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US WiFi patent ruling raised industry questions
In November 2006, a US court ruling upheld a CSIRO patent and found Buffalo Technology had infringed it, according to the report.
What the report described
The patent was described as covering aspects of IEEE 802.11a and 802.11g technology. The potential effect on equipment makers depended on an expected appeals process, so the wider consequences were uncertain.
How to read the claim
This account preserves the ruling and uncertainty of that moment; it does not state a final legal outcome.