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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color="#666666" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:#666666'>A federal court in <st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Texas</st1:place></st1:State> has granted the <a
href="http://slattery.slatteryit.com.au/rp/118/process.clsp?t=65DnM2ue82ohb"
title="http://slattery.slatteryit.com.au/rp/118/process.clsp?t=65DnM2ue82ohb">CSIRO’s
application </a>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.</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Interesting –
I wonder how come <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Buffalo</st1:place></st1:City>
aren’t prepared to license the patents? It’s my understanding CSIRO
are fairly reasonable in their commercialisation arrangements.<br>
Does anyone know if these are available for sale in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Australia</st1:place></st1:country-region> as well?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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color:black'>Regards,</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>Dean Collins</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><br>
<font color=black><span style='color:black'>Cognation Pty Ltd<br>
</span></font><a href="mailto:dean@cognation.net"
title="mailto:dean@cognation.net">dean@cognation.net<span
title="mailto:dean@cognation.net"><font color=black
title="mailto:dean@cognation.net"><span style='color:black'><br
title="mailto:dean@cognation.net">
</span></font><font color=black><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:
none'></span></span></font></a><st2:dial w:st="on"><font color=black><span
style='color:black'>+1-212-203-4357</span></font></st2:dial><font color=black><span
style='color:black'> Ph<br>
<st2:dial w:st="on">+61-2-9016-5642</st2:dial> (<ST1:CITY u1:st="on"><ST1:PLACE u1:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Sydney</ST1:PLACE></ST1:CITY></st1:place></st1:City>
in-dial).</span></font><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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