Sunday, January 22, 2006

SIRFS UP

Mainstream Business Press Needs More Enlightenment about Location Technology

SiRFs UP! u-Nav Microelectronics Navigates Its Way To Patent Court

SiRF City, here they come ...

According to a recent post, u-Nav Microelectronics Corporation has filed a counterclaim for patent infringement against SiRF Technology, Inc., in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, alleging that certain SiRF products, including its SiRFstarIII product line, infringe u-Nav's U.S. Patent No. 6,909,739.

Even though u-Nav admits that it is a fabless semiconductor company that develops GPS chipsets and software for the emerging mobile location based services market, the IdeaCop(tm) is unable to say that this patent looks 'fabless, darling'

At any rate, on the off-chance that someone out there wants to help SiRF to hang 10, we have put together some potentially relevant prior art references for the '739 patent in the attached file for their use.

Post your comments and alternative references.
USPat_6909739.DOC

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