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- Forgent settles JPEG patent cases
- Forgent settles JPEG patent casesIt's not easy being the @ssholeMaybe these "IP" companies will think twice before relying on lawsuits as their prime income.Lawsuits Only Option With Patent PiratesUnfortunately many companies, especially the washed up tech companies who make up the Coalition for Patent Fairness, better known as the Coalition...
- Discussion threads 2006-11-02
- Week in review: In search of trouble
- Week in review: In search of troubleForgent Compensation"Forgent has become one of the more successful intellectual property firms to emerge in the last few years. The company acquired U.S. Patent No. 4,698,672 (known as the '672 patent) when it bought Compression Labs in 1997. When the company audited its patents,...
- Discussion threads 2006-02-03
- Is it time to boycott the JPEG graphics file format?
- News.com's Michael Singer has a report that reminds us of why there can be a hidden toll of patents on standards. Already reeling from a Supreme Court setback in one patent case, Singer reports that BlackBerry maker Research in Motion RIM has inked a royalty-payment structure deal with alleged JPEG...
- Blog posts 2005-10-28
- Forgent sues cable companies over DVR patent
- Forgent sues cable companies over DVR patentThe new world business model: SUE!It just seems wrong that a company can sit back and wait until something becomes the defacto industry standard and gains a huge market, and only THEN step forward and start suing everyone in sight.I looked at the...
- Discussion threads 2005-07-14
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- Wi-LAN files infringement suit against 22 firms
- Wi-LAN files infringement suit against 22 firmsUh Oh, time to apy the piper.And no, this is NOT about bad "software patents".Sounds like indian trading...Since this company openly admits it let the companies get away with this, they should only be able to collect money from new devices.Its like a crack...
- Discussion threads 2007-11-01
- Tech lawsuits: Is it time for a "U.S. District Court of Technology" with its own bench?
- Somewhere in the back of my mind, the fact that I have seen multiple news headlines having to do with new or ongoing lawsuits in the tech industry was gnawing at me. So, I decided to search ZDNet on the words "infringement" and "lawsuit" to see what came up. Here,...
- Blog posts 2006-11-07
- USPTO to re-examine JPEG patent
- Forgent Technologies is one of the most intellectual property firms. In 1997, it bought Compression Labs. One of Compression's patents, Forgent believes, covers the compression scheme for JPEG. It's been asserting that patent to digital camera manufacturers and has collected over $100 million in royalties so far. Forgent is also...
- Blog posts 2006-02-02
- NTP suggests 30 days before BlackBerry cutoff
- NTP suggests 30 days before BlackBerry cutoffThe whole patent system is messed up.NTP vs RIM is just one instance of the mess. The whole patent system is close to disaster. When we have so called "engineering/tech" companies like Rambus whose only source of income is litigation, lawsuits and patents, the...
- Discussion threads 2006-01-18
- Mass. warms to Microsoft Office standard
- Mass. warms to Microsoft Office standardThe right decision.Both sets of formats qualify, and the people who actually use them can make the decision. This was the situation before the legendary June meeting, and it still is the best choice.And this way of responding means that the Governor doesn't have...
- Discussion threads 2005-11-28
- Is it time to boycott the JPEG graphics file format?
- Is it time to boycott the JPEG graphics file format?On TargetGreat points David.Personally I'll stick with PNG.As far as DRM goes, it's a deal breaker. I won't use anything which takes control away from me or restricts me. If that means I will have to do without some things then...
- Discussion threads 2005-10-28
- Chip designer notifies firms of possible patent suits
- Chip designer notifies firms of possible patent suitswe need a time limit to claim infingmentwaiting this long to make a claim should void the patent altogetherNT Today's business model: Don't innovate. Don't create. SUE!.Well, there ya go..."Revenue came to $3,384 in the quarter ending in February,...
- Discussion threads 2004-04-23
- Forgent claims JPEG patent
- Forgent claims JPEG patentDr. Wen Chen wasn't interested in patenting DCT / JPEG / MPEGI worked at Compression Labs 1992-1993 on the DirecTV project, an application of MPEG and ultimately of Dr. Wen Chen's work on DCT / JPEG. Dr. Wen Chen worked there at the same time, and...
- Discussion threads 2004-03-31
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- Forgent Networks is a licensor of intellectual property and a provider of scheduling and asset management software solutions. Forgent generates a significant portion of its...
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