CSIRO Wins Wi-Fi Patent Appeal
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Posted by NotMe on September 23, 2008, 9:28 pm
Please log in for more thread options CSIRO Wins Wi-Fi Patent Appeal After an appeal in the US Eastern District of Texas Court, it turns out Buffalo Technology still can't sell you a router in the United States http://www.wi-fiplanet.com/news/article.php/3773341 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Jeff Liebermann on September 23, 2008, 10:39 pm
Please log in for more thread options Sigh. Reading through the 40 page decision at: <http://www.cafc.uscourts.gov/opinions/07-1449.pdf>
I find that the only claim against prior art and previous disclosure was that the author of a 1989 article did not clearly specify that ODFM was to be used for indoor use. Hair splitting at its best. All the other claims of prior art were acknowledged by CSIRO. Pg 12: "The only limitation of the asserted independent claims that the district court found not to be disclosed in Rault was the “in a confined multipath transmission environment” (i.e., indoor environment) limitation..." I'm also wondering about Buffalo's expert. Pg 15: "CSIRO cites the declaration of its expert, Dr. Bantz, who stated that in his work on wireless LANs at IBM, the use of OFDM “was almost immediately dismissed . . . as unsuitable for an indoor wireless environment.”" In reading the decision, I agree with the judge that Buffalo's OFDM products do infringe on the patent. The only questions are whether the patent is invalidated due to prior art and whether CSIRO modifications to the patent, in an obvious attempt to expand its scope, constitutes ground for invalidation. I don't know the answer to those. The judge thinks they don't. Well, I guess I get to boycott products from Australia as the CSIRO is a government operated organization. <http://www.csiro.au>
I'm wondering what they hope to accomplish with this litigation. Are
there any Wi-Fi manufactories in Australia that need protecting? -- # Jeff Liebermann 150 Felker St #D Santa Cruz CA 95060 # 831-336-2558 jeffl@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us # http://802.11junk.com jeffl@cruzio.com # http://www.LearnByDestroying.com AE6KS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Axel Hammerschmidt on September 24, 2008, 2:11 pm
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> Well, I guess I get to boycott products from Australia as the CSIRO is
> a government operated organization. > <http://www.csiro.au> > I'm wondering what they hope to accomplish with this litigation. Are > there any Wi-Fi manufactories in Australia that need protecting? Give you Yanks a taste of your own medicine :-) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by NotMe on September 24, 2008, 7:04 pm
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Posted by Axel Hammerschmidt on September 26, 2008, 12:58 pm
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>| >| <snip> >| >| > Well, I guess I get to boycott products from Australia as the
>| > CSIRO is a government operated organization. >| > <http://www.csiro.au> >| > I'm wondering what they hope to accomplish with this >| > litigation. Are there any Wi-Fi manufactories in Australia >| > that need protecting? >|
>| Give you Yanks a taste of your own medicine :-) > > Wasn't exporting Forster's and Dundee revenge enough? The secret to drinking Foster's is - drink it when you're thirsty and it's hot outside - drink it very cold - from a glass kept in the fridge. -- 2GB RAM should be enough for anyone. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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>After an appeal in the US Eastern District of Texas Court, it turns out
>Buffalo Technology still can't sell you a router in the United States
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>http://www.wi-fiplanet.com/news/article.php/3773341