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VIRTUALISATION CSIRO to widen Wi-Fi patent net
VIRTUALISATION CSIRO to widen Wi-Fi patent net | CSIRO to widen Wi-Fi patent net |
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| by Stephen Withers | |
| Tuesday, 16 June 2009 | |
  
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Manufacturers of components embodying the CSIRO technology and companies using those components in their products declined the reasonable and non-discriminatory licences offered by the research organisation. Not surprisingly, CSIRO turned to its lawyers. April saw settlements with several companies including 3Com, Accton, Asus, Belkin, Buffalo Technologies, D-Link, Dell, Fujitsu, Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Microsoft, Netgear, Nintendo, SMC, and Toshiba. The terms were not disclosed, but an aggregate of $1 billion was bandied around at the time and not denied by CSIRO. According to a report in The Australian, CSIRO now has the rest of the industry in its sights. The article quotes a CSIRO spokesperson as saying "We have licensed half the industry and now we're engaged in negotiations with the other half of the industry". There's a suggestion that CSIRO will go after mobile phone vendors, among others. Wi-Fi is an increasingly common feature of higher-end handsets, including models from HTC, LG, Nokia, RIM (BlackBerry), Samsung, Sony Ericsson, and of course Apple. Such actions do not affect the users of Wi-Fi devices, except to the extent that prices could increase slightly to offset the licensing fees. |
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