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Wi-Fi world under threat from Symbol patent |
masseur
Joined: Jan 03, 2003
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From: Sydney, London
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I've been following this story a little lately but today I have read quite a few news items about it so thought I might mention it here.
It seems that Symbol Technologies have patents covering various aspects of the wi-fi technology and just last week collected $23 million damages from Proxim and are expected to request licence fees and 6% royalties from any manufacturer using wi-fi technology and in particular, access points which infringe their patent
one site to read about this is InfoWorld
sounds like a big deal for alot of companies and I expect the cost of wi-fi products are likely to increase to cover those costs
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Krubach
Joined: Dec 05, 2002
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From: Sunny Portugal! :)
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Since axxxr isn't around we always have Sir Masseur. 
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BOSSHOGG
Joined: Dec 19, 2002
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They'll just pay the fine and license probably. Same thing happened to sony and ms with the dual shock rumble in their control pads. Turns out immersion had a patent covering haptic feedback which is cpu controlled feedback. MS paid then off and bought a stake in the company last year. Sony didn't and just lost a court case. They now owe 86m and will either have to cease sales of dual shock pads or pay a license, which means they also pay ms lol :-D they're appealing though.
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Posted: 2004-09-29 15:22
