RFID Intellectual Property: Intermec Temporarily Suspends RFID IP Licensing Policy to ...

From Business Wire (press release), CA ... a not-for-profit standards organization, announced today that Intermec has offered to temporarily suspend its recently announced RFID intellectual property ...

... Intermec Technologies Corp., a UNOVA Inc. (NYSE:UNA) company, and EPCglobal Inc(TM), a not-for-profit standards organization, announced today that Intermec has offered to temporarily suspend its recently announced RFID intellectual property RAND (reasonable and non-discriminatory) licensing program for the EPCglobal Generation 2 RFID standard for 60 days to allow validation of the candidate specification. The action clears the way for technology providers to submit UHF Generation 2 prototype chips, tags and readers for purposes of testing by EPCglobal without violating Intermec intellectual property rights. ...

Intermec Technologies Corp., a UNOVA Inc. (NYSE:UNA) company, is a leader in global supply chain solutions and in the development, manufacture and integration of wired and wireless automated data collection, Intellitag(R) RFID (radio frequency identification), mobile computing systems, bar code printers and label media. The company's products and services are used by customers in many industries to improve productivity, quality and responsiveness of business operations, from supply chain management and enterprise resource planning to field sales and service.

EPCglobal Inc, a joint venture between EAN International and the Uniform Code Council, Inc.(R), is a not-for-profit organization entrusted by industry to establish and support the EPCglobal Network as the global standard for real-time, automatic identification of information in the supply chain of any company, anywhere in the world. EPCglobal US is an affiliate of EPCglobal Inc serving subscribers in the United States to help foster the adoption of the EPCglobal Network and related technology. The EPCglobal Network combines radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, existing communications network infrastructure, and the Electronic Product Code(TM) (a number for uniquely identifying an item) to enable accurate, cost-efficient visibility of information in the supply chain. The end result helps organizations be more efficient, flexible, and responsive to customer needs. EPCglobal US is an affiliate of EPCglobal Inc., serving subscribers in the United States to help foster the adoption of the EPCglobal Network and related technology.