On June 9, 2008, Memorylink Corp. filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Motorola Inc. alleging Motorola intentionally infringed on a patent and defrauded the company by using its invention related to wireless video technology used in electronics like cell phones and security cameras.

The patent infringement lawsuit seeks damages from the profits Motorola gained over several years while utilizing and selling the technology. Memorylink also seeks an injunction against Motorola and seeks to gain patent ownership.

Memorylink’s complaint states its founder Peter Strandwitz is the inventor of the technology and had contact with Motorola in a discussion of the invention in 1997. Strandwitz and a Memorylink director, Robert Kniskern, allegedly signed confidentiality agreements and memorandums of understanding with Motorola to together develop the wireless technology.

The lawsuit claims Strandwitz and Kniskern relied on Motorola for intellectual property matters and unknowingly relinquished a “significant portion” of their patents rights to Motorola for free. Motorola ceased working with Memorylink on wireless video transmission technology in April 2003.