(Reuters) - Canadian patent licensing company Wi-Lan Inc said a U.S. judge had allowed its patent suit to proceed against eight companies, including units of Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, HTC Corp and Sony Corp. The U.S. District Court for Eastern Texas rejected all arguments made in support of the defendants' motion for a partial summary judgment, Wi-Lan said in a statement. In a partial summary judgment, a party to a suit asks the court to dismiss a case without a full trial. Wi-Lan said the judge in his opinion had adopted interpretations it believed were favorable to its lawsuit. "This ... ...

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