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Prepaid Under Patent Attack

May 21, 2005, 2:37 PM by (staff)

On Friday, a Boston jury awarded $128 million in damages to Freedom Wireless Inc. in a patent lawsuit involving technology and systems to provide prepaid wireless service. The primary defendant was bcgi (Boston Communications Group Inc.), a major provider of account and billing systems for wireless carriers. The lawsuit also targeted bcgi's carrier customers, including Verizon Wireless, Cingular Wireless, AT&T Wireless, CMT Partners, and Western Wireless, although Verizon was removed as a defendant as a result of a settlement for an undisclosed amount. Following the verdict, Freedom Wireless filed additional lawsuits against Nextel and Alltel. Next month, a judge will rule on additional post-trial motions as well as a separate, non-jury trial regarding unenforceability of the patents. The outcome of those rulings could triple the damages. Appeals are expected.

AP via The Boston Globe »

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ozzy6666

Aug 25, 2005, 8:43 PM

cingular

😁 i do not have a price point yet, but cingular is getting it sometime in late or mind september. Gonna increase my activations with this puppy

Jldnr77

May 21, 2005, 3:39 PM

Sure waited long enough....

If this company had a patent on these kind of services, why not bring lawsuits against these companies earlier??? I don't think they should get anything. They were basically sitting around waiting to see if prepaid was gonna get big enough that they could profit off of it without having to do the work themselves.

gsmcentral

I agree with you.

To make things worse if the carriers DO LOSE you know, it doesn't matter how rich they are. I'm 100% sure that they will pass the bill down to the customers. And in the front line you have me, trying to explain to the customers wh...
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DDA

yes and no

The full article says that the suit was filed 5 years ago.

However, if they have held the patent for 11 years like it says, then they really have been sitting on their backsides and taking their sweet freaking time.

You decide.

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muchdrama

Jldnr77 said:
If this company had a patent on these kind of services, why not bring lawsuits against these companies earlier??? I don't think they should get anything. They were basically sitting around waiting to see if prepaid

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