The U.S. International Trade Commission has started an investigation following a complaint from Koninklijke Philips N.V. and Philips RS North America LLC. They claim that certain UMTS and LTE cellular communication modules infringe on their patents, including patents '271, '711, '943, and '935. The complaint includes allegations against several companies, including Thales, Telit, Quectel, CalAmp Corp., Xirgo Technologies, and Laird Connectivity, for violating section 337 by importing and selling these products in the U.S. Philips requests that the Commission investigate and potentially issue orders to block the importation and sale of these products.
Simple Explanation
Philips, a company, says that some gadgets are being sold in America without permission because they copy Philips' ideas from certain special papers called patents. Now, a big group called the U.S. International Trade Commission is looking into it to see if these gadgets should be stopped from being sold.