JPEG patent issue

karl karl.ramberg at chello.se
Fri Nov 3 22:50:47 UTC 2006


Tammy Cravit skrev:
>> from M$, etc. I guess could be an issue for us as much as 
>> could be for any free software that handles jpeg.
>>
>> I doubt this guys have any chance in court. Anyway they'll go first 
>> after big companies.
>>     
>
> According to an article on Groklaw, Forgent has dropped all of its pending
> cases asserting the patent and promised not to file any more. This is after
> the Public Patent Foundation challenged the validity of the patent, and the
> US Patent and Trademark Office rejected the patent's broadest claims. So, it
> doesn't sound to me like there's any remaining issue with the JPEG patent.
>
> More info here: 
>
> 	http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=2006110215550636
>
> -- Tammy
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>   
Ok, sounds good :-)
Karl



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