of up to $625 million for his firm’s 40-plus patent portfolios. This is an estimate of payments from agreements expected to be signed over the next few years involving patents currently held by WiLAN. The company also expects to receive up to $325 million courtesy of patent licences already negotiated.
In sum, this suggests potential royalties of $950 million over the next four to six years, depending on the lifespan of the patents.
Skippen scaled back his projections from last year, when he estimated future royalty streams of $1.2 billion — including up to $840 million for royalties yet to be negotiated.
A number of things account for the difference, including deeper conservatism at WiLAN and the fact that juries in patent trials have been awarding lower-than-expected royalty rates.
When Skippen finished his presentation, he called for questions. Oddly, there were none. Perhaps the crowd of investors is content with WiLAN as a dividend play.
jbagnall@ottawacitizen.com
xanada
10 years ago
Just a reminder....tomorrow is the day...
WiLAN to Announce First Quarter 2015 Financial Results
OTTAWA, Canada – April 2213, 2015 – WiLAN (TSX:WIN) (NASDAQ:WILN) will release its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2015 on April 29, 2015.
Following the release of its first quarter 2015 financial results, WiLAN will host a conference call and audio webcast with Jim Skippen, CEO and Shaun McEwan, CFO at 10:00 AM Eastern Time the same day.
Calling Information
A live audio webcast will be available at http://www.investorcalendar.com/IC/CEPage.asp?ID=173815
• To access the call from Canada and U.S., dial 1.877.407.0782 (Toll Free)
• To access the call from other locations, dial 1.201.689.8567 (International)
Replay Information
The call will be available at http://www.investorcalendar.com/IC/CEPage.asp?ID=173815
and accessible by telephone until 11:59 PM ET on July 29, 2015.
Replay Number (Toll Free): 1.877.660.6853
Replay Number (International): 1.201.612.7415
Conference ID #: 13606157
magillagorilla
10 years ago
WiLAN Subsidiary Acquires Microscopy Patent Portfolio From a Top Research Institution
04/09/2015
OTTAWA, CANADA--(Marketwired - April 9, 2015) - WiLAN (TSX:WIN) (NASDAQ:WILN) today announced that wholly-owned subsidiary, Advanced Microscopy Inc., has acquired, from a top research institution, microscopy-related intellectual property for producing enhanced images. This intellectual property has potential applications including, but not limited to, life sciences, material sciences, and semiconductor research.
The new portfolio is one of over 40 portfolios that WiLAN has available for licensing.
About WiLAN
WiLAN is one of the most successful patent licensing companies in the world and helps companies unlock the value of intellectual property by managing and licensing their patent portfolios. The Company operates in a variety of markets including automotive, digital television, Internet, medical, semiconductor and wireless communication technologies. WiLAN's wholly-owned subsidiary, WiLAN Labs, develops and commercializes innovative solutions to the challenges facing next generation communication networks. Founded in 1992, WiLAN is listed on the TSX and NASDAQ and is included in the S&P/TSX Dividend and Dividend Aristocrats Indexes. For more information: www.wilan.com.
All trademarks and brands mentioned in this release are the property of their respective owners.
Contact Information:
For media and investor inquiries, please contact:
Tyler Burns
Director, Investor Relations
O: 613.688.4330
C: 613.697.0367
tburns@wilan.com
revlis
10 years ago
WiLAN and SENSIO Expand Licensing Partnership
12/01/2014
MONTREAL, CANADA and OTTAWA, CANADA--(Marketwired - Dec. 1, 2014) - SENSIO Technologies Inc. ("SENSIO") (TSX VENTURE:SIO) and WiLAN (TSX:WIN)(NASDAQ:WILN) have entered into a new multi-year licensing partnership agreement.
This new agreement builds on the previous agreement signed in 2012. The previous agreement with WiLAN resulted in certain SENSIO patents being licensed to major TV manufacturers Sony and Panasonic. The new agreement grants WiLAN all rights to license a number of additional SENSIO patents related to 3D technologies for digital displays including SENSIO®S2D Switch technology and technology related to temporal interpolation.
Net revenues generated from licensing of the patents under the new agreement will be shared between SENSIO and WiLAN. All other terms of the agreement are confidential.
"We are very happy to expand our patent licensing partnership with WiLAN", said Nicholas Routhier, President & CEO of SENSIO. "We were looking at growing our patent licensing activities, especially pursuant to the recent granting of the temporal interpolation patents. With the great relationship and positive results of our first patent licensing agreement with WiLAN, today's new agreement was the only natural conclusion to our endeavour. We are extremely positive with WiLAN's ability to maximize the value of our assets and generate value for our shareholders."
