Eye-Fi gillar inte den nya standarden. Ytterligare ett patentbråk på gång.

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Eye-Fi gillar inte den nya standarden

Ytterligare ett patentbråk på gång

Jag har tidigare skrivit om att SD Association har satt en standard för SD-kort med inbyggd WiFi samt att Toshiba har släppt det första kortet med den standarden. Detta är trevligt för oss som gillar idén med wifi-kort men tyckt att Eye-Fi har varit lite för krångligt.

För Eye-Fi är det dock ingen supersak då de kan förlora sin ledande roll och plötsligt få massor med konkurrens. Nu verkar det även vara så att de är mindre glada för mer än vad som kan hända i framtiden. De menar nämligen att den nya standarden använder sig av Eye-Fi-patenterad teknik.

Vad som händer nu vet vi icke men jag hoppas de går att lösa på något annat sätt än att Eye-Fi får monopol.

Efter hoppet kan ni läsa pressmeddelandet från Eye-Fi om det hela.

The SDA's iSDIO specification and standards process

Several years ago, Eye-Fi's founding team realized that capturing photos or video is just the beginning, and that in an increasingly connected world, the true magic is in sharing.

We invested tens of millions of dollars and several years to create unique technology that lets people wirelessly transfer photos and videos directly from their camera and mobile devices.

Last week, the SD Association (SDA) announced that a draft Wireless LAN specification had been adopted as a new standard. This was a flat out misrepresentation. As a matter of fact, under the SDA's own rules, this was not possible. SDA members – and we are one – are allowed 60 days in which to respond with claims to patented intellectual property and plans around licensing that IP to the SDA. Should essential IP be presented during this process, and not offered for license, the SDA should revise the specification and begin the review cycle again. After this process, the SDA Executive Members have to vote on adopting the specification.

Not only has the membership's intellectual property disclosure window not closed, the Executive Members have also yet to vote on its adoption.

When we protested the action, the SDA's executive director replied "the SD Association has often made announcements during the IP Review Period because once this phase of the process has been achieved the only thing that could possibly change is the licensing and not the technical details."

This week, still in advance of the SDA-provided deadline, we disclosed our patented intellectual property to the SDA, detailing multiple Eye-Fi patents essential to the current SDA draft specification.

There is a process for the establishment of this kind of specification, and that process wasn't respected. Any company trying to claim that it is the first to adopt this specification is taking on the mantle of a standard that doesn't exist.

Currently, 10 top camera manufacturers work with us as part of the Eye-Fi connected program; dozens of leading photo-related sites connect to our service. It's through these longstanding relationships that we've become the center of wireless connectivity among consumers, camera makers and photo-related sites.

The intellectual property at the core of this digital imaging revolution is our business. It's what Eye-Fi is. And as currently written, essential Eye-Fi patented technology would be violated by anyone implementing this draft specification.

We respect the process as established by the SDA and we call upon the SDA to do the same.

Yuval Koren
CEO

photorumors.com

Foto, Hårdvara,

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