CSIRO gets settlement in WiFi wars

The Australian reported on 22 April 09:

AUSTRALIA'S top science agency has walloped some of the world's biggest industrial giants in the US patent courts to bring the country a pay check worth up to $1 billion over the next five to 10 years.

The CSIRO has won its long-running battle to enforce a patent on technology used in Wi-fi connections that have become virtually ubiquitous in laptops and other devices around the world.

A lot of IT folks were defendants: The CSIRO's case dates back to 2005 when it sued wireless component provider Buffalo for intellectual property breaches. A further 12 companies including Dell, Intel, Microsoft, Nintendo, Fujitsu, Toshiba, Netgear, Buffalo, D-Link, Belkin, SMC, Accton, and 3Com joined the case after CSIRO lawyers won an injunction preventing it from selling its products.

See previous IPBiz posts, including:

http://ipbiz.blogspot.com/2006/12/csiro-wins-transfer-of-nd-cal-wifi.html

http://ipbiz.blogspot.com/2006/11/has-csiro-spent-about-10-million-in.html