CAP Wireless Issues Statement of Clarification Regarding Successful Defense of Patent Infringement Lawsuit.NEWBURY PARK, Calif. -- CAP Wireless, Inc., a leading supplier of high-performance microwave and RF amplifiers and amplifier-based subsystems, today issued a statement of clarification regarding the recent successful defense of a patent infringement patent infringement n. the manufacture and/or use of an invention or improvement for which someone else owns a patent issued by the government, without obtaining permission of the owner of the patent by contract, license or waiver. lawsuit brought by Wavestream Corporation. Wavestream charged that CAP's coaxial antipodal an·tip·o·dal adj. 1. Of, relating to, or situated on the opposite side or sides of the earth: Australia and Great Britain occupy antipodal regions. 2. Diametrically opposed; exactly opposite. finline spatial combining technology, which is a key element of its Spatium[TM] product line of power amplifiers, infringed two patents licensed to Wavestream from the University of California The University of California has a combined student body of more than 191,000 students, over 1,340,000 living alumni, and a combined systemwide and campus endowment of just over $7.3 billion (8th largest in the United States). . The lawsuit was dismissed on summary judgment by the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California in April 2007, which found that there was no infringement. That decision, which was appealed by Wavestream, was upheld in its entirety by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, D.C. on December 7, 2007. CAP Wireless issued the following statement regarding its patented technology: "CAP Wireless is pleased to have prevailed in this dispute," said Paul Daughenbaugh, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of CAP Wireless. "CAP wishes to clarify that it has maintained from the beginning that its technology is different from that offered by Wavestream and provides a significantly more advanced approach to the design and manufacture of spatially combined high-power amplifiers. These facts were so obvious to the U.S. District Court that the lawsuit was summarily dismissed and upheld on appeal. The favorable outcome of the lawsuit, combined with the award on July 19, 2007, of a U.S. patent for its advanced spatial combining methodology, now gives CAP free rein to develop its Spatium-based technology for a wide range of commercial and governmental applications. This will provide important advantages to our defense electronics and telecommunications customers who require high-quality, solid state microwave power amplification with broad bandwidth capability." About CAP Wireless CAP Wireless develops and manufactures a broad range of radio-frequency (RF) and microwave amplification products and related subsystems for homeland security Noun 1. Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security Department of Homeland Security executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States , defense electronics, and commercial microwave markets. The company's Spatium product line provides extremely broad bandwidth, high-power, solid state amplifiers for applications such as electronic warfare Noun 1. electronic warfare - military action involving the use of electromagnetic energy to determine or exploit or reduce or prevent hostile use of the electromagnetic spectrum EW military action, action - a military engagement; "he saw action in Korea" (EW) systems, radar and communication systems, laboratory instrumentation, and electromagnetic compatibility (hardware, testing) Electromagnetic Compatibility - (EMC) The extent to which a piece of hardware will tolerate electrical interference from other equipment, and will interfere with other equipment. and interference testing. Applications currently in development include high-power amplifiers for radar, microwave imaging, and satellite and terrestrial communications systems. CAP Wireless, Inc. is a privately held corporation Noun 1. privately held corporation - a corporation owned by a few people; shares have no public market close corporation, closed corporation, private corporation headquartered in Newbury Park, CA. For more information about CAP Wireless and its products, please visit www.capwireless.com. CAP Wireless and Spatium are trademarks of CAP Wireless, Inc. All other registered marks are the property of their respective holders. |
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