Synopsis
A US patent holder has sued Wipro in a federal court. The company alleges Wipro used patented technology without permission. This involves two patents related to signal processing. ContentNexus LLC filed the complaint. They seek damages and a jury trial. Wipro has not yet responded to the lawsuit. The patents were filed in 1995 and granted later.Listen to this article in summarized format
ContentNexus LLC filed the complaint on April 22 in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. It accused Wipro of making, using, selling and importing products and services by infringing on two patents related to “signal processing apparatus and methods”.
ContentNexus is seeking monetary damages, legal costs, attorney fees and interest. It has also asked for a jury trial.
The court has not yet determined whether Wipro infringed the patent. Wipro has not yet filed its response to the complaint as per court records reviewed by ET.
Wipro did not respond to ET’s request for comment until press time Thursday.
ContentNexus said the patents were filed in 1995 and granted in 2013 and 2014, and that it owns all rights to these two patents and has the right to seek damages.
According to “claim charts” that the company filed with the complaint, Wipro’s television receiver solution uses the ATSC 3.0 broadcasting standard, which enables broadcasters to send software applications, video content and targeted advertising to connected television devices, similar to the system patented by ContentNexus.
The company accused Wipro of direct infringement and alleged that Wipro also encouraged customers and users to use products in ways that infringed the patents.
It said Wipro continued to market and distribute the products after receiving notice of the alleged infringement. The complaint said Wipro employees also tested and used the products internally.
