OTTAWA, Canada – October 26, 2007 – Wi-LAN Inc. (TSX: WIN) (“Wi-LAN”), a leading technology licensing company, today announced agreement for Wi-LAN’s Canadian Patent No. 2,179,474 and US Patent No. 5,828,402 with Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) AmTRAN Technology Co., Limited Of Taiwan. The running royalty licenses are valid for the lives of the patents through 2016.
AmTRAN Technology is one of world’s largest contract manufacturers. DisplaySearch, a respected market analysis company, in a news release in late August placed AmTRAN in second place in worldwide LCD television shipments by subcontract manufacturers in the second quarter of 2007 with 17.4 percent of the world market.
“AmTRAN is an emerging powerhouse in the digital television industry and is important to our licensing strategy. We are delighted to welcome AmTRAN to our licensee family,” stated Wi-LAN V-chip President Najmul Siddiqui. “The AmTRAN agreements significantly increase the percentage of digital televisions sold under license in the United States.”
103 licenses have been signed for Wi-LAN’s Canadian and/or U.S. V-chip patents to electronics manufacturers in Korea, Japan, Taiwan, China, Thailand, Singapore, Hong Kong, Canada and the United States.
About Wi-LAN
Wi-LAN, founded in 1992, licenses intellectual property applicable to a full range of products providing access in the communications and consumer electronics markets. Some of the fundamental technologies covered by Wi-LAN’s patents include: CDMA, DOCSIS, DSL, V-chip, Wi-Fi and WiMAX. Wi-LAN has already licensed its intellectual property, which includes 241 issued or pending patents, to a number of companies around the world. For more information: www.wilan.com.
Forward-looking Information
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For more information, please contact Wi-LAN:
Murray Eldon,
Director, Communications
O: 416.298.8551
E: meldon@wi-lan.com
Steve Bower,
CFO
C: 613.697.7159
O: 613.688.4898
E: sbower@wi-lan.com
