Roku Violates 3 Wi-Fi Patents Originally Granted to LG, Alleges Delaware Complaint

Roku components such as the Roku Streaming Stick infringe three Wi-Fi patents held by Aegis 11, alleged (in Pacer) the Luxembourg technology company Friday in U.S. District Court in Wilmington, Delaware. The patents were granted in January 2005, February 2017 and December 2017 and were originally assigned to LG, which was “actively involved with standards-development organizations that developed industry standards relevant to LG’s product portfolios, including LG’s Wi-Fi enabled consumer electronic goods,” said the complaint. Aegis 11 acquired two of the patents from LG in April and the third from Sisvel International this month, it said. Aegis 11 “reserves the right” to treat Roku as “an unwilling licensee,” it said. That frees Aegis 11 to seek “the maximum available reasonable royalty damages” to compensate for Roku’s allegedly infringing activities, regardless of IEEE bylaws requiring the licensing of Wi-Fi patents on reasonable and nondiscriminatory terms, it said. Roku didn’t comment Monday.