FCC rejection of Channel 51 of San Diego’s low-power TV displacement application shouldn’t be overturned, though it cites an incorrect section of the rules (see 1911130048), said Los Angeles County in an opposition filing. The agency should have cited rules for protecting land mobile stations from LPTV interference, the county said. “Nevertheless, the Commission’s decision was correct and should stand.” The agency’s conclusion was based on interference analysis, the county said: Channel 51 was assigned a viable channel, so it doesn’t meet the burden required for waiver.

Energous is working with SK Telesys and PiBex to develop an ultra-wideband tracking tag for Korea-based steel manufacturer Posco, the wireless charging company said Thursday. The tag enables location-tracking for security and employee safety in industrial factories, it said. Energous, whose efforts to land its wireless charging technology in CE products have fallen short, said the Posco move is a “step forward” into the industrial market. Energous’ WattUp wireless charging technology is applicable for industrial use because of its “scalability, small footprint and our ability to charge both at contact as well as at-a-distance,” said CEO Stephen Rizzone. The company didn’t respond to questions on the status of regulatory approvals in Korea or other Asian countries.

The Land Mobile Communications Council filed a petition for correction asking the FCC to “recognize and correct” the record on multiple release dates for the same Sprint-vacated 800 MHz spectrum. The LMCC has identified 197 Sprint-vacated channels canceled correctly by Sprint, but for which the FCC issued multiple release dates. “Multiple release dates for the same channels incorrectly trigger an additional five-year period of eligibility limitations,” the council said Tuesday, regarding its filing in docket 02-55. “This inadvertent extension denies access to these channels for critical infrastructure industry and non-public safety eligible applicants for 3 to 5 additional years.”

Energous is working with SK Telesys and PiBex to develop an ultra-wideband tracking tag for Korea-based steel manufacturer Posco, the wireless charging company said Thursday. The tag enables location-tracking for security and employee safety in industrial factories, it said. Energous, whose efforts to land its wireless charging technology in CE products have fallen short, said the Posco move is a “step forward” into the industrial market. Energous’ WattUp wireless charging technology is applicable for industrial use because of its “scalability, small footprint and our ability to charge both at contact as well as at-a-distance,” said CEO Stephen Rizzone. The company didn’t respond to questions on the status of regulatory approvals in Korea or other Asian countries.

A Long Island cardiologist accused Apple of stealing his atrial fibrillation-detection invention and building it into the Apple Watch. Joseph Wiesel, a board-certified cardiologist on the faculty of the New York University School of Medicine, landed a March 2006 patent for an “innovative approach” that “allowed patients to properly monitor atrial fibrillation in a non-hospital setting,” said his complaint (in Pacer) Friday in U.S. District Court in Central Islip, New York. “Prior to this, patients could only use manual palpation of the pulse to detect atrial fibrillation,” it said. Apple had “indisputable actual knowledge” of the patent since “at least as early” as September 2017 when it introduced the Series 4 Apple Watch with embedded atrial fibrillation-detection technology, said the complaint. That’s also when Wiesel first “engaged” Apple, “through numerous letters and claim charts,” with notice of its infringing practices, the complaint said. Apple since has compounded its bad behavior by introducing the technology into the Series 5, “but also updating the software on the existing legacy Series 1, 2, and 3 Apple Watches to enable the infringing features,” it alleged. Apple has “refused to negotiate in good faith to avoid this lawsuit,” it said. Apple’s actions, “despite continued warnings,” are evidence of a “willful disregard” of Wiesel’s rights “and a desire to profit irrespective of U.S. patent laws,” it said. Wiesel seeks “recovery of past damages” through payment of a “reasonable royalty” and is "entitled" to license fees on Apple Watch shipments on “a going-forward basis,” it said. Apple didn’t comment Tuesday.

