ParkerVision today said it lost an appeal of allegations that Qualcomm was infringing on some of its patents. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld a district court ruling maintaining that ParkerVision did not prove infringement of its patents by Qualcomm.
The appeals court also agreed with the district court in denying Qualcomm’s attempt to invalidate one of the patents. ParkerVision said, however, that the appeals court reversed the lower courts decision regarding the validity of ParkerVision’s other claims.
“We are highly disappointed with the appellate court’s decision both with regard to infringement and validity of certain of our patent claims,” said Jeffrey Parker, ParkerVision’s Chairman and CEO. “Despite this setback, we will consider further options on appeal, and will move forward in our second infringement case against Qualcomm, HTC and Samsung.”
ParkerVision designs radio-frequency technology for wireless devices.
