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The ins and outs of USB (IBM developerWorks)The ins and outs of USB (IBM developerWorks)Posted Apr 29, 2005 18:42 UTC (Fri) by kakareka (subscriber, #5204)In reply to: The ins and outs of USB (IBM developerWorks) by jwb Parent article: The ins and outs of USB (IBM developerWorks)
Doing a quick google search does seem to confirm it was a patent issue, not a trademark one. Apple does own patents on the technology, and you can have patents (and charge royalties) on technology included in IEEE standards. Appears other companies claimed patents as well, and forced Apple to agree to cross license, which is what I believe usually happens with IEEE (and other organizations) standards anyway.
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The ins and outs of USB (IBM developerWorks) Posted Apr 29, 2005 18:51 UTC (Fri) by maxmtl2002 (guest, #3990) [Link] For the 1394 licensing thing:
Referred from one of the main 1394 site:
Looks like the patents cost are US$ 0.25 for each device. I do not know about its historic values.
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