Atheros Xspan chips infringe ArrayComm patents, ArrayComm alleged...
Atheros Xspan chips infringe ArrayComm patents, ArrayComm alleged in a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for Eastern Texas. ArrayComm wants the court to award damages, an injunction and attorney’s fees for “willful” infringement of three patents related to…
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multiantenna signal processing, it said. “ArrayComm’s intellectual property is being “knowingly, willfully, and unfairly exploited,” said ArrayComm President Stephen Sifferman. His company said it had tried to resolve the dispute “amicably.” Company representatives met in January to discuss ArrayComm’s patents, the complaint said. ArrayComm said it “specifically advised Atheros” of the three patents and “focused on particular claims of those patents.” The companies again met Aug. 20 to discuss licensing of ArrayComm patents, but Atheros asserted that there was no infringement, ArrayComm said. When ArrayComm asked for evidence, Atheros “refused to provide any explanation,” it said. Going to court was ArrayComm’s only option, the complaint said: “ArrayComm is not aware of any further practical or reasonable testing that would definitively confirm” the infringement, it said. An Atheros spokesman downplayed the suit: “Though we have not yet had adequate opportunity to fully digest the complaint, we have reviewed the claims during our previous discussions with ArrayComm and we believe those claims are totally without merit.”