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Forget Forgent
From: "Dude VanWinkle" <dudevanwinkle () gmail com>
Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2006 16:54:51 -0500
From:http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061103-8146.html Forgent settles JPEG patent claims, keeps suing 11/3/2006 12:08:10 PM, by Nate Anderson Forgent Networks, owner of the (in)famous '672 patent that allegedly covered parts of the JPEG compression format, has announced the resolution of all its legal cases based on the patent. While the company initially said that it could not comment on details of the settlements, it later announced that it had received $8 million in compensation. This is far less than the company was hoping for, but at this point, it's probably willing to take what it can get. After acquiring patent owner Compression Labs several years ago, Forgent approached digital camera and PC makers about paying royalties on the '672 patent for incorporating the JPEG algorithm into their products. Most refused, and Forgent filed lawsuits in 2004. Earlier this year, some of the claims made in the patent were rejected upon review by the Patent Office, making the company's legal case less certain. While a few million dollars isn't much to show for several years of litigation, the company claims to have made more than $110 million from the patent over the course of its lifespan. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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