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Cisco Sued over OFDM Wireless Standards

Posted by simoniker on from the floating-through-the-ether dept.

Agent Green writes "It's definitely not the first time someone has been sued over a standard, but Wi-LAN is in the process of taking Cisco to court over the OFDM encoding which it claims to have patents for - the standards in question apply to 802.11a/g. Interestingly, this case is being brought in Canada, where the defense needs to prove its case. Might be time to join and expand the patent busting brigade?"

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  1. Trouble by sigaar · · Score: 3, Funny

    Patents just cause trouble. See? See?

    --
    sigaar
  2. exactly! by curator_thew · · Score: 4, Funny


    Who cares that it may have cost millions of dollars of risk and investment to devise, refine and perfect OFDM and the related technologies ... we just want them to be free for all of us to use, so we definitely should bust their patents.

    By the way, I know that it took you years of hard work to earn a salary to pay off your mortgage, but I actually think your house would make for a good party zone, so me and the boys will be around next Saturday night.

    1. Re:exactly! by kfg · · Score: 1, Funny

      I'm not going to defend patents here.

      After taking a few stabs at formulating a reply I find that you have left me with only enough speech to say that I'm speechless.

      KFG

  3. I believe that... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    This is all patent nonsense.

  4. I think they need by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    a good wap upside the head.

  5. Progress? by Hido · · Score: 3, Funny

    One small step for the patent holder.
    Two steps back for man kind.......

    So much for foresight.

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    Havin' it large, livin' the life, Welcome to the land of the rising sun.
  6. haha! by mboverload · · Score: 1, Funny

    All your Cisco tech are belong to OFDM

  7. C. I. S. C. O. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    She is C. I. S. C. O.,
    She is C. I. S. C. O.,

    We spent the night in Cisco,
    At every kind of disco...

    Thank you very much.

  8. I'm confused... by pclminion · · Score: 2, Funny
    Aren't we supposed to hope the big, faceless, powerful corporation (in this case Cisco) gets its ass kicked?

    Long live patents! I mean, er... uh... What am I supposed to do, again?