Groklaw: JPEG Patent Claim Surrendered! | Linux Today

Groklaw: JPEG Patent Claim Surrendered!

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 3, 2006

“Here you go, straight from the Public Patent Foundation’s press
release: Forgent Networks has stopped asserting its patent against
JPEG, has dropped all its pending cases that were asserting the
patent, and says that it won’t file any other infringement claims
based on the patent. You’ll recall that PubPat challenged the
patent last year and the USPTO reexamination led to rejection of
the broadest claims.

“On its website page on the Forgent Networks JPEG Related
Patent, PubPat provides the history…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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