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JPEG Committee On The Ball, Seeks Prior Art

Posted by timothy on from the real-buccaneers-ride-patent-submarines dept.

Sangui5 writes: "It seems as if the JPEG Committee has noticed the recent patent fuss, and is working on the prior art angle. Good to know that even though there's a new standard, the committee is standing by their previous work."

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  1. Good! by MaxVlast · · Score: 5, Funny

    The idea is just silly. Makes me want to go patent the Redbook standard and sue the RIAA.

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  2. PrOn to the rescue by epicstruggle · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ahh, time to bust out with my prOn collection. As every /. reader knows the prOn industry has been at the bleeding edge of technology. :)
    Im sure some one has an image that can show prior art.

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    1. Re:PrOn to the rescue by kubrick · · Score: 4, Funny

      Um, shouldn't that be "at the breeding edge of technology"?

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      Thank you, thank you, I'll take those groans as my applause :)

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  3. In other news... by NanoGator · · Score: 3, Funny

    ... the Porn Industry is expected to hit a recession... heh :)

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  4. Prior Art? by MattC413 · · Score: 5, Funny

    So.. If they want prior art that pre-dates the patent in question, all we need to do is find, lurking in some deep and dark corner of the internet, some REALLY old JPEG compressed image, most likely pornography.

    Course, to prove that this file really was old, we'd have to find the subject and maybe pose them the same way to show it's the same person, and then.. uhh.. no, wait.. old person porn.. Eww!

    Please disregard!
    *opens wallet, prepares to just pay the stupid royalties*

    -Matt

    1. Re:Prior Art? by tcc · · Score: 3, Funny

      Pamella pre-silicone age...

      Oh wait... bad idea. that would kill the art in prior art :)

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  5. Re:Something I don't get. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    McDonald's sometimes sues a little family restarant called McDonald's

    No, it's "McDowell's" and they have "golden arcs" not "golden arches" and a "Big Mc" rather than a "Big Mac".

  6. eww... by telstar · · Score: 2, Funny
    As every /. reader knows the prOn industry has been at the bleeding edge of technology.
    • I don't know about you, but my fetishes never combined bleeding and pr0n.
  7. Simple solution by brunes69 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hire Google to overhaul the USPTO prior art database.

  8. Re:Some thoughts and questions by micahjd · · Score: 4, Funny
    Can someone decrypt this? Babelfish doesn't have a mode for legalese yet ;)

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