Re: [rtcweb] Proposed Video Selection Process

Maik Merten <maikmerten@googlemail.com> Sat, 23 November 2013 09:20 UTC

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Subject: Re: [rtcweb] Proposed Video Selection Process
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Am 22.11.2013 23:54, schrieb Adam Roach:
> Read the first paragraph of the description. In layman's terms, it says
> "even though this patent is being issued in 2008, we claim that it was
> invented in January of 1992." And with a priority date prior to 1995,
> this means that they have protection for seventeen years from the date
> of issuance (i.e., until 2025).

As far as I can see the priority date for such filings does matter, too. 
How would such a patent apply to a set of algorithms described in a ca. 
1988 reference implementation?

I for sure see how this refiling mechanism could be trouble for MPEG-1 
Part 2 and H.263. We won't get a reliable answer on an engineering 
mailing list and I feel that actual legal resources may need to be 
employed to get a decent risk-assessment.


Maik