April 1, 2005
U. of Texas Files Patent Lawsuit
The University of Texas System has accused 14 electronics companies, mostly cellphone makers, of infringing an engineering professor's patented invention, and has filed a lawsuit to enforce its claims.
George V. Kondraske, who teaches electrical and biomedical engineering on the system's Arlington campus, developed a device and method that allow users to enter text messages on a standard telephone keypad.
The apparatus, which received a patent in 1987, was originally meant for
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