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karl-8

JPEG patent issue

I just read this: http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/06/11/02/2254224.shtml
Is this a issue for the Squeak JPEG compression lib ?
Karl

Juan Vuletich-4

Re: JPEG patent issue

Hi Karl,

We are using an interface I wrote for the libjpeg standard library.
Almost everybody use that library, including most commercial software
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.

Cheers,
Juan Vuletich

karl escribió:
> I just read this: http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/06/11/02/2254224.shtml
> Is this a issue for the Squeak JPEG compression lib ?
> Karl
>
>
>

Tammy Cravit

RE: JPEG patent issue

> 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

karl-8

Re: JPEG patent issue

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
>
>
>
>

Ok, sounds good :-)
Karl