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Australian WiFi Inventors Win US Legal Battle

Posted by samzenpus on from the piece-of-the-pie dept.

First time accepted submitter Kangburra writes "Australian government science body CSIRO said Sunday it had won a multi-million-dollar legal settlement in the United States to license its patented technology that underpins the WiFi platform worldwide. Scientists from the agency invented the wireless local area network (WLAN) technology that is the basis of the WiFi signal employed by computers, smartphones and other Internet-ready devices around the world."

2 of 193 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Good! by Man+On+Pink+Corner · · Score: 1, Troll

    Well, they certainly have made major advances in the field of astroturfing.

  2. Re:Who picks these "standards" anyway? by the+eric+conspiracy · · Score: 0, Troll

    Yes they are a troll. One of the main characteristics of patent trolls is that they do not manufacture anything associated with the patents they own so you can't countersue them for infringement of your own patents in the same field.

    Their only income from their inventions comes from suing other people or licensing fees extorted by threatening to sue.