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Handheld Device Maker Palm Sued Over Wireless Multiplayer Gaming Patent

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on March 31, 2003 - 3:47am.
Milpitas, Calif. -- Handheld device maker Palm has been sued for patent infringement, by a company that claims Palm is infringing by letting users of its PDAs connect wirelessly to one another over a network to play multiplayer games. The broadly worded patent, granted in 1997 to Peer-to-Peer Systems LLC, covers devices "communicating over an ad-hoc, wireless, all-to-all broadcast network." In addition to Palm, Peer-to-Peer Systems has sued Cybiko, a maker of handheld games that can connect wirelessly to one another. A representative from Palm told U.K. news site TheRegister that the company intends to "vigorously contest" the suit. http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/30006.html
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/68/29999.html
http://www.cybiko.com http://www.palm.com
tags: Games | Wireless | Handheld | Multiplayer | Palm |

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