Contrary to popular belief, the standard now known as WiFi ( IEEE 802.11) was invented in Australia, by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO).The patent filed was a result of the group of scientists involved with wireless protocols as a means of communicating over distances.
CSIRO has now taken the large Blue Chip vendors to court over the patent, and at the time of writing this post have settled for an approx total of $250,000,000.
On the radar, is anyone who uses WiFi, with the target of the CSIRO being that of approx over $1,000,000,000.
Read more in article:
http://www.smartcompany.com.au/legal/20100602-csiro-to-gain-a-billion-from-wifi-patent.html
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