Patent enforcement victory could mean higher WiFi prices
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As you might recall from a post I made yesterday, Symbol Technologies was named as victors in a patent lawsuit involving Wi-Fi vendor Proxim. Well it looks like the consumer is going to be paying the price for this event. Reports are coming in that we, the folks that purchase Wirless products will be paying more at the checkstand.
WiFi equipment manufacturers will be asked to pony up for licenses after Symbol Technologies prevailed in a patent fight over WiFi vendor Proxim. The legal fight started in 2001 when Proxim sued Symbol in a bid to enforce its own patents. Symbol countersued, and subsequently won both suits. Proxim originally planned an appeal, but has instead decided to pay US$23 million in damages and hand over some of its own patents.