The legality of the SD Association’s Wireless LAN standard for SD cards is being challenged by wireless SD maker Eye-Fi. The company says the standard, announced at CES, uses elements of its intellectual property that it hasn’t agreed to license. ‘Essential Eye-Fi patented technology would be violated by anyone implementing this draft specification.’ Eye-Fi says the SD Association’s own process for approving the standard has not been completed and the draft standard should not have been announced.
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