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USPTO Rules Fogent JPEG Patent Invalid
fistfullast33l writes "Groklaw has reported that the USPTO has ruled the broadest claims of the JPEG Patent held by Fogent to be invalid. PUBPAT, the organization that requested the review, released the news earlier today. According to PJ, the ruling will be hard to overturn as the 'submitters knew about the prior art but failed to tell the USPTO about it.'"
since when did slashdot get a language filter? "damn" wait, no they didn't. what the hell? don't censor yourself, it's wrong and annoying. this is the internet, you can cuss here. and if you don't want to because you find it too vulgar, then just don't.
if i'm not immortal, what's the point of living?
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Regarding the free mac minis - your sig claims "it works". Have you LOOKED at the freepay website recently? There's now a 3 month time period in which you need to obtain all of your referrals, have them approved, and mail in a paper form. For the 10 referrals needed for a mac mini this is nearly impossible. Just a week ago I finally got my ipod from freepay - my referrals were completed LAST YEAR, and my account was approved in late january. That's almost five months for them to fufill THEIR end of the bargain, yet you only have three months to complete yours.
Freepay is now a scam. I suggest checking out the anything4free.com forums to see which companies are still legit.