A Long Island cardiologist accused Apple of stealing his atrial fibrillation-detection invention and building it into the Apple Watch. Joseph Wiesel, a board-certified cardiologist on the faculty of the New York University School of Medicine, landed a March 2006 patent for an “innovative approach” that “allowed patients to properly monitor atrial fibrillation in a non-hospital setting,” said his complaint (in Pacer) Friday in U.S. District Court in Central Islip, New York. “Prior to this, patients could only use manual palpation of the pulse to detect atrial fibrillation,” it said. Apple had “indisputable actual knowledge” of the patent since “at least as early” as September 2017 when it introduced the Series 4 Apple Watch with embedded atrial fibrillation-detection technology, said the complaint. That’s also when Wiesel first “engaged” Apple, “through numerous letters and claim charts,” with notice of its infringing practices, the complaint said. Apple since has compounded its bad behavior by introducing the technology into the Series 5, “but also updating the software on the existing legacy Series 1, 2, and 3 Apple Watches to enable the infringing features,” it alleged. Apple has “refused to negotiate in good faith to avoid this lawsuit,” it said. Apple’s actions, “despite continued warnings,” are evidence of a “willful disregard” of Wiesel’s rights “and a desire to profit irrespective of U.S. patent laws,” it said. Wiesel seeks “recovery of past damages” through payment of a “reasonable royalty” and is "entitled" to license fees on Apple Watch shipments on “a going-forward basis,” it said. Apple didn’t comment Tuesday.

A Long Island cardiologist accused Apple of stealing his atrial fibrillation-detection invention and building it into the Apple Watch. Joseph Wiesel, a board-certified cardiologist on the faculty of the New York University School of Medicine, landed a March 2006 patent for an “innovative approach” that “allowed patients to properly monitor atrial fibrillation in a non-hospital setting,” said his complaint (in Pacer) Friday in U.S. District Court in Central Islip, New York. “Prior to this, patients could only use manual palpation of the pulse to detect atrial fibrillation,” it said. Apple had “indisputable actual knowledge” of the patent since “at least as early” as September 2017 when it introduced the Series 4 Apple Watch with embedded atrial fibrillation-detection technology, said the complaint. That’s also when Wiesel first “engaged” Apple, “through numerous letters and claim charts,” with notice of its infringing practices, the complaint said. Apple since has compounded its bad behavior by introducing the technology into the Series 5, “but also updating the software on the existing legacy Series 1, 2, and 3 Apple Watches to enable the infringing features,” it alleged. Apple has “refused to negotiate in good faith to avoid this lawsuit,” it said. Apple’s actions, “despite continued warnings,” are evidence of a “willful disregard” of Wiesel’s rights “and a desire to profit irrespective of U.S. patent laws,” it said. Wiesel seeks “recovery of past damages” through payment of a “reasonable royalty” and is "entitled" to license fees on Apple Watch shipments on “a going-forward basis,” it said. Apple didn’t comment Tuesday.

Comments are due Jan. 10 on a streamlined submarine cable landing license application from RTI Solutions, RTI HK-G, RTI Connectivity and GU Holdings for a license to land and operate within the U.S. a non-common carrier fiber cable network connecting Hong Kong and Guam, the FCC said Friday in a public notice (report SCL-00256S). The applicants "will not sell capacity indifferently to the user public but instead will provide the RTI Group with capacity to support a wholesale business in Asia and the Americas, offering bulk capacity to particular carrier, enterprise and government customers," including Google, the notice said. It said GU is an indirect, majority-owned subsidiary of Google.

Comments are due Jan. 10 on a streamlined submarine cable landing license application from RTI Solutions, RTI HK-G, RTI Connectivity and GU Holdings for a license to land and operate within the U.S. a non-common carrier fiber cable network connecting Hong Kong and Guam, the FCC said Friday in a public notice (report SCL-00256S). The applicants "will not sell capacity indifferently to the user public but instead will provide the RTI Group with capacity to support a wholesale business in Asia and the Americas, offering bulk capacity to particular carrier, enterprise and government customers," including Google, the notice said. It said GU is an indirect, majority-owned subsidiary of Google.

The assets Dish Network would gain through DOJ’s “remedy” with T-Mobile/Sprint would be a “catalyst” to building out a 5G network “faster” than otherwise possible, testified Dish Chairman Charlie Ergen Wednesday at the T-Mobile/Sprint bench trial in U.S. District Court in lower Manhattan. “We’re going to need 5G to compete against the big three incumbents,” including AT&T, Verizon and the new T-Mobile, said Ergen. “We can’t wait” to compete against T-Mobile, he said.