OTTAWA, ON — Mosaid Technologies Inc. (TSX: MSD) is suing HTC America, Inc. and Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications (USA) Inc. over alleged patent infringement involving technology “essential to all cellular telephones that implement the emergency 911 standard.”

COLUMBUS, OH — A citizen activist who stood to collect $84,000 in fines from a small Ohio city that recorded over 20 years of 911 tapes lost his legal battle Thursday.

CHICAGO, IL — Governor Pat Quinn has signed a bill making it legal for people with special needs to carry devices that automatically dial 911.

In 2007, a suburban Houston, Texas, resident named Joe Horn spotted a couple of burglars at his neighbor’s home. He called 911 and asked a dispatcher if he should stop them with his shotgun. The dispatcher told him to sit tight.

HOBART, WI — The Oneida Tribe of Indians Police Department should be the primary responder to 9-1-1 calls in part of the village, an appellate court ruled Tuesday.

It is a piece of legislation that perhaps is garnering little notice, but one that has raised the hackles of the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association as a bill putting further restrictions on public records access.

LANCASTER, PA — If you call 911 here, Lancaster County-Wide Communications workers have your number. In some cases, they know your name. They know your address.