FairfaxIT: Hands off our tools- IPIX Aug 2, 1999, 23 :56 UTC (6 Talkback[s]) (5508 reads) (Other stories by DAVID BINNING)
"Helmut Dersch received a letter in April from solicitors representing the
Tennessee-based digital imaging company IPIX, accusing him of patent infringement"
"Dersch runs his own Web site and published a 3-D
image of the Grand Canyon produced using software he
had designed as a hobby and with pictures available for
download free of charge."
"IPIX's action against him brought to light a number of
lawsuits being waged by IPIX against companies and
individuals using what are termed panoramic tools to
create virtual reality (VR) images with what many
developers claim is a simple technique."
"Bubble images, or IPIX, are created essentially by joining
two 180-degree photographs taken using a fish-eye
lens."
