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		sukuriant on Oct 3, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Patent Troll: Anyone Using WiFi Infringes; Won't S... What is this patent actually for? I was looking up wifi, and the precursor to 802.11 came out in '91. That's well over 17 years ago.

greatreorx on Oct 3, 2011 [–]

US Patent 6714559 is one they sued several hotels over. It was filed in 2001 but was a string of 6 continuations of a patent filed November, 1991.

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