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Intermec Claims RFID is Proprietary

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the bought-the-right dept.

seeks2know writes "Line56.com reports that Intermec is claiming patents on RFID chips, readers, and tags. They have launched their first lawsuit against Matrics. They seek to sell licenses to all RFID manufacturers. Erik Michielsen of ABI Research states '...this definitely clouds the UHF Generation 2 standards discussions and is fueling considerable animosity in the industry.' Interestingly, the patents that Intermec is claiming were acquired in their acquisition of IBM's RFID laboratory in December, 1997. Another case of a submarine patent strategy?"

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  1. Don't be an ass. by Saeed+al-Sahaf · · Score: 0, Troll
    When you grow up perhaps you will learn which company gave a small corp from Washington state is't start because they didn't think the PC would take off.

    Don't be an ass. The fact that IBM did not understand that the PC would take off, and let a small Redmond company win the OS war, has nothing at all to do with patents.

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    "Who are in control, they are not in control of anything - they don't even control themselves!" - Glen Beck
  2. Re:No No No... by cdrudge · · Score: 0, Troll

    So because it pays your paycheck, it's ok to do this? Darl McBride is just trying to help is paycheck so what SCO is doing is right. Drug dealers are just trying to make a buck so it must be right. Your logic is flawed.

    You are absolutely right though that you didn't wait until it was late. You waited until it was 3/4 late and then create a rediculous premise for suing the pants off everybody. Your a few years late coming to the table to try to claim you weren't going to submarine it.