Jury Finds for TruePosition on All Counts; Awards TruePosition $45.3 million; Determines Willful Infringement Exists
BERWYN, Pa., Sept. 18 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ --
TruePosition, Inc., a leading provider of wireless location technologies and solutions and a subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation, today announced that TruePosition has won a patent infringement suit against Andrew Corporation in the United States District Court in the District of Delaware, TruePosition, Inc. v. Andrew Corporation (Civ. No. 05-747-SLR).
On September 14, after a trial lasting two weeks, the jury found for TruePosition on all counts and awarded it $45.3 million for Andrew Corporation's willful infringement of its intellectual property.
This is the second time that TruePosition has successfully defended its intellectual property rights against Andrew Corporation. In this case, TruePosition sued Andrew Corporation for infringing a patent dealing with the location of wireless phones using the wireless network control channel, known as the "144" or "control channel" patent, which is particularly important for safety and security applications. This suit focused primarily on infringement related to contracts that Andrew Corporation entered into with a customer in Saudi Arabia.
"TruePosition is extremely pleased with the jury's decisive verdict in a case that deals with such advanced technology. This verdict is testament to the value -- and the importance -- of the intellectual property that TruePosition creates," said Frederic Beckley, Senior Vice President and General Counsel of TruePosition.
TruePosition previously sued Andrew Corporation for infringing other patents. In a 2004 settlement, Andrew agreed to pay TruePosition total compensation amounting to $42 million. In 2001, TruePosition also prevailed in an infringement suit against SigmaOne Communications Corp. in a case that involved the same patent at issue in the most recent suit against Andrew Corporation. TruePosition was represented by Woodcock Washburn LLP in all three actions.
"We will continue to vigorously enforce and protect TruePosition's exceptional innovations in wireless location technology," said Stephen Stuut, CEO of TruePosition. "This win illustrates our obligation to continuously deliver pioneering next generation safety solutions and other wireless location solutions to wireless providers and their customers."
TruePosition - Market Leader for E-911
With more than 15 years of experience and unrivaled technical expertise, TruePosition leads the US market in terms of wireless location systems deployed for Enhanced 911 service. TruePosition has successfully deployed over 75,000 location measurement units that cover more than 270 million people, and locates the majority of the 100 million wireless 911 calls made annually.
About TruePosition
TruePosition is dedicated to the development and implementation of advanced wireless location products, services and devices, providing complete solutions to support the wireless location needs of the global marketplace. In addition to providing industry leading core location technologies, TruePosition supports all levels of the wireless location value chain to offer turnkey solutions.
TruePosition's foundation was built on the development of advanced location systems, which include handset, network and hybrid location solutions. Today, TruePosition can offer hybrid location systems that incorporate Cell ID, Enhanced Cell ID, Uplink Time Difference of Arrival, Angle of Arrival, and Assisted GPS to power the next generation of location-based services. TruePosition is a subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation and is attributed to its Liberty Capital Group (Nasdaq: LINTA, LINTB, LCAPA, LCAPB). For more information, visit http://www.trueposition.com .
