WiFi Killed by Lawyers

Wi-Fi Networking News reports that wireless ISPs were hit with demands for hefty royalty payments last week from Acacia Technologies who hopes to exploit a patent it owns for web page redirects.

The patent, number 6,226,677, was acquired by Acacia from LodgeNet. Granted in May 2001, the patent application was originally filed in January 1999, long before the Wi-Fi hotspot business emerged.