Adaptix has filed a complaint against Clearwire for patent infringement. Adaptix believes Clearwire has encroached on 6 of their patents. The major issue being the way in which users are dynamically assigned to the network, according to an article online.
Clearwire is not the only company in the WiMAX space right now, others such as Towerstream, Wavemax and DigitalBride are also taking advantage of the IEEE 802.16 standard.
The motive for this complaint is not totally clear to me. I don't see how Adaptix is going to keep every other company out of their space. This feels a little like the CDN controversy between Akamai and Limelight. Even if they win the first one, what do they do about 2, 3 and 4?
It could be that this is a nice opportunity to get their name out there, which it has done a nice job of. If you subscribe to the theory that any press is good press, then the complaint has already paid for itself.
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