[Discussioni] Fwd: [Patents] Forgent sues 31 companies over JPEG patent

[Alessandro Rubini]

> From: Jonas Maebe
> To: patents.aful.org
> Subject: [Patents] Forgent sues 31 companies over JPEG patent
> Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 09:35:59 +0200 (CEST)
>
> Hello,
> 
> The press release is at:
> <http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20040422006084&newsLang=en>
> 
> There is at least one European company among the defendants: Axis 
> Communications Incorporated (Swedish, http://www.axis.com). More 
> information about Forgent can be found in this article: 
> <http://www.macobserver.com/article/2004/04/22.14.shtml>
> 
> Of particular interest:
> 
> ***
> Forgent Networks acquired the original developers of JPEG, San Jose-based 
> Compression Labs Inc., in 1997. Before that, Forgent was primarily known 
> as a maker of video conferencing hardware under the name Video Telecom, or 
> VTel. After continuing declining revenues, the company changed its name 
> and management in August 2001. It was then that the company became a video 
> technology firm focusing on software and patents. Its portfolio includes 
> nearly 50 patents.
> ***
> 
> Surprise...
> 
> 
> Jonas