Suing individual users of H.264
Suing individual users of H.264
Posted Feb 8, 2010 20:50 UTC (Mon) by roc (subscriber, #30627)In reply to: Suing individual users of H.264 by jhhaller
Parent article: HTML5 video element codec debate reignited
> In the US, my understanding (IANAL) is that practicing a patent does not
> require a license, only importing or distributing.
> require a license, only importing or distributing.
Incorrect. Practicing requires a license.
> Certainly, if I were to write my own H.264 decoder, I am not infringing.
Incorrect. If you used it, you would be infringing.
Posted Feb 8, 2010 21:10 UTC (Mon)
by Trelane (subscriber, #56877)
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If you used it, you would be infringing. If you used an encoder/decoder that you wrote, you'd be infringing twice (see the USPTO link above; the act of making a patented idea is prohibited, as is using an implementation without a license).
Suing individual users of H.264