Question
On August 14, 2015, the Florida District Court granted WiLAN’s Motion for Summary Judgment and cancelled the trial concerning certain network management patents. What does this outcome mean for WiLAN?

Answer
On May 19, 2014, Ericsson filed suit against WiLAN seeking a declaration from the court that Ericsson and its customers were already licensed to certain network management patents that WiLAN had acquired from Siemens. Ericsson also alleged that WiLAN wrongly interfered with the relationship between Ericsson and its customers, and had violated the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act.

On August 14, 2015, the Judge ordered that Ericsson did not have the right or standing to bring the action against WiLAN seeking that declaration and that WiLAN did not wrongly interfere with Ericsson’s customer relationships or violate the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act. Because Ericsson did not have the standing to bring the case, the Court did not consider whether Ericsson’s customers were licensed or whether the patents were actually infringed.

WiLAN views this as a victory and hopes that it can now focus on its network licensing program without unwarranted interference from Ericsson.

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