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Intellectual Property

Jul. 11, 2013

Valley technology companies team up against patent holding company

Silicon Valley-based Wi-Fi product competitors Cisco Systems, Hewlett-Packard and Ruckus Wireless are taking the offensive against a patent holding company in the Western District of Texas.


By Kevin Lee


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Silicon Valley companies used to competing with each other for customers have joined forces on the offensive in the courtroom against a shared enemy - a patent holding company.


Cisco Systems Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co. and Ruckus Wireless Inc. filed separate lawsuits last month in the Western District of Texas. These Wi-Fi product manufacturers are each seeking declaratory judgment of non-infringement agai...

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