Lenovo Advances Antitrust Attack on InterDigital 4G Patents (1)

Lenovo and Motorola can move forward with antitrust claims over an alleged scheme by InterDigital Technology Corp. to have its intellectual property incorporated into 3G and 4G wireless technology by lying to a standards-setting organization, a federal judge in Delaware ruled Wednesday.

Judge Leonard P. Stark said the tech companies included a plausible monopolization claim based on allegations that InterDigital misled the European Telecommunication Standards Institute about its commitment to licensing its technology at “fair, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory,” or FRAND, rates.

The lawsuit adequately alleges that InterDigital’s misrepresentations let it “obtain and exploit market power and demand unlawful and artificially ...