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PUBPAT Makes Progress Against JPEG Patent

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the fighting-the-good-fight dept.

The Data Compression News Blog writes "The US Patent Office has granted the Public Patent Foundation's request for a reexamination of the patent which Forgent Networks is reportedly using to harass anyone that implements the widely used JPEG format. They have already been challenged by many, but PUBPAT had the first concrete case with 'prior art'. In its Order granting PUBPAT's request, the Patent Office found that PUBPAT raised 'a substantial new question of patentability' regarding every claim of the the '672 Patent."

2 of 95 comments (clear)

  1. The difference by ad0gg · · Score: 4, Funny

    Mp3s make you deaf
    Jpegs make you blind

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    Have you ever been to a turkish prison?

  2. Prior Art demonstrated on ASCII by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'd just like everyone to know, I've filed a claim of prior art in the name of a long deceased relative on ASCII, and every poster here may be in violation of my patent. Please remove your posts at once or I will be disposed to take legal action. Your IP has been logged.