Samsung, Nokia, Matsushita sued

Recently, Washington Research Institute decided to co-sue three electronics giants Matsushita, Samsung and Nokia for violating the patent rights of their Bluetooth wireless technology.

The three 'faces' of the defendants must be familiar with technology residents. Matsushita - the parent company of Panasonic electronics company of Tang Tang, Samsung - the oven produces a wide range of electronic products from Korea and Nokia, the Finnish phone giant.

The plaintiff is the Washington Research Institute, a non-governmental organization that monitors commercial use and enforces copyright regulations for protected technologies owned by public universities. developed country.

Bluetooth is a wireless technology that uses radio frequencies to exchange data, used in product lines such as mobile phones, computers, headsets and many other devices. The distinction between normal products and products that use Bluetooth technology is the flashing blue light on each hi-tech device.

Nokia's N-Gage mobile phone, a product that uses Bluetooth technology.Photo: Reuters .

It is not clear how much the compensation for the plaintiff given in this lawsuit, but on December 21, the plaintiff has officially filed for trial. And the case was posted on December 23 in Post-Intelligencer in Seattle, and once again was put on The Seattle Times by Dow Jones this Wednesday (January 3).

According to Michael Lisa, this trial was the result of three years of unofficial and hopeless efforts to solve the problem. She said: 'We will not refuse any legitimate negotiations, but without such proposals, we will still proceed with the lawsuit.'

On the defendant's side, Nokia officials followed the policy for a long time so there was no comment. A Samsung representative said that he had learned about this but said nothing. As for Matsushita, no one answered the phone after office hours.

According to information from the lawsuit, all computers, mobile phones and headsets produced by the three companies violated four copyright rights, one of which was granted to research by real Edwin Suominen. currently in the mid-90s when he was a student in Washington. All of them are held by the Washington Research Institute.

Mr. John D. Reagh, manager of business development and legal issues at Washington Research Institute, said: ' Suominen's copyright is unusual in this case. We manage the copyright for the university and I don't think anywhere else there are non-bachelor inventors .

According to Mr. Reagh, the compensation received in this lawsuit will be transferred to Washington University with a section dedicated to Suominen, who acts as a technical advisor in the prosecution.

Lisa said that all three electronics firms denied copyright infringement, claiming they had bought and paid royalties or reclaimed Bluetooth chip sets produced by Broadcom Group of Irvine, California. the only chip manufacturer that has paid the rights to Bluetooth technology.

But Mr. Reagh said: ' We want the electronics firms to have products using Bluetooth technology to buy the licenses rather than the chip makers, the reason is simple, their products sell. get more and they get the most profitable profits . '

The fact that all three manufacturers are using set chips is produced by CSR PLC of Cambridge, England, but the company has not once had to "slope almost" to pay for copyright. Bluetooth technology.

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