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Oct. 23, 2008 | featured news
Justice Department Gives Nod to EPC Gen 2 Patent Pool
German Study Finds Most RFID Deployments Deemed a Success
Dutch Forensic Institute Uses RFID to Control Crime Evidence
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"The proposed patent-licensing arrangement has the potential to speed up the commercialization of UHF RFID technology to the benefit of competition and consumers, without harming competition or impeding innovation."
—Thomas O. Barnett, assistant attorney general in charge of the U.S. Justice Department's antitrust division
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Justice Department Gives Nod to EPC Gen 2
Patent Pool

A group of UHF RFID technology vendors received a business review letter approving their request to negotiate patent licensing agreements as a single entity.
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German Study Finds Most RFID Deployments
Deemed a Success

University of Freiburg researchers, interviewing several hundred RFID users, found more than 70 percent expect to amortize their investment within four years.
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Dutch Forensic Institute Uses RFID to Control
Crime Evidence

The agency is employing EPC Gen 2 tags to document an item's chain of custody and trigger an alarm if evidence goes awry.
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RFID Helps Turkish Gym-Goers Get Fit
Exercise enthusiasts use passive 13.56 MHz RFID-enabled cards not only to gain entrance to their health clubs, purchase food and gear, and secure their lockers, but also to track workouts.
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Taiwan Trade Show Tries Virtual Exhibition Format
Visitors to the Taiwan International RFID Applications conference could use RFID to track their own movements, download information related to the booths they visited, and locate and contact colleagues.
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CSL's EPC Gen 2 handheld interrogator promises fixed reader performance; GainSpan, Ekahau team up to create location-aware Wi-Fi sensor net; Omni-ID intros service bureau designed to simplify deployments; Chicago Trump Tower to get RFID system for parking garages; ClearCount Medical Solutions closes Series A financing round; Sirit's UHF reader included as part of DOD RFID contract.
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