LAW PUNDIT Saturday, October 18, 2003 10/18/2003 12:37:00 AM [Home]
RFID - Radio Frequency Identification
Bag and Baggage - Denise Howell, appellate and intellectual property lawyer : raises the prospect that many legal issues will be raised by RFID. RFID is an acronym for Radio Frequency Identification. RFID is a wireless technology which can be installed in a chip implanted e.g. in an organism or a commercial product and can thereafter be used for "tracking" that organism or product.
Denise writes e.g. that
"RFID usage and registries need to control and protect access. You may want to know immediately if your child's car seat has been recalled, but don't want others to know about the adult videos you rent."
There is no question that RFID will be implanted e.g. in cars to stop the stealing of vehicles. Wal-Mart is at the forefront of the application of this technology in beginning to use it for inventory management, but its further applications seem to have no limits.
RFID will be a substantial legal issue of the near future.
Permalink : Andis Kaulins : 10/18/2003 12:37:00 AM
RFID - Radio Frequency Identification
Bag and Baggage - Denise Howell, appellate and intellectual property lawyer : raises the prospect that many legal issues will be raised by RFID. RFID is an acronym for Radio Frequency Identification. RFID is a wireless technology which can be installed in a chip implanted e.g. in an organism or a commercial product and can thereafter be used for "tracking" that organism or product.
Denise writes e.g. that
"RFID usage and registries need to control and protect access. You may want to know immediately if your child's car seat has been recalled, but don't want others to know about the adult videos you rent."
There is no question that RFID will be implanted e.g. in cars to stop the stealing of vehicles. Wal-Mart is at the forefront of the application of this technology in beginning to use it for inventory management, but its further applications seem to have no limits.
RFID will be a substantial legal issue of the near future.
Permalink : Andis Kaulins : 10/18/2003 12:37:00 AM
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