Re: [rtcweb] Quote from Rethink on H.264 patent fight
Jim Gettys <jg@freedesktop.org> Fri, 30 March 2012 13:56 UTC
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