Newest Patent Threat to MPEG-4

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."

Comments

And I have a patent for ...

[neonprimetime]

And I have a patent for Windows Viruses ... so ya 'all better stop writing them or I'll sue your @ss.

Is AT&T Serious?

Re:And I have a patent for ...

[dave-tx]

And I have a patent for Windows Viruses ... so ya 'all better stop writing them or I'll sue your @ss.

You'll do better if you go after end-users.

Re:Typical

[rs79]

" If MPEG-4 or something like it existed before the patent was filed, that would be an example of prior art."

Hey I remember seeing an implementatio of what would fall under these patents twentry years ago. There were these cool videophon... oh shit.