TruePosition Wins LBS Patent Suit Against Andrew Corp; $45.3 Million Damages


By James Quintana Pearce - Mon 17 Sep 2007 03:04 PM PST
The jury in the United States District Court in the District of Delaware has awarded LBS company TruePosition $45.3 million in damages in a patent infringement suit it filed in 2005 against wireless company Andrew Corporation. The patent in question deals with the locatin of wireless phones using the wireless network control channel, and the suit focused on contracts offered by Andrew Corporation to tier 1 operator in Saudi Arabia. For its part, Andrew Corporation said it would “fight aggressively to overturn this verdict, either at the trial court level or on appeal” (release). TruePosition could seek to increase damages, up to trebling the amount.
In 2004 TruePosition won a settlement from Andrew Corporation of $35 million and warrants to purchase one million shares of Andrew’s common stock after the court ruled Andrew infringed on patents held by TruePosition.