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by Beth Stackpole, Contributing Editor
Posted on Wednesday, August 10, 2005 3:41:00 PM Sign Up to receive Daily News Alerts in your E-mail Inbox    | Abstract: | Group models efforts on licensing work done with DVD, MPEG-2 technologies; major IP owner Intermec still a key holdout.
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Another salvo was launched in the heated battle over RFID intellectual property with the announcement earlier this week of the RFID Consortium, a cross-industry group advocating a patent pool approach to simplify the process of IP licensing. The consortium, sporting 20 members that include Avery Dennison Corp., Symbol Technologies Inc., Alien Technology Corp., Zebra Technologies Corp. and ThingMagic Inc., is following the model of successful IP licensing approaches adopted by the DVD and MPEG-2 industries and is designed to promote the rapid adoption of RFID technology, the organizers said. The consortium's licensing work will be complementary to and supportive of the EPC Gen2 standards developed by EPCglobal, a not-for-profit organization involved in proposing standards for Electronic Product Codes and RFID technology, as well those promoted by the International Standards Organization (ISO). [Click to continue] |
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