Is Australia's CSIRO a Patent Troll? 175
schliz writes "Australian tech publication iTnews is defining 'patent trolls' as those who claim rights to an invention without commercializing it, and notes that government research organization CSIRO could come under that definition. The CSIRO in April reached a $220 million settlement over three U.S. telcos' usage of WLAN that it invented in the early 1990s. Critics have argued that the CSIRO had failed to contribute to the world's first wifi 802.11 standard, failed to commercialize the wifi chip through its spin-off, Radiata, and chose to wage its campaign in the Eastern District courts of Texas, a location favored by more notorious patent trolls."
Strewth, the article's a bag of arse, mate. (Score:4, Funny)
Dingo dongers. Some companies are good at R&D, some at mass production. It's perfectly valid to specialise in one or the other.
Is an architect a troll if he doesn't dig his own foundations? Article's a bag of arse, mate.
Please use international units of measurement (Score:5, Funny)
1 "bag of arse" = How many "Library of Congresses" . . . ?
Re:But they actually did the work (Score:5, Funny)
The answer is patently no.
Re:Please use international units of measurement (Score:3, Funny)
1 "bag of arse" = How many "Library of Congresses" . . . ?
You've unintentionally crossed measurements sir, the international metrics are confusing. To clarify:
1 "bag of arse" = 0.25 "Member of Congress"
Hope that helps.