Core Wireless Licensing v. Apple, Inc., No. 15-2037 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 14, 2017)

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This appeal arises from a patent infringement ac tion brought in the United States District Court for the Eas t- ern District of Texas. The plaintiff, Core Wireless Licens- ing S.a.r.l., is the owner of U.S. Patent No. 6,978,143 (“the ’143 patent”). Claim 17 of the patent, the only claim at issue in this appeal, recites a mobile station, such as a mobile telephone, that is connected to a cellular system or network. The claim is directed to means for sending packet data from the mobile station to the ne twork using a selected channel.