Laird Technologies
recently won its patent infringement lawsuit filed at the Seoul High Court in
against SB Telecom in August 2002.
Laird Technologies brought the case against SB Telecom for infringement of antenna patents registered in
In response to Laird Technologies’ suit, SB Telecom filed two-pairs of suits in October 2002 and November 2002, respectively, seeking to invalidate the patents and to confirm the scope of the patents.
As a result of the invalidation proceedings, Laird Technologies received favourable decisions from the Korean Supreme Court that the patents are valid with unchanged claims.
The Supreme Court also confirmed that the half wave products in question were within the scope of the patents. Following these decisions, the Seoul High Court ruled that SB Telecom did infringe on Laird Technologies’ Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs).
Compensation for financial damages are being sought from SB Telecom.
Comment: The UK is closer to deindustrialisation than reindustrialisation
"..have been years in the making" and are embedded in the actors - thus making it difficult for UK industry to move on and develop and apply...