Buffalo Technology Patent Infringement - Fed's haults their WiFi services
Australian science agency Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization CSIRO) has accused Buffalo Technology of a patent infringement. The court found that Buffalo violated CSIRO's 1996 patent pertaining to 802.11a/g technology. The East Texas Federal court has made Buffalo Technology stop selling teir WLAN products until it signs a licensing agreement with CSIRO. This obviously will put them in a bad place for negotitating a sweet deal. This will obviously impact the entire WiFi industry-this is a case to watch if you are involved with WiFi!