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June 10, 2008
Wireless Pool
Intel,
Cisco, Alcatel-Lucent, Sprint Nextel, Samsung, and Clearwire are forming a
patent pool to collectively license WiMAX wireless technology patents. The
alliance plans to collect patents essential to WiMAX and license the pool to
consumer electronics manufacturers. The aim is to advance the widespread
adoption of WiMAX, which has competition from another standard. The patent pool
approach for promoting standards has a successful track record, including MPEG
video compression.
Posted by Patent Hawk at June 10, 2008 11:15 PM | Patents In Business