Acer Sues AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile Over Mobile-Network Patents

Acer Inc. brought patent-infringement allegations against AT&T Inc., T-Mobile Inc., and Verizon Wireless over technology incorporated into their mobile-network infrastructure.

The mobile carriers and their subsidiaries infringed US Patent Nos. 8,737,333, 9,526,048, 9,999,097, 10,237,791, 11,044,053, and 11,252,641, according to separate complaints Acer filed Jan. 9 in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. Acer said it offered licenses to the mobile carriers for the use of the standard essential patents, which have been incorporated into wireless standards such as LTE and 5G.

As a condition to having their patents ...