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Not sure if you've all seen this. It's been an ongoing saga for about a year.
This company apparently own the patent for the transmission of compressed video and audio over several media, including internet, phone, cable, LAN etc.
Yes, you read it right; if you offer downloadable video or audio on your site you are in breach of their patent.
They are actively prosecuting companies (mostly adult).
http://www.acaciatechnologies.com/index.htm
FAQ:
http://www.acaciatechnologies.com/pr/Claims/FAQsgeneralinternet.pdf
I'd be interested to hear any of our resident legal team's opinions
There is a website at www.fightthepatent.com, and I have forwarded some "Prior Art" examples, including the H.120 and H.261 specs for compressed video used in conferencing from the 1980's (the patents are from the early 1990's).
Cheers,
Chris.
This company apparently own the patent for the transmission of compressed video and audio over several media, including internet, phone, cable, LAN etc.
Yes, you read it right; if you offer downloadable video or audio on your site you are in breach of their patent.
They are actively prosecuting companies (mostly adult).
http://www.acaciatechnologies.com/index.htm
FAQ:
http://www.acaciatechnologies.com/pr/Claims/FAQsgeneralinternet.pdf
I'd be interested to hear any of our resident legal team's opinions
There is a website at www.fightthepatent.com, and I have forwarded some "Prior Art" examples, including the H.120 and H.261 specs for compressed video used in conferencing from the 1980's (the patents are from the early 1990's).
Cheers,
Chris.
