[CLUE-Talk] JPEG standard threatened by patent claim

[Timothy C. Klein]

* Matt Gushee (mgushee at havenrock.com) wrote:
> Well, the bottom-feeders are at it again. Some Texas company, with the
> help of one of those patent-leech law firms you may have heard of, is
> proposing to hit everybody up for royalties on JPEGs. And ISO is saying
> that if they patent claim holds up, they will withdraw the JPEG
> standard.
> 
>     http://www.theregus.com/content/4/25713.html
> 

Patent law sure is stimulating a lot of innovation these days, huh?
Where else would crooks and other unethical SOBs get jobs, if not at
"intellectual property" companies?

Makes me quite irritated.

Tim
--
==============================================
== Timothy Klein || teece at silverklein.net   ==
== ---------------------------------------- ==
== "Hello, World" 17 Errors, 31 Warnings... ==
==============================================