Molloy the Mule. Please excuse the way I address you but you are hard headed like a mule. You said: It is clear that IDC have an awful lot riding on the ERICY litigation.
Has anyone thought to debate the issue on the ERICY thread?
Hit the refresh button and you will see who has a lot riding on this litigation. The patents in question have been issued and challenged by ERICY. Now they have been sent for re-examination and approved again. The re-examination alone took two years. There are probably a total of 5 to 7 years of research by the patent office on the patents. Could they be wrong?
The same thing happened in Europe and it took seven years to determine validity.
Ok, I agree that's not good enough for a mule head like you so lets contest the same thing in ERICY's home court. Take a look at the release below and then tell me Who's got a lot riding? Looks like Ericy has let their mouth over ride their a##?
The USA patent office, the German patent office as well has the German Supreme Court and the Swedish patent office have all concurred the patents are valid. I?m not a legal eagle like Bux so I?ll go with the flow and assume these approvals are positive.
Is there anything else that Gus, Darrell or me can help you or Bux with? Your both barking up the wrong tree and trying to conclude there's only going to be one winner.
PR 10/19/94 1233 INTERDIGITAL TECHNOLOGY DEFEATS ERICSSON IN SWEDISH
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa., Oct. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- InterDigital Communications
Corporation ("InterDigital") (AMEX: IDC) today announced that its subsidiary,
InterDigital Technology Corporation ("InterDigital Technology"), has received a
favorable decision from the Swedish Patent Office. A Swedish patent application
entitled Base Station for Wireless Digital Telephone System ("Base Station
Patent") filed by InterDigital Technology was allowed despite a formal
opposition filed by the Swedish- based, Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson.
The Swedish Base Station Patent consolidates two of InterDigital
Technology's U.S. Patents, U.S. Patent No. 4,779,262 (the '262 Patent) and U.S.
Patent No. 4,777,633. The '262 Patent is one of eight patents which
InterDigital Technology has charged two Ericsson subsidiaries with infringing in
a patent infringement suit that is pending in the U.S. District Court for the
Northern District of Texas. In the opposition, Ericsson argued that the Base
Station Patent was invalid and should not be allowed. After reviewing
Ericsson's opposition papers and InterDigital Technology's response, the Swedish
Patent Office ruled in InterDigital Technology's favor and concluded that
InterDigital's claims are valid. The decision of the Swedish Patent Office may
be appealed to the Swedish Court of Patent Appeals.
Robert S. Bramson, President and Chief Executive Officer of InterDigital
Technology, stated, "We are pleased that we have prevailed against Ericsson in
its home country. The Swedish Patent Office's decision is important because the
Swedish patent application at issue is based in part on one of the U.S. patents
that is involved in the lawsuit against Ericsson's U.S. subsidiaries. We expect
that Ericsson may rely on the same unsuccessful arguments when it challenges the
validity of the '262 Patent at trial in the U.S."
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/CONTACT: Rob Wiltshire of InterDigital, 610-278-7800/
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