NPE Litigation: Wyncomm and HD Radio

Not only going after WiFi-related offenders, Wyncomm LLC has joined forces with Delaware Radio Technologies to sue companies for HD Radio Patent Infringement.

These two firms sued various automobile companies, like Chrysler Group LLC and Porsche Cars North America, for making, using, importing, selling, and/or offering automobiles for sale that are equipped to receive HD radio broadcasting. Various broadcasting companies, such as CBS and Univision, have also been sued, as these firms are infringing Delaware Radio's patent by using HD Radio Transmission. Delaware Radio is the only firm that has a license to the use of this technology.

Unfortunately, Wyncomm and Delaware Radio's attempts to sue these major automobile and broadcasting agencies is frustrating Congress, as it seems quite ridiculous that non-practicing entities are stifling these bigger corporations' operations because they want to collect licensing fees and other financial compensation through these so-called patent infringements. For this reason, Congressmen have introduced the Patent Litigation and Innovation Act of 2013, that will require more stringent proof for patent holding companies to establish a formal lawsuit for potential patent infringement.

It's interesting to note that Wuncomm began suing most of these HD radio-violating firms in November of 2013, which is when its former US Patent expired. One can thus assume that Wyncomm switched to HD Radio infringement because it needed to find a new cause to sue firms.

Source: http://www.ipbrief.net/2013/11/24/wyncomm-llc-sues-113-companies-for-alleged-hd-radio-patent-infringement/