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This is a settlement for the Trademark, Copyright, Patent lawsuit.
Suffern, NY: (Mar-10-08) General Patent Corporation International (GPCI), a leading patent licensing and enforcement firm, representing Digital Technology Licensing LLC (DTL), has settled its patent infringement lawsuits against Cingular Wireless and AT&T Mobility after two years of litigation.
The first lawsuit was filed in April 2006 against Cingular Wireless in the Eastern District of Texas, for the infringement of DTL's U.S. Patent No. 5,051,799 ('799 Patent) by GSM cellular telephone systems and services. A second lawsuit was filed in November of 2007, against AT&T Mobility (formerly known as Cingular Wireless) in the District of New Jersey for the infringement of the '799 Patent by UMTS cellular services. Both lawsuits have been settled, and AT&T Mobility has licensed the '799 Patent. DTL owns U.S. Patent No. 5,051,799 titled "Digital Output Transducer" and believes that the technology covered by this patent is used in Adaptive Multi-Rate (AMR) codec and other cellular communication standards including GSM and UMTS. The patented technology is also used to assure backward compatibility of cell phone handsets and base stations.
Similarly, DTL has also brought patent infringement suits against Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile, Sprint and other companies. This settlement with AT&T Mobility and Cingular, the largest cell phone service provider in the US, follows licensing deals with Nokia, Ericson and Samsung. [BUSINESS WIRE: DTL SETTLES LAWSUIT WITH CINGULAR AND AT&T]
Published on Mar-11-08
The first lawsuit was filed in April 2006 against Cingular Wireless in the Eastern District of Texas, for the infringement of DTL's U.S. Patent No. 5,051,799 ('799 Patent) by GSM cellular telephone systems and services. A second lawsuit was filed in November of 2007, against AT&T Mobility (formerly known as Cingular Wireless) in the District of New Jersey for the infringement of the '799 Patent by UMTS cellular services. Both lawsuits have been settled, and AT&T Mobility has licensed the '799 Patent. DTL owns U.S. Patent No. 5,051,799 titled "Digital Output Transducer" and believes that the technology covered by this patent is used in Adaptive Multi-Rate (AMR) codec and other cellular communication standards including GSM and UMTS. The patented technology is also used to assure backward compatibility of cell phone handsets and base stations.
Similarly, DTL has also brought patent infringement suits against Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile, Sprint and other companies. This settlement with AT&T Mobility and Cingular, the largest cell phone service provider in the US, follows licensing deals with Nokia, Ericson and Samsung. [
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