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Wi-Fi Patent Victory Earns CSIRO $200 Million
bennyboy64 writes "iTnews reports the patent battle between Australia's CSIRO and 14 of the world's largest technology companies has gained the research organization $200 million from out of court settlements. CSIRO executive director of commercial, Nigel Poole, said the CSIRO were wanting to license their technology further, stating that he 'urged' companies using it to come forward and seek a license. 'We believe that there are many more companies that are using CSIRO's technology and it's our desire to license the technology further,' Poole said.'We would urge companies that are currently selling devices that have 802.11 a,g or n to contact CSIRO and to seek a license because we believe they are using our technology.'"
So as an Australian taxpayer I have to subsidise foreign wifi users? Wake up.
Right; It's totally unfair. After so many things were invented by Australians which everyone else benefits from. The motor car; the transistor; the windmill; money; even the wheel. It's time the Australian tax payer got their fair pay back for being the main driver of invention in the world.
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Yet you missed the fact its AUSTRALIAN. Sure, lets give AUSTRALIAN corps free access, and charge US and EU corps double because we want to be asses
Garbage. If someoene can't be bothered to check whether something already exists before inventing it, then he's a fool.
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
You are supposed to benefit from it. The problem is, you don't want anyone else to. Waaagh, it's not fair.
Let's say I invent an awesome new engine. Due to [insert technobabble] it costs 500 bucks more to make than an existing design. But it's so much more efficient that it will save you 2500 bucks in fuel over its lifetime.
If my license fee is 500 bucks per unit you're still 1500 better off than if I'd just sat on my butt.
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
Not everyone, but a high proportion of the professional population are.
Look -- I don't want to be rude and I know I won't be able to hinder myself when you pull these kinds of things out of your ass. This is my last post since there is obviously no point in continuing this. All I can say is that nobody I know is an inventor, and as far as I know of those I know know no inventor. And your word isn't good enough for anybody with half a brain and a handfull of source criticism.
Untrue. If you're inventing a kitchen appliance, you need to research other kitchen appliances, then you need to research all the technologies that go into your kitchen appliance. This could include patents on electronics, patents on various mechanical designs used within the appliance, etc. You may not consider the tiny low-level implementation details to be especially novel but that doesn't mean that someone else didn't, and if they did you open yourself up to getting sued.
By kitchen appliance I of course also meant the parts of kitchen appliances, such as e.g. electric motors etc., as these are also a part of the patent. Look either you're trolling and desperate to win this nonsensical argument or you're not very clever. Either way I have no gain in continuing this.
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