By Samuel Howard

Law360, New York (September 02, 2011, 1:18 PM ET) -- Wi-LAN Inc. on Thursday took Apple Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co. and other tech giants to court in Texas for allegedly infringing two widely asserted patents covering wireless handset technology.

The Canadian technology licensing company, a prodigious litigant, claims that the nine defendants make and sell a range of products incorporating technology protected by U.S. Patent Numbers RE37,802 and 5,282,222.

“[The defendants infringe] the patents-in-suit in this district and elsewhere by making ... and/or selling products compliant with the CDMA2000 standards (including EVDO Rev. A), HSPA standards, IEEE...