TP-Link Owes $37 Million for Infringing Wi-Fi 6 Router Patents

Sept. 14, 2023, 7:04 PM UTC

A Texas federal jury ordered TP-Link Technologies Co. to pay Atlas Global Technologies LLC $37.5 million in lump-sum damages for violating patented state-of-the-art wireless network technology developed by South Korea’s Newracom Inc.

Austin-based Atlas Global sued the Chinese router manufacturer on allegations it incorporated patented Wi-Fi 6 network technology into its line of advanced routers intended for heavy bandwidth-usage environments, like smart homes or virtual reality devices, according Atlas Global’s complaint in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.

TP-Link promotes Wi-Fi 6 as offering “3x faster speeds, 4x higher capacity and greater efficiency than the legacy ...

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