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Aug. 28, 2008

According to a patent licensing firm representing DTL, late yesterday, Motorola said it has reached a final settlement with Digital Technology Licensing in their dispute over cellular phone technology.

However, terms of the settlement weren't disclosed to the media.

Alexander Poltorak, CEO of The General Patent Corporation International said “the settlement with Motorola follows DTL licensing and settlement deals with Nokia, Samsung, Cingular Wireless, Ericsson and LG.”

Poltorak added “we are very pleased to have resolved this lawsuit on friendly terms and look forward to licensing the rest of the defendants in the remaining lawsuits.”

Specifically, the patent at the center of the case is the Digital Output Transducer owned by DTL, according to GPCI, the exclusive licensing agent of DTL.

The transducer is an essential part for adaptive multi-rate (AMR) codec and other cellular communications standards.

DTL's patented technology also is used to assure backward compatibility of mobile phone handsets and base stations. Other applications include Bluetooth headsets.

Overall, DTL also has brought other patent infringement suits against Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile and Sprint.

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Source: Motorola.