Once again we see corporate pigs not preaching what the practice. “Five of the world’s biggest computer companies are trying to crack one of the CSIRO’s patents. (Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation) The CSIRO developed groundbreaking technology in 1996 that allows computers to network with each other without cables. The technology is now built in to most laptop computers and manufacturers pay the CSIRO a licence fee to use it. CSIRO chief executive Dr Geoff Garrett said the system made it possible to increase the speed of Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) by a factor of five” One would say that these companies could be in for a long fight considering that the CSIRO is part of the Commonwealth Of Australia “In February 2005, the CSIRO began legal action in the United States against Buffalo Technology, a Japanese owned company, which had unilaterally terminated negotiations with CSIRO in relation to a license. Now Microsoft, Dell, Hewlett Packard, Intel, Apple and Netgear are taking legal action against the CSIRO to break the US patent. The Australian Government’s research arm says that any royalties collected are invested in further development and it will fight the legal action to protect its intellectual property.”
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