WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court sided with Alcatel-Lucent and Nokia on Wednesday, upholding a lower court's finding that a Golden Bridge Technology cell phone patent was invalid.


The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, which hears all patent appeals, upheld the ruling by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.

The patent in question makes it possible for multiple mobile phones to connect with the same cellular base station without interfering with each other.

None of the three companies could immediately be reached for comment.

(Reporting by Diane Bartz; Editing by Tim Dobbyn)


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