Northpoint Technology Continues to Press Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against MDS America.Business Editors/Hi-Tech & Legal Writers WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 28, 2001 Northpoint Technology, Ltd. announced that it had filed a new pleading in its 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 against MDS America MDS America, Inc (MDSA) is a startup wireless Internet and wireless cable TV technology provider based in Stuart, Florida. MDS America was the primary party responsible for the invalidation of Northpoint Technology Inc's . In its latest submission to the court Northpoint rebutted an MDS MDS, n See temporomandibular pain-dysfunction syndrome. MDS 1 Maternal deprivation syndrome, see there 2 Myelodysplastic syndrome, see there pleading in which MDS attempted to justify its operation of a terrestrial satellite sharing system in Florida despite full awareness of Northpoint's 1996 patents. "MDS' latest claim is that Northpoint should have told the patent office that MDS offered to sell us microwave equipment in 1998, but they are incorrect in both fact and law, and in no event does this justify MDS' infringement," said Collier, president of Northpoint Technology, Ltd. "Companies all over the world sell microwave equipment. Northpoint's patents, however, cover microwave equipment that operates in a system of terrestrial-satellite sharing. At that time, MDS' own equipment was neither designed nor operated for that kind of sharing - and it's still not," continued Collier. Northpoint sued MDS America for patent infringement in July 2001 as a result of MDS experimental operations in Clewiston, Florida Clewiston is a city in Hendry County, Florida. The population was 6,460 at the 2000 census. According to the U.S Census estimates of 2005, the city had a population of 7,173. [1] Geography Clewiston is located at (26. . The case is currently pending in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida The United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida (S.D.Fl.) is the federal district court covering the southern part of the state of Florida. The court's jurisdiction comprises the following counties: Broward, Dade, Highlands, Indian River, Martin, Monroe, . About BroadwaveUSA and Northpoint Technology Broadwave is a new high quality, digital multi-channel video and high-speed Internet See broadband. service based on Northpoint technology, an innovative, patented wireless system that operates on a small, currently underutilized portion of the radio spectrum. Broadwave services will be available nationwide and will be highly affordable since its underlying technology is very low cost. Broadwave's digital services will enable millions of Americans to gain the benefit of digital services that are currently unavailable or too expensive. Unlike satellites or hard wire line systems such as cable, Broadwave's deployment does not require an expensive infrastructure cost with a long lead time for construction. Broadwave's technology operates through a network of tiny transmitters, each of which is smaller than a personal computer and can serve 100 square miles A square mil is a unit of area, equal to the area of a square with sides of length one mil. A mil is one thousandth of an international inch. This unit of area is usually used in specifying the area of the cross section of a wire or cable. . |
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