About SENSIO Technologies Inc. (SENSIO):
SENSIO Technologies Inc. (www.sensio.tv) has been leading the floor in bringing 3D video to the consumer since 1999. Its vision, expertise and state-of-the-art solutions, based on diversified stereoscopic image-processing technologies, have been trusted by some of the biggest names in the media and entertainment industries to power numerous industry firsts, initiate new business models and generate immediate revenue with a distinctive 3D offering.
SENSIO enables its clients to deliver the best possible 3D experience for the end-user through a broad portfolio of products, including its flagship, award-winning technology, SENSIO® Hi-Fi 3D. Through SENSIO solutions, consumers can access - with effortless interaction and complete peace of mind - 3D content of superior quality to common frame-compatible formats distributed over existing infrastructure (cable, satellite or over IP) and displayed using any existing digital equipment (cinema, home cinema, TV, game consoles or PC). SENSIO is listed on the Toronto TSX Venture Exchange.
SENSIO® is a registered trademark of SENSIO Technologies Inc.
http://wilan.com/news/news-releases/news-release-details/2014/WiLAN-and-SENSIO-Expand-Licensing-Partnership/default.aspx
revlis
10 years ago
WiLAN Subsidiary Acquires Patents From HP
11/06/2014
OTTAWA, CANADA--(Marketwired - Nov. 6, 2014) - Top intellectual property licensing company, WiLAN (TSX:WIN) (NASDAQ:WILN), today announced that a wholly-owned subsidiary of the company has acquired from Hewlett-Packard ("HP"), a number of patents related to lighting and building systems technologies.
"We are very pleased to have completed this first patent transaction with HP," said Jim Skippen, President & CEO. "With a long history of technology and product innovation, HP has established a very large and valuable patent portfolio covering a broad range of technologies. We believe this could be the first of many opportunities to work with HP to help them optimize the value of their patent portfolio."
The terms of the acquisition agreement are confidential though WiLAN can confirm that it does not consider the amount to be paid for the portfolio to be material relative to its current cash position.
http://wilan.com/news/news-releases/news-release-details/2014/WiLAN-Subsidiary-Acquires-Patents-From-HP/default.aspx
revlis
10 years ago
WiLAN to License Touch Keypad Technology
11/05/2014
OTTAWA, CANADA--(Marketwired - Nov. 5, 2014) - Top intellectual property licensing company, WiLAN (TSX:WIN)(NASDAQ:WILN), today announced that a wholly-owned subsidiary of the company, Touchscreen Technology LLC, has reached an agreement to license, utilizing WiLAN's established partnership model, technology related to touch keypads used in consumer electronic devices.
Under the partnership model, WiLAN and its partner share in the proceeds of a successful licensing program. All terms of the agreement are confidential.
http://wilan.com/news/news-releases/news-release-details/2014/WiLAN-to-License-Touch-Keypad-Technology/default.aspx
revlis
10 years ago
WiLAN Moves U.S. Headquarters to California
11/03/2014
OTTAWA, CANADA--(Marketwired - Nov. 3, 2014) - Top intellectual property licensing company, WiLAN (TSX:WIN)(NASDAQ:WILN), today announced that the company has moved its U.S. headquarters to San Diego, California from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. WiLAN's office in Florida is being closed.
Since 2009, San Diego has been home to WiLAN's research and development subsidiary, WiLAN Labs, formerly Cygnus Broadband. WiLAN Labs is dedicated to developing advanced technologies for both WiLAN and industry in a variety of markets. The primary focus of WiLAN Labs is developing advanced 4G technologies that enhance the capacity, quality of user experience and connectivity of 4G and next generation 5G mobile devices and networks.
"Key technologies that form the backbone of WiLAN's wireless patent portfolio were developed over many years by members of our research team in Southern California," said Jim Skippen, President & CEO, WiLAN. "This combined with our ongoing commitment to innovation and technology commercialization being driven by WiLAN Labs, makes San Diego the natural location for our U.S. headquarters."
The WiLAN Labs team is led by Ken Stanwood, President & CEO, and includes Yiliang Bao, Jerry Chow, Erik Colban, Dai Do, Ahmed ElArabawy, David Gell and Murat Karsi. Collectively, the team has over 175 years of research and development experience.
The company also announced the opening of a business development and licensing office in Orange County, California to address the significant demand for licensing partnerships by companies, inventors and research institutions in the U.S and, in particular, on the U.S. west coast. These technology owners are turning to WiLAN professionals in increasing numbers to assist them in obtaining a return on their investments in research and development activities that have generated patented technologies for use in commercial products and/or services.
Reporting to WiLAN's corporate headquarters in Ottawa, Canada, WiLAN's business development and licensing team in California has completed transactions involving licensing partnerships in the automotive, data networking, energy, medical and semiconductor markets, including a partnership with a global leader in non-volatile memory. This brings the total number of portfolios being actively licensed by WiLAN to 40. Several licensing programs initiated by WiLAN's California team are beginning to generate revenue for WiLAN and its partners.
