The Antitrust Division agreed that it would challenge an agreement among seven technology companies owning patents essential to a standard for UHF RFID technology used in airline bagage tracking and event ticketing. The Division agreed that the proposal would lead to more efficient licensing and reduce the potential for blocking technology to slow the development of the industry. The agreement enabled the consortium to license jointly a pool of 10 patents essential to the standard. The participants retained the right to license their patents separately. Other potentially essential patents are not included in the pool.
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