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What is pantented about implementations? I’m surprised that the nature of the implementation of a public specification is patentable. I spent a few years impl
by willis936 6y ago
What is pantented about implementations? I’m surprised that the nature of the implementation of a public specification is patentable.
I spent a few years implementing 802.3 physical layer testing. At the conferences it was clear that things were written carefully to not cover implementation, but they went so far in the necessary details that there were only a handful of reasonably performant and economical solutions.
- msbarnett 6y ago> I’m surprised that the nature of the implementation of a public specification is patentable. Prepare to be very surprised, I guess? It’s pretty routinely done, eg) look at any of the MPEG standards. I don’t know what patents, if any, cover 10GigE, but in general IEEE, which governs that standard, will accept Essential Patent Claims in a standard provided the Patent Holder will provide a Letter of Assurance indicating that they will license said patents under FRAND (fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory) terms – which does not mean free.
- GekkePrutser 6y agoYeah I don't think patents will play a major role in the price. WiFi would be a lot more patent-encumbered with technologies like MIMO. Yet it doesn't seem to preclude cheap commodity hardware. My Unifi WiFi 6 AP was only a bit more expensive than the AC one.