Sirius and XM Slapped With Patent Infringement Suit

This week, Austin, Texas-based company Keystone Autonics filed a patent infringement suit against both Sirius and XM, claiming that technology used by both companies is being taken directly from patents that belong to Keystone Autonics. The patent in question was awarded to George Hindman of Keystone Autonics just back in January of this year.

Things are not fun for either company at the moment. I don’t understand how this patent was just filed in January though. Both XM and Sirius have been around for a while… why didn’t one of them own a patent similar to this already? Not surprisingly, the RIAA are down their necks for obvious reasons as well.

Source: Daily Tech