Straight Path Communications subsidiary Straight Path IP Group...
Straight Path Communications subsidiary Straight Path IP Group (SPIPG) said Thursday it has filed patent protection claims with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) against major electronics companies LG, Panasonic, Sony, Toshiba and Vizio. SPIPG wants the ITC to bar…
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the importation and sale of allegedly infringing products the companies manufacture. Those products include smartphones, tablets, e-readers, smart TVs, gaming consoles, Blu-ray players and set-top boxes, SPIPG said. SPIPG also filed a lawsuit against “substantially the same parties” in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (http://bit.ly/18UjddA). SPIPG also filed a separate lawsuit against VoIP providers Bandwidth.com, Telesphere Networks and Vocalocity. SPIPG claims the three companies infringed its patents by selling and authorizing “certain Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) products and/or services” (http://bit.ly/16J4HzO). “We intend to vigorously and tenaciously defend our IP across industry verticals, wherever our technology is being used without license,” said SPIPG CEO David Jonas in a statement. “We owe it to our stockholders to prevent infringement of our IP.” An LG spokesman said the company “does not generally comment on pending legal matters.” Bandwidth.com’s “products and services do not infringe any patents issued to Straight Path Communications,” a spokeswoman said. “We nonetheless will review the allegations. We intend to vigorously defend the suit and anticipate a favorable outcome.” The other companies involved did not respond to requests for comment.