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#294199 - 23/02/2007 15:44 Alcatel-lucent MP3 patent suit?
tfabris carpal tunnel Registered: 20/12/1999 Posts: 31602 Loc: Seattle, WA	Putting this in Empeg-General because it's not off topic, IMHO... http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070223/ap_on_bi_ge/microsoft_alcatel The news article doesn't give the alcatlel-lucent's grounds for the suit. Anyone have more details? _________________________ Tony Fabris
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#294200 - 24/02/2007 19:45 Re: Alcatel-lucent MP3 patent suit? [Re: tfabris]
jimhogan carpal tunnel Registered: 06/10/1999 Posts: 2591 Loc: Seattle, WA, U.S.A.	Quote: Putting this in Empeg-General because it's not off topic, IMHO... http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070223/ap_on_bi_ge/microsoft_alcatel The news article doesn't give the alcatlel-lucent's grounds for the suit. Anyone have more details? I looked a bit. It seems like AT&T never let go of their asserted rights WRT MP3, so folks who paid Fraunhoffer might have had a false sense of license. But somebody else who actually has a clue can provide a real answer. This news did raise a few other thoughts: Perversely, my very small submersible of Lucent options just blew tanks and went from 40 feet to 20 feet. Next they'll shout "En haut le périscope !" This makes me wonder more about Ogg Vorbis and its situation WRT patent encumberances. I need to go look. Go, Ogg! _________________________ Jim 'Tis the exceptional fellow who lies awake at night thinking of his successes.
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#294201 - 25/02/2007 00:43 Re: Alcatel-lucent MP3 patent suit? [Re: jimhogan]
rob carpal tunnel Registered: 21/05/1999 Posts: 5335 Loc: Cambridge UK	This isn't the first of these. Sisvel have already taken many companies to the cleaners over their psycho-accoustic compression patents (acquired, not earned). Even Thompson, who manage licensing for Fraunhoffer, have paid up. A bunch of blood sucking middle men are raping our industry with their acquired software IP, and will surely bring about the demise of mid sized technology companies within the next few years. Way to go, software patents! Rob
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#294202 - 26/02/2007 20:03 Re: Alcatel-lucent MP3 patent suit? [Re: rob]
Schido enthusiast Registered: 29/03/2005 Posts: 364 Loc: Probably lost somewhere in Wal...	Here's another one: Texas MP3 Technologies vs Apple, Samsung and Sandisk. With a patent previously owned by sigmatel even. http://www.macworld.com/news/2007/02/26/mp3tech/index.php _________________________ Empeg Mk1 #00177, 2.00 final, hijack 4.76
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