Long-Running WiLAN Campaign Swerves into Connected Cars

Wi-LAN Inc. (WiLAN) and its subsidiary Wireless Future Technologies, Inc. have filed suit against Toyota (2:25-cv-00066) in the Eastern District of Texas, alleging infringement of seven wireless communications patents through the provision of vehicles that support LTE communications. The plaintiffs plead willfulness, alleging that WiLAN sent a letter to Toyota as early as August 2021 (over three of the patents), after which Toyota referred WiLAN to its “major TCU suppliers” LG and Continental; per the new complaint, LG apparently took a license, but Continental did not.