Good news for CSIRO, the Australian Government science and research body. For years, several technology companies (including Dell, Microsoft, Intel and HP) have tried to invalidate patents CSIRO has in the USA concerning wireless LAN (802.1x) standards.
These companies have argued (unsuccessfully) that government patent belongs in the public domain.
Surely, a loss for CSIRO would have had every single government in the world wondering what value there is for government research.
What will happen now? Surely the group of companies involved will appeal the decision. There’s so much money at stake for them. Meanwhile, CSIRO is targeting the next group, likely to include smartphone manufacturers such as Nokia, Motorola and Samsung.
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