Wi-Lan USA, Inc. v. Ericsson, Inc., No. 15-1766 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 17, 2017)

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The instant dispute returns to us a second time fo l- lowing additional district court proceedings. Initially, Wi - LAN USA, Inc. and Wi -LAN, Inc. (together, “Wi -LAN”) sued Ericsson, Inc. and Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (together, “Ericsson”) in the U .S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida (“District Court”) alleging infringement of various claims of U.S. Patent Nos. 8,027,298 (“the ’298 patent”) , 8,249,014 (“the ’014 p a- tent”), and 8,229,437 (“the ’437 patent”) (collectively, “the Patents-in-Suit”).