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Buffalo Tech Gets New Trial On Wi-Fi Patent

Posted by kdawson on from the oh-give-me-a-home-router dept.

MrLint writes "It's been a long, nearly two years of silence since CSIRO won a patent battle against Buffalo Tech, causing an injunction preventing the Austin company from selling wireless routers. On September 19, 2008, a Federal Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that CSIRO patent claims are invalid and Buffalo is getting a new trial. With any luck, we will be able to get our grubby hands on low-cost Wi-Fi routers again!"

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  1. CSIRO didn't start the fight, but will finish it. by ufoolme · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I'm all for breaking IP if its for personal use, or to increase the scope of the research.
    But in this case its a massive company being greedy! Not paying its due to a non profit organisation devoted to research. Who developed wi-fi when no one else was really interested in it.
    That to me is analogous to the open source movement, especially so when you consider that Buffalo sued CSIRO first.