Wireless Lighting Control IP & Litigation - A WTRS Report
Technologies Covered: ZigBee, IEEE 802.15.4, Others
Publication Date: Dec. 2009
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Home automation has been on the verge of mass adoption for several decades. One of the reasons that it has not grown substantially as a market lies with the IP protection activities of Lutron Electronics. This report analyzes the effect of litigation activities and IP protection strategies on the adoption of RF-only home control, or residential wireless control network, technologies. The report also documents the issues surrounding patent protection activities of key players in this market.
As the nascent Home Automation market matures and new products and vendors emerge, it is likely that Lutron will continue to engage in intellectual property protection activities. Based on recent activities, it appears that Lutron Electronics is focused on companies implementing ZigBee lighting profiles to produce end products, as well as those producing other lighting control products.
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Report Length: 23 pages
Publication Date: Dec. 2009
Format: Adobe PDF
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Authors:
Kirsten West, PhD - Principal Analyst
George West - Senior Analyst
Karin Hall, PhD - Senior Analyst
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Table of Contents:
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1. Executive Summary
2. Lutron’s IP Protection Strategies
3. Lutron’s Litigation Arguments
4. Infringement Issues
5. Lutron’s Patents: What they are and Who uses them
Tables
1. Issues with Wireless in Home Automation
2. Lutron Patent Litigation Cases
3. Lutron Litigation and Patent Analysis
4. Lutron’s Wireless Lighting Patents
5. Analysis of IP Referencing Lutron’s Patents
Companies Mentioned
A.L. Air Data, Inc
ABB Power T&D Company Inc.
ABL IP Holdings LLC
Acentech, Inc.
Acuity Brands, Inc.
Advanced Optical Technologies, LLC
Aircuity, Inc.
Alaris Medical Systems, Inc.
Alps Electric Co., Ltd
AMX Corporation
Anascape
Andrew Corporation
Apple, Inc.
Aurora Robotics Limited
Autodesk Canada Inc.
AVX, Inc.
Axeda Corporation
Black & Decker Inc.
Broadcom Corporation
Bticino S.p.A
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
Chaw Khong Co., Ltd
Cirrus Logic, Inc.
Color Kinetics Incorporated
Colorado vNet, LLC
Control4 Corporation
Convergence Wireless, Inc.
Cooper Technologies Company
Cooper Wiring Devices, Inc
Creative Technology Ltd
Crestron Electronics
CTS Corporation
Cyberlux Corporation
Dimango Products
Discreet Logic Inc.
Doo Won Co., Ltd
Eaton Corporation
Echelon Corporation
Ein Hashofet Electrical Accesseries
Electronic Lighting Incorporated
Emerson Electric
Ericsson Inc.
ExodUSElectronic Limited
FitSense Technology, Inc.
GE Interlogix, Inc.
GE Medical Systems Information Technologies, Inc
GE Security, Inc
Gecko Alliance Group Inc.
General Electric Company
Genlyte Thomas Group, LLC
Gentex Corporation
Heath Company
Herman Miller, Inc.
Honeywell International Inc
Hubbell Incorporated
Hugewin Electronics Co., Ltd
Hughes Electronics
Hunt Technologies, LLC
Hunter Fan Company
ICON IP, Inc.
Indesit Company S.p.A.
Inovonics Wireless Corporation
Intermatic Incorporated
International Business Machines Corporation
International Rectifier Corporation
Isochron, LLC
Kawasaki Microelectronics, Inc.
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
Labconco Corporation
Legrand
Lempi SA
Lenovo Singapore Pte, Ltd.
Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc
LG Electronics Inc.
Lowel-Light Manufacturing, Inc.
Lutron Electronics Co., Inc.
Master Lock Company LLC
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd
MaxLite - SK America, Inc.
Microgen Energy Limited
Microsoft Corporation
Motorola Inc
Murakami Corporation
Netergy Networks
Nextek Power Systems, Inc.
North American Philips Corporation
Northrop Grumman Corporation
Osram Sylvania Inc.
Pass & Seymour, Inc.
Polytechnic University
Production Solutions, Inc.
Pulse-LINK, Inc.
Quebec, Inc
RedGate IndUStries, Inc
Relume Corporation
Renesas Technology America, Inc.
Ricoh Company, Ltd.
Ridgeway Research Corporation
Robert Bosch GmbH
Ruud Lighting, Inc.
Salton, Inc.
Sanyo Electric Air Conditioning Co., Ltd
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd
Schlumberger Technology Corporation
Schneider Electric Industries SA
Serconet Ltd.
ShareGate, Inc
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
Simple Devices
SIPCO, LLC
SmartSynch, Inc.
SMK Corporation
Somfy SAS
Sony Corporation
StatSignal IPC, LLC
Symbol Technologies, Inc.
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
The Amcor Group, Ltd
The Bodine Company, Inc.
The Boeing Company
The Watt Stopper, Inc.
The Whitaker Corporation
Thomson Licensing S.A.
Transpace Tech Co., LTD
TSX Products Corp
U.S Philips Corporation
Universal Electronics Inc
Universal Lighting Technologies
Upstate Systems Tec, Inc
Vantage Controls, Inc
Veris Industries, LLC
VIP Investments, Ltd
Visteon Global Technologies, Inc
Vivato, Inc.
Wayne-Dalton Corp.
X-L Synergy, LLC
Zensys A/S
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