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Ericsson sues Sendo over patents
Telecoms giant Ericsson is suing UK mobile phone maker Sendo for alleged patent infringement.
Ericsson said it had "no choice" but to take the legal action in Germany, the Netherlands and the UK as Sendo had not signed a licensing agreement with it.
The Swedish firm is seeking damages and an injunction against sales and marketing of Sendo phones.
Sendo's chief executive Hugh Brogan said the firm was prepared to pay a "fair" and "reasonable" royalty.
Sendo had previously made a complaint to the European Competition Commission about the way Ericsson sets licensing rates for unaffiliated companies, he told BBC News.
Action 'unprovoked'
Sendo is a small player in the global market. It sold about five million handsets in 2004 compared with total global mobile sales of about 684 million.
Ericsson's case concerns alleged infringement of its GSM and GPRS handset patents.
Mr Brogan, who founded Birmingham-based Sendo in 1999, said the company had been in negotiations with Ericsson about the technology in question.
The legal action was "unprovoked and unnecessary" and took Sendo by surprise, he added.
"We do not want a free ride," Mr Brogan said.
"We respect other people's intellectual property. We will pay a fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory royalty."
It is not the first time Sendo has found itself up against one of the titans of the tech sector.
Last September, Sendo and Microsoft settled a lawsuit in which Sendo accused the software maker of stealing its technology and customers.
Source: BBC.co.uk
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Posted: 2005-03-25 11:39:09
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I thought yesterday it was posted that ericsson were buying sendo?
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Posted: 2005-03-25 11:46:01
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Where does it say that Ericsson is buying Sendo? Do you have a link to that article?
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Posted: 2005-03-25 12:43:41
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Here you go
http://www.esato.com/board/viewtopic.php?topic=87675#post1180034
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Posted: 2005-03-25 21:13:47
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Residentevil Posts: > 500
It does not say /// is buying Sendo. That is just speculation. Maybe the overpaid lawyers need something to do.
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Posted: 2005-03-25 21:58:51
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