Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

ISO Could Withdraw JPEG Standard

Posted by timothy on from the thanks-forgent-have-a-nice-day dept.

McSpew writes "According to The Register, the ISO is prepared to withdraw JPEG as a standard if Forgent Networks continues to assert its patent claims over JPEG's compression algorithm." I'm sure the JPEG committee would still be happy to hear of prior art.

1 of 450 comments (clear)

  1. Two decades!? by Midnight+Thunder · · Score: 3, Redundant

    According to this document utility patents last 20 years and design patents last 15. If as the article indicates this letigation is after two decades of usage in JPEG, then either JPEG existed before the patent or the patent is about to expire, if it hasn't yet done so.

    --
    Jumpstart the tartan drive.