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VIRTUALISATION CSIRO's 802.11 patent hopes buoyed by change of court
VIRTUALISATION CSIRO's 802.11 patent hopes buoyed by change of court | CSIRO's 802.11 patent hopes buoyed by change of court |
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| by Stuart Corner | |
| Wednesday, 20 December 2006 | |
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According to the CSIRO, other major IT companies - Intel, Dell, Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard and Netgear - recognised that a victory by CSIRO in the Buffalo case could have broad implications for the wireless industry as a whole and sued CSIRO in May, 2005 in the Federal District Court in San Francisco seeking a declaratory judgment that the '069 patent was invalid and not infringed. On November 14, 2006, before a decision had been reached in the California case, the Texas court found CSIRO's patents to be valid and infringed by Buffalo. The California court has now agreed with CSIRO that the Eastern District of Texas is the proper venue to decide on the case brought by Intel et al, because the Texas court is already familiar with the case and has ruled on the key issues. According to CSIRO, the Texas court's ruling in the Buffalo case will apply to all 802.11a and g wireless devices. The amount of patent damages in the Buffalo case, based on a "reasonable royalty," will likely be decided early next yea, and if applied to all other manufacturers of 802.11a/g devices would generate enormous revenues for CSIRO. |
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