Technology Patents has filed a lawsuit against 131 companies that alleges they infringed on patents covering international text messaging. Technology Patents has named Microsoft, Yahoo, Motorola, Sprint, T-Mobile USA, AT&T and others in its suit. The company wants a permanent injunction against all infringing parties and to have all U.S. carriers shut down international text messaging capabilities and pay unspecified monetary damages. The two patents in question detail a method for delivering texts internationally by using the Internet as a packet-switched network to reach a broadcast mobile network in the destination country.
For more on the suit:
- read this article [1] from Digital Trends
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Links:
[1] http://news.digitaltrends.com/news/story/14820/sms_patent_suit_targets_131_companies
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[3] http://www.fiercemobilecontent.com/story/patent-filed-for-anonymous-sms/2006-07-25
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