"While Intermec does not intend to seek royalties for all its patented technology, it does plan to seek payment for its ownership of the Gen 2 air-interface protocol, which is "the most fundamental piece of the tag-reader communications," Erik Michielsen, analyst for ABI Research said."

Although Intermec has publicly stated their intentions to collect royalties, it has not officially notified EPCglobal. Companies contributing to the standard have until August 2nd to notify EPCglobal of royalty claims.

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