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Monday, September 13, 2004
Don't ask for whom the patent tolls, it tolls for RFID
The RFID consortium's attempt to create license-free standards hit a bump in the road today. Intermec Technologies announced it would seek royalties for a patent they hold related to the Electronic Product Code Generation 2 standard, an important new protocol that takes care of some compatibility problems and other technical glitches. Up until now, participating companies had been donating intellectual property in order to create open standards from which all could profit. It seems that Intermec decided it was in their own best interests to make a different move.
PERMALINK: 7:41 PM
The RFID consortium's attempt to create license-free standards hit a bump in the road today. Intermec Technologies announced it would seek royalties for a patent they hold related to the Electronic Product Code Generation 2 standard, an important new protocol that takes care of some compatibility problems and other technical glitches. Up until now, participating companies had been donating intellectual property in order to create open standards from which all could profit. It seems that Intermec decided it was in their own best interests to make a different move.
PERMALINK: 7:41 PM
