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Newest Patent Threat to MPEG-4

Posted by Zonk on from the there-has-to-be-something,-right? dept.

Sachin Garg writes "After the notorious JPEG patent which has made many big and small names pay huge amounts to Forgent (total more than $105 million), PCMag reports that AT&T claims to have a patent covering core MPEG-4 technology and has warned Apple and others of Patent Infringement. Pentax and Nero have already paid them."

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  1. Let it drown by tknn · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I am all for this kind of stuff. Let the system suffocate enough that corporations finally realise that the patent system only helps lawyers as is. Then we will see reform. When you see legal fees outstrip R&D revenues, then things will change and not until then. Plus every patent war like this is another call to use open-source.

  2. Do the Hippy Hippy Shake by korekrash · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I don't get why you guys want everything for free.....They spent money to help dev it so they could make more money in the end....I swear sometimes this site just makes me laugh out loud. You guys are going to make me get in trouble at work lol. Seriously though...this patent seems very valid. There is no such thing as free beer. korekrash