Looks like they could not Win this one for the Gipper!

OTTAWA, CANADA--(Marketwired - Oct 23, 2013) - Wi-LAN Inc. ("WiLAN" or the "Company") (WIN.TO)(WILN) today provided an update on ongoing litigation.

On September 2, 2011, WiLAN announced that the Company had commenced litigation against various companies in Texas claiming infringement of WiLAN's U.S Patent No. RE37,802, related to CDMA and HSPA technologies.

To date, six of the seven defendants, Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc., Dell Inc., Hewlett-Packard Company, HTC Corporation, Novatel Wireless, Inc. and Sierra Wireless Inc., have signed license and settlement agreements to resolve this litigation.

Trial proceedings involving the remaining defendant, Apple, Inc., began on October 15, 2013. Today, the jury trial determined that U.S. Patent No RE37,802 was not infringed and claims 1 and 10 were found invalid.

WiLAN is disappointed with the jury's decision and is currently reviewing its options with trial counsel, McKool Smith. WiLAN does not believe previous license agreements signed related to the patents are negatively impacted by this decision.

Whose bright idea was it to hold these trials in deep East Texas? Have you ever been there? I am from there and so happy to not be there now. I cannot imagine a less informed jury pool than this one.

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