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Public Patent Foundation challenges JPEG patent

Public Patent Foundation challenges JPEG patent

Posted Nov 16, 2005 19:05 UTC (Wed) by JoeBuck (subscriber, #2330)
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The earlier patent mentioned in the re-examination request, number 4,541,012, was issued September 10, 1985, which is more than 20 years ago. That means it has expired.

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Public Patent Foundation challenges JPEG patent

Posted Nov 16, 2005 19:08 UTC (Wed) by JoeBuck (subscriber, #2330) [Link]

Also, the complaint charges Compression Labs (the company bought by Forgent) with misconduct for not listing the earlier patent as prior art for the later patent, as well as other relevant patents (see page 2 of the PDF).


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