Wi-LAN Amends Complaint to Add LG to Litigation Against Motorola, RIM and UTStarCom

OTTAWA - Wi-LAN Inc., announced in a press release that it has amended its Complaint in action No. 2:08-cv-237 in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division to add LG Electronics Inc. and LG Electronics Mobilecomm USA Inc. as Defendants.

The parties already named as Defendants in this action are Motorola Inc., Research in Motion Corporation, Research In Motion Ltd. and UTStarCom Inc.

Wi-LAN claims that all Defendants have infringed and continue to infringe Wi LAN’s US patents RE37,802 and 5,282,222 by making and/or selling products including mobile handheld devices and other equipment.

Wi-LAN continues to be represented in this action by McKool Smith, a leading US law firm specializing in Intellectual Property litigation.

Wi-LAN, founded in 1992, is a leading technology innovation and licensing company. Its portfolio of patented inventions applies to a wide range of electronics and communications products.