TruePosition (Liberty Media) sues Andrew Corporation

Uhoh. TruePosition (a subsidiary of Liberty Media) have moved on Andrew Corporation to protect their patent dealing with the location of cellular phones using the wireless network control channel, which is particularly important for safety and security applications.

TruePosition previously sued Andrew Corporation for infringing different patents and in a 2004 settlement Andrew agreed to pay TruePosition $35 million and to provide warrants to purchase one million shares of Andrew's common stock. In 2001, TruePosition also prevailed in a suit against SigmaOne Communications Corp. for infringing several patents, including the one at issue in the current suit against the Andrew Corporation.

Talking of Andrew Corporation; they have just openened up a new Centre in Wollongong, Australia (read the press release at Telematics).

Andrew Corporation's newly expanded Wollongong, Australia, research center, already a global technical leader in the development of location technology, is growing to play a crucial role in the company's support for the expanding global market for mobile location services.

Terry Garner, group president, Network Solutions, Andrew Corporation, Asia-Pacific directors David Evans and Martin Dawson, and centre staff were joined at the ribbon-cutting ceremony by The Hon. David Campbell, MP minister for Water Utilities, Small Business, Regional Business, and the Illawarra, and Professor Margaret Sheil, acting vice chancellor, University of Wollongong.

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