U.S. Firms Take on Australia's CSIRO Over Patents

dingram17 writes "ABC News is reporting that six U.S. computer companies (Apple, Dell, Hewlett Packard, Intel, Microsoft and Netgear) are taking legal action to try to break a U.S. patent that the CSIRO holds on wireless networking. The CSIRO has patents on OFDM technology, as used in 802.11a and 802.11g. It has been alleged that the CSIRO demands $4 per chipset for the use of this technology. It appears that the patent in question is U.S. Patent 5,487,069 'Wireless LAN.' From a quick look, this appears to be a wide ranging patent."

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My comment is way *OFF-topic* (UFO)

[d474]

I know this is totally off-topic but, WTF is this?: Google Sat Map of UFO over Florida

If this has already been discussed here at Slashdot, when? I want to know, cause it looks like a UFO. Or is it a joke by google?

Is that your campaign slogan ?

[anti-NAT]

Because if you don't like the government, the best thing to do would be to put yourself up for the election, rather than "yelling" abuse on Slashdot ...

btw, I was about 15 when interest rates were 18 percent, and unemployment was around 11 percent. That was a great time to be considering my future. If you think this government is bad, then you don't know how bad it was under Labour in the late 80s, early 90s.