Wi-Lan, Inc. v. Apple Inc., No. 14-1437 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 8, 2016)

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Wi-LAN, Inc. (“Wi -LAN”) is the assignee of U.S. P a- tent No. RE37,802 (“’802 patent”) , which concerns a wireless data communication technique called “Multi - Code Direct-Sequence Spread Spectrum” (MC-DSSS). Wi- LAN asserts that the patented technique is embodied in several modern wireless communications standards. On February 2, 2011, Wi -LAN sued Apple Inc.