Back to the articleA way out of the recession? #
Posted Tuesday 7th April 2009 09:38 GMT
Become a patent troll!
HP bails on massive Wi-Fi patent claim
10Ghz? #
Posted Tuesday 7th April 2009 09:38 GMT
The patent talks about "frequencies in excess of 10Ghz"... yet 802.11 is less than 5GHz?
As much as I want to see CSIRO stick it to the Yanks (CSIRO has a long history of being ripped off and failing to commercial major innovation) might not this pose a problem???
Obvious? #
Posted Tuesday 7th April 2009 11:27 GMT
"The opposition has argued CSIRO's patent is invalid because of the existence of prior art that made the patent claim "obvious" at time it was filed."
If that is true and it holds up in court, can we then chuck out all the crap patents that the USA issues?
What is a Patent worth #
Posted Tuesday 7th April 2009 15:52 GMT
The idea that the value of a patent is related to the income generated from its use in a particular product is perverse. Wi-Fi is a great success not because it uses OFDM modulation but because a lot of different companies agreed to promote and provide interoperability to a complete wireless solution. What did CSIRO contribute to the success of Wi-Fi, not a lot, so make any reward 'not a lot'.
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