James F. Booth

For more than 25 years, James Booth has provided consulting and legal services to telecommunications carriers and to enterprise companies that manage their own telecommunications networks. Since June of 2009 he has also served as General Counsel of Spread Networks, LLC, which is the industry leader in the construction and operation of low latency high speed networks. Before joining Spread he was General Counsel for OnFiber Communications, a competitive telecommunications provider, and was the sole attorney for Qwest Communications International in support of its construction of an 18,800 mile fiber optic network spanning the United States. Earlier he was lead counsel for U S WEST in its wireless and cable television ventures in the United States, Europe and Hong Kong.

Wednesday, September 17, 2014

AT&T Sues Cox Communications for Patent Infringement


AT&T is suing Cox Communications for infringing eight patents dealing with network quality after the regional cable provider ignored its complaints about the issue and made “billions” off of the technology, according to a new lawsuit.

In the suit filed Friday in Delaware federal court against Cox and more than 30 of its regional units, AT&T said that Cox had been warned about the claims of patent infringement as far back as 2009. It said Cox delayed negotiations and refused to take a license for the technologies.
AT&T claims the patents were infringed in Cox’s use and sale of digital video recorders, set top boxes, Internet and telephone systems, according to the lawsuit.
The patents relate to methods for improving the quality and reducing the costs of telecommunications services, the suit said.
AT&T said in the suit that Cox was also inducing its employees and subscribers to infringe.

http://recode.net/2014/08/29/att-sues-cox-communications-for-patent-infringement/
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