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JPEG patent under the microscope again
News The US Patent and Trademark Office will re-examine the validity of the so-called JPEG patent held by Forgent Networks, an action that could deprive the company of its multimillion-dollar revenue stream.
[February 3, 2006, 8:50]
JPEG patent suit targets 31 major firms
News Forgent Networks launched a patent infringement lawsuit against 31 major computer and electronics vendors on Thursday, seeking damages related to its claim to technology underlying the widespread JPEG file format.
[April 23, 2004, 17:15]
JPEG committee refutes patent claim
News The committee that develops the JPEG image compression standard have refuted a claim by a US company to own a patent that gives it exclusive rights to the algorithm underlying JPEG. The JPEG committee does not believe there is any foundation to...
[July 22, 2002, 10:47]
RIM coughs up for JPEG patent
News BlackBerry wireless device maker Research In Motion signed a deal on Thursday to license part of the JPEG file format patent from Forgent Networks, the companies said. Usual royalty rates for Forgent's JPEG patent vary between a quarter of 1...
[October 28, 2005, 8:45]
Microsoft in dock over JPEG patent
News Forgent Networks has filed a lawsuit against Microsoft, alleging the software giant infringed on its digital-image compression patent that serves as the technology behind JPEG. The patent in question, US patent no.relates to the technology behind...
[April 25, 2005, 10:35]
Microsoft in dock over JPEG patent
Talkback Yet another reason to leave software patents in the US and keep Europe clean. Despite the pro-software patents lobby's claims to the contrary, and the media's parroting them, software patents are not status quo.
[April 25, 2005, 15:31]
ABO aims to out-compress JPEG
Talkback Moreover, for natural images, it does not outperform JPEG or MPEG. My recommendation is to go with JPEG-2000 for still images and H.264/MPEG-4 AVC for image sequences. Don't believe this hype - I've looked at their patent ("REPETITION CODED...
[December 4, 2003, 10:24]
SilverFast SE - Umax
Downloads You get many of the marvelous highlights of the full SilverFast Ai, such as: Real-time correction Auto-adjust with artificial intelligence Professional unsharp masking Color-cast removal slider Simple selective color correction Simple Color...
[May 26, 2009, 14:02]
SilverFast Ai STUDIO
Downloads Now a better control of the image is achieved before scanning which allows a much larger preview of the final sharpening effects JPEG 2000 support The support of the JPEG 2000 format enables SilverFast's strongest compression to process such...
[August 20, 2008, 8:00]
European software patents inch closer
News Richard Clark, chief editor for the JPEG standardisation committee, which recently faced a patent claim which would have imposed royalty fees on almost every digital imaging device, said the proposal as it stands would worsen the patent situation...
[June 18, 2003, 14:04]
Zensis PhotoRite Viewer, optimized for N70
Downloads Support Animated gif, gif, bmp, jpeg, mbm format.Set as wallpaper with smart cropping.Copy, Move, Delete, Rename, New Folder.Order images by date, name, size.Zoom in and out opened photos in maximum viewing area!
[August 10, 2005, 8:00]
Microsoft's plan for 'new JPEG' leaves users cold
Talkback Until then, JPEG or PNG is fine. When Microsoft publishes their algorithm in a patent free or free license, I'll consider this. Microsoft has made the Windows Media Photo format public - however the compression algorithm is only obtainable through...
[June 1, 2006, 18:15]
SilverFast SE (PLUS)
Downloads You get many of the marvelous highlights of the full SilverFast Ai, such as: Patent-Pending Multi-Sampling for efficient Scanner-Noise-Reduction and Dynamic Range Enhancement Auto-adjust with artificial intelligence USM - Professional unsharp...
[April 14, 2008, 8:00]
Fone Folio - Three Months
Downloads Fone Folio is so simple to use, you just drag-and-drop your files to Fone Folio's desktop client and within seconds they're available on your BlackBerry.All you need is an internet connection.Simple, intuitive interface.Supports...
[December 27, 2005, 7:00]
Fone Folio - Three Months
Downloads Fone Folio is so simple to use, you just drag-and-drop your files to Fone Folio's desktop client and within seconds they're available on your mobile phone.All you need is an internet connection.Simple, intuitive interface.Supports...
[January 20, 2006, 7:00]
Microsoft to standardise HD Photo technology
News Making HD Photos a neutral industry standard, not just a Microsoft technology, is a significant step in the company's ambitious plan to establish a higher-quality replacement for today's ubiquitous JPEG standard.
[March 7, 2007, 9:02]
Microsoft, Nikon agree patent-sharing deal
News Raw images are taken directly from a camera's image sensor with little or no in-camera processing; the formats more detailed and flexible than Jpeg, but they're also proprietary and specific to each camera model, and they require processing with...
[August 28, 2008, 9:43]
Flash MX review
Reviews There are a few notable additions to the core functionality of Flash, too, including video import and streaming capabilities, improved handling of sound, the ability to import MP3 and JPEG files dynamically, a scriptable drawing model, dynamic...
[March 6, 2002, 23:00]
Industry group hones patent standards
News For example, Austin-based Forgent Networks, a video conferencing technology, two weeks ago laid claim to the technology behind the JPEG image format. The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) said the new IPR working group will tackle how patent...
[August 5, 2002, 11:09]
GIF patent to expire, will PNG survive?
News Photographs are better saved as JPEG, or Joint Photographic Experts Group, files, and GIF offers animation capabilities that PNG was not designed to provide -- though a sister specification to PNG called MNG ("ming," or Multiple-Image Network...
[June 9, 2003, 12:24]
