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

Posted by timothy on from the hey-we-want-those dept.

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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  1. Re:A little help? by kcbrown · · Score: 0, Redundant

    The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, in Australia.

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  2. Re:A little help? by cranos · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Government sponsored research laboritories.

  3. Re:A little help? by arberya · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization. It is funded by the Australian government.

  4. Re:A little help? by frickenhell · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization

  5. Re:A little help? by sik0fewl · · Score: -1, Redundant

    FTA, it sounds like a research organization funded and/or operated by the Australian government.. and according to Wikipedia, I'm not far off.

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  6. Re:A little help? by ggm · · Score: 0, Redundant

    C(ommonwealth) S(cientific) I(ndustrial) R(esearch) O(rganization)

  7. Re:A little help? by goss · · Score: 0, Redundant

    It's the Australian government research body, basically.

    http://www.csiro.au/

  8. Re:A little help? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation - http://www.csiro.au/

  9. Re:A little help? by Timbotronic · · Score: -1, Redundant

    The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation is Australia's largest scientific research organisation - funded by the federal government here.

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  10. Re:A little help? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    CSIRO stands for Commonwealth Scientific Research Organization.

  11. Re:A little help? by dadjaka · · Score: 0, Redundant

    CSIRO is the [Australian] Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization. http://csiro.au/

  12. Re:A little help? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Redundant
    Q: "Who or what is a CSIRO?"

    http://www.csiro.au/

    From that site:

    CSIRO is Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation.

    As one of the world's largest and most diverse scientific global research organisations our work touches every aspect of Australian life: from the molecules that build life to the molecules in space.

    Working from sites across the nation and around the globe, our 6500 staff are focussed on providing new ways to improve your quality of life, as well as the economic and social performance of a number of industry sectors through research and development.

    These sectors are:

    * Agribusiness
    * Energy and Transport
    * Environment and Natural Resources
    * Health
    * Information, Communication and Services
    * Manufacturing
    * Mineral Resources
  13. CSIRO by ZombieEngineer · · Score: 0, Redundant
    Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation is an Australian government funded research organisation who perform scientific research into problems faced by the Australian public and industries.

    One of their other tech products is super-capacitors for "portable electronic devices" which extends the life of the batteries (that digital camera of yours may very well have CSIRO tech inside it.).

  14. Go CSIRO! by TR0J · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Miserable b@st@rds. Hope a mob of emus kicks down their dunny doors.