Nigerian-owned Company Sues OLPC

From Marketwire -

BOSTON, MA-(November 27, 2007) - Lagos Analysis Corporation, a US-based Nigerian-owned company with a subsidiary called LANCOR Management Limited, in Nigeria announced today that it has filed a patent infringement lawsuit in Lagos, Nigeria against the OLPC and its enablers in Nigeria.

The patent infringement lawsuit, filed November 22, centers on OLPC's alledged infringement of LANCOR's Nigeria Registered Design Patent # RD8489 and illegal reverse engineering of its keyboard driver source codes for use in the XO Laptops.

LANCOR is seeking substantial damages as well as a permanent injunction to prevent OLPC from continuing to unlawfully manufacture, sell, distribute or offer for sale the XO Laptop, and any other products infringing on the RD8489 and using the illegally acquired keyboard driver source codes.

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