Barco successfully enforces six patents against Yealink in US

Yealink admitted to infringing six of Barco ClickShare’s patents related to wireless presentation. As a result, a jury in the US District Court in Marshall, Texas awarded Barco over 900,000 USD in damages for one year of infringing sales. This award ensures the continued removal of the Yealink WPP20 and WPP30 devices from the US market. The jury’s verdict underscores Barco’s right to protect its intellectual property and maintain integrity of its wireless collaboration technology. 

Barco introduced ClickShare in 2012. This wireless collaboration solution enables meeting attendees to effortlessly share content from their laptop with a single click via the ClickShare App or Button. For more than 13 years, ClickShare has been a pioneering product that stands out because of its simplicity, security, and ease of use. Barco’s wireless presentation technology is fundamental for good collaboration in the video conferencing market.

“We welcome the jury's award of over 900,000 USD in damages for Yealink’s infringement of Barco ClickShare’s patents,” said Kurt Verheggen, General Counsel at Barco. “The jury’s verdict ensures the continued removal of Yealink’s infringing products from the US market. We will carefully monitor the industry and prevent resellers of collaboration tools for video conferencing on online platforms and web shops from further reselling Yealink’s WPP20 and WPP30 devices in the US.”

Barco has always persistently defended its intellectual property. ClickShare’s innovations for wireless presentation and conferencing are now protected by more than 110 patents in major jurisdictions. The company has built a solid reputation in safeguarding its strong patent portfolio for wireless collaboration solutions across the globe. The positive outcome in the US proves the importance and success of Barco’s focus on safeguarding its intellectual property.