Thursday, April 23, 2009

CSIRO WON

http://www.theage.com.au/news/technology/biztech/bonanza-for-csiro-after-landmark-patent-win/2009/04/22/1240079730838.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1

In their patent case (CSIRO developed the 802.11 framework in 1996) they were claiming damages (and are getting compensation) from small companies like Hewlett-Packard, Asus, Intel, Dell, Toshiba, Netgear, D-Link, Belkin, SMC, Accton, 3Com, Buffalo, Microsoft and Nintendo.

And where is the Money Going?

"We are going to reinvest the proceeds into further research." said Mike Whelan, the deputy chief executive, operations. FUCKIN' AWESOME!!

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