Curtin University will receive up to $1.2 million for its part in developing a ground-breaking technology as part of the settlement of a patent infringement case between patent assertion specialist ipernica Ltd and Ericsson.<\/p>\n
Developed by Professors John Hullett, Tony Cantoni and Zig Budrikis, the technology, referred to as Early Packet Discard, is a method for reducing congestion in data flows over the internet and was adopted as a de facto standard by telecommunication switch vendors.<\/p>\n
Curtin Director of IP Commercialisation, Rohan McDougall, said this important step was the last in a series of agreements relating to use of the cutting-edge technology by the world\u2019s largest telecommunications companies including Cisco, Nokia, Alcatel, Lucent and Nortel Networks.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is an important acknowledgement of the roles played by Curtin and the inventors in developing a technology that has played a part in enabling the communications platform of our time,\u201d Mr McDougall said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is yet another example of the successful commercialisation of Curtin technology, in collaboration with the private sector, and is great recognition for some of the ground-breaking research conducted at the University.<\/p>\n
\u201cCurtin looks forward to developing similar projects with ipernica in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n
Curtin University assigned the patent for the Early Packet Discard technology to ipernica in 2004 for the purpose of creating and implementing a strategy to defend against unauthorised use of the patent.\u00a0 ipernica\u2019s assertion activities since that time have generated gross revenue of more than $43 million.<\/p>\n
Contacts:<\/p>\n
Rohan McDougall, Director IP Commercialisation, Curtin University Andrea Barnard, Public Relations, Curtin University
\nTel: 08 9266 3370, Email: r.mcdougall@curtin.edu.au<\/a><\/p>\n
\nTel: 08 9266 4241, Email: andrea.barnard@curtin.edu.au<\/a><\/p>\n