A local Atlanta based wireless communications research development company IPCO LLC "plaintiff" accused a wireless technology provider for utility meter reading products, Cellnet Technology, Inc. "defendant", of patent infringement, IPCO LLC will seek upward of $200 million in total damages, according to sources from IPCO LLC. According to IPCO LLC, Cellnet Technology, Inc., wireless system for automatic meter reading willfully and deliberately infringes IPCO's U.S. Patent No. 6,249,516, which was issued to the plaintiff in 2001. IPCO filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. "IPCO has suffered damages as a result of Cellnet's infringement of the '516 Patent and will continue to suffer damages and irreparable harm in the future unless Cellnet is enjoined from infringing further the '516 Patent," says Joel Goldman, Vice President General Council for IPCO LLC.

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