Accton Technology Corporation (Public, TPE:2345) (Traditional Chinese:智邦科技) is a company in Taiwan that principally engages in the research, development, manufacture and distribution of Ethernet switches, wireless local area network (WLAN) products and broadband access products. The Company provides Ethernet switches, high speed Ethernet cards, high speed data center switches, multilayer switches, power over Ethernet switches, active Ethernet mobile backhaul gateways, wireless switches, carrier-class access network products, enterprise-grade 802.11n dual-band multi-radio wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) access points, Wi-Fi phones, carrier-grade wireless outdoor bridges, Wi-Fi modules and integrated service gateways, among others. During the year ended December 31, 2009, the Company obtained approximately 69% and 14% of its total revenue from switches and WLAN products, respectively.

CSIRO patent issues

The Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation is the national government body for scientific research in Australia...

 (CSIRO) holds the patent to a component of the 802.11n standard. This component is also part of 802.11a and 802.11g. The IEEE requested from the CSIRO a Letter of Assurance (LoA) that no lawsuits would be filed for anyone implementing the standard. In September 2007, CSIRO responded that they would not be able to comply with this request since litigation was involved.

In April 2009, it was revealed that CSIRO reached a settlement with 14 companies including Accton plus other major technology companies —Hewlett-Packard

Hewlett-Packard

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, Asus

ASUS

ASUSTeK Computer Incorporated is a multinational computer technology and consumer electronics product manufacturer headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan. Its product range includes motherboards, desktops, laptops, monitors, tablet PCs, servers and mobile phones...

, Intel, Dell

Dell

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, Toshiba

Toshiba

is a multinational electronics and electrical equipment corporation headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. It is a diversified manufacturer and marketer of electrical products, spanning information & communications equipment and systems, Internet-based solutions and services, electronic components and...

, Netgear

Netgear

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, D-Link

D-Link

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, Belkin

Belkin

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, SMC

SMC Networks

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, 3Com

3Com

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, Buffalo Technology, Microsoft

Microsoft

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, and Nintendo

Nintendo

is a multinational corporation located in Kyoto, Japan. Founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it produced handmade hanafuda cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as a cab company and a love hotel....

— on the condition that CSIRO did not broadcast the resolution.

External links

• Accton — official website (about us).
• Accton: Expanding Business brief.