"With their deep industry experience, impressive contacts and positive attitude, our business development and licensing team in California has really hit the ground running, identifying and securing many exciting partnerships in markets outside of our traditional base," said Jim Skippen, President & CEO, WiLAN. "We continue to see significant and growing demand from inventors and companies of all sizes looking for a professional licensing organization to help them monetize their patented inventions."
WiLAN's business development and licensing team is comprised of licensing, engineering and business development professionals with extensive industry experience and expertise. WiLAN's California team includes Fahim Aftab, Erik Ahroon, Marc Frechette, Melinda Michalerya, Brian Rinaldi, Mark Schneider, Deepak Sharma, Keith Walker and Michael Zhang.
http://wilan.com/news/news-releases/news-release-details/2014/WiLAN-Moves-US-Headquarters-to-California/default.aspx
revlis
10 years ago
WiLAN Subsidiary Enters into Patent Agreement with ROHM Co., Ltd.
10/29/2014
OTTAWA, CANADA--(Marketwired - Oct. 29, 2014) - Top intellectual property licensing company, WiLAN (TSX:WIN) (NASDAQ:WILN), today announced that a wholly-owned subsidiary of the company has entered into a patent assignment agreement with ROHM Co., Ltd. ("ROHM") under which WiLAN's subsidiary is to receive full ownership of a portfolio of patents related to semiconductor packaging. All other terms of the agreement are confidential.
"We are very pleased that ROHM has selected WiLAN to be their licensing partner on this portfolio," said Jim Skippen, President & CEO, WiLAN. "ROHM, a leader in the development of semiconductor technologies for decades, has built a valuable patent portfolio that we believe could establish several licensing programs in the future. We look forward to continuing to work with Rohm and its subsidiary to help them generate a greater return from their investments in research and development."
"We welcome the opportunity to work with WiLAN," said Mr.Hidemi Takasu, Managing Director, ROHM. "WiLAN's professional licensing approach and its commitment to R&D activity were key considerations in the decision to select WiLAN in this transaction."
About ROHM Co., Ltd.
Founded in 1958, ROHM (CEO Satoshi Sawamura) offers system solutions for a broad range of markets, including consumer devices, mobile phones and telecommunications, and automotive equipment. ROHM provides LSI and discrete semiconductors characterized by outstanding quality and reliability via its global development and sales network. Headquartered in Kyoto, the company had consolidated net sales for March 2014 of 331 billion yen and currently employs 19,985. See http://www.rohm.com for more
http://www.wilan.com/news/news-releases/news-release-details/2014/WiLAN-Subsidiary-Enters-into-Patent-Agreement-with-ROHM-Co-Ltd/default.aspx
xanada
10 years ago
WiLAN to Announce Third Quarter 2014 Financial Results
OTTAWA, Canada – October 22, 2014 – Top intellectual property licensing company, WiLAN (TSX:WIN) (NASD:WILN), will release its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2014 on October 29, 2014.
Following the release of its third quarter 2014 financial results, WiLAN will host a conference call and audio webcast with Jim Skippen, CEO and Shaun McEwan, CFO at 10:00 AM Eastern Time the same day.
Calling Information
A live audio webcast will be available at
http://www.investorcalendar.com/IC/CEPage.asp?ID=173269
• To access the call from Canada and U.S., dial 1.877.407.0782 (Toll Free)
• To access the call from other locations, dial 1.201.689.8567 (International)
Replay Information
The call will be available at http://www.investorcalendar.com/IC/CEPage.asp?ID=173269
and accessible by telephone until 11:59 PM ET on January 29, 2015.
Replay Number (Toll Free): 1.877.660.6853
Replay Number (International): 1.201.612.7415
Conference ID #: 13592538
revlis
10 years ago
WiLAN Concludes Second Patent Agreement With Panasonic
10/20/2014
OTTAWA, CANADA--(Marketwired - Oct. 20, 2014) - Top intellectual property licensing company, WiLAN (TSX:WIN) (NASDAQ:WILN), today announced that the company has entered into a second patent assignment agreement ("Agreement") with Panasonic Corporation ("Panasonic"). Under the Agreement, Panasonic will assign, to a wholly-owned subsidiary of WiLAN, all rights and title to certain patents related to vending machine systems. All terms of the Agreement are confidential.
On December 16, 2013, WiLAN announced the company's first patent agreement with Panasonic involving over 900 patents and applications related to a broad range of technologies areas including CMOS image sensors, semiconductor packaging and LED technologies.
http://www.wilan.com/news/news-releases/news-release-details/2014/WiLAN-Concludes-Second-Patent-Agreement-With-Panasonic/default.aspx
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