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To: Rob S. who wrote (1717)	3/27/2001 1:37:50 AM
From: Bernard Levy	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1860

Iospan has a key NLOS patent.

To: Rob S. who wrote (1717)	3/27/2001 8:06:47 AM
From: Dexter Lives On	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1860

Wi-LAN claims a patent (in North America) on any use of OFDM for 2-way communications in a point-to-multipoint network that uses error-correcting algorithms i.e. encompasses IEEE 802.11a and ETSI HiperLAN/2. They have launched a patent infringement suit in Canada over Radiata's (owned by Cisco) marketing of 802.11a chipsets. Radiata has offered to not market in Canada but the trial proceeds. There's a 3 hour hearing tomorrow morning. Rob