[MLB-WIRELESS] Buffalo Injunction

[Steven Haigh]

Quoting Tim Hogard <thogard at knotty.abnormal.com>:
>> A federal court in Texas has granted the CSIRO's application
>> <http://slattery.slatteryit.com.au/rp/118/process.clsp?t=3D65DnM2ue82ohb>=
>>
>> for an injunction to prevent an infringement of its wireless network
>> patent by US based Buffalo-group companies. The ruling prevents the
>> sales of all products until a license to CSIRO technology is negotiated.
>> The case started in 2005 after the industry failed to accept CSIRO's
>> offers to license its WLAN patents.
>>
>> Interesting - I wonder how come Buffalo aren't prepared to license the
>> patents? It's my understanding CSIRO are fairly reasonable in their
>> commercialisation arrangements.
>
> Maybe its because CSIRO is a gov't group and in the US, gov't gropus can't
> own IP.  If they had this issue with A US group like NASA, there would be
> no fees payable.
>
> The idea that a gov't can even have a copyright is somewhat of a new
> idea... after all have you ever seen copyrighted money?

Interesting.... Although I'm sure if you tried to produce your own  
money that was the same, then somebody would have something to say  
about it... So i guess in an indirect way, yes it probably is  
copyrighted ;)

-- 
Steven Haigh

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