On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 08:58, John Kennedy wrote: > I don't recall who owns the rights/patents for mp3
The major players are: * Fraunhofer Society of Germany, * Alcatel-Lucent * Philips Applied Technology / Royal Philips Electronics * Thompson There are also a couple of other minor players in the game. If one fails to pay the royalties to any of those companies, or half a dozen that have been formed since 2000, one runs the risk of being sued for patent infringement. Hopefully the US Supreme Court will fully overturn State Street, and then declare that all software related patents issued prior to the date of its ruling are invalid.(In the case of MP3, all of the patents are either mathematical algorithms, and as such not patentable, or based on prior published art, or, more commonly, both. jonathon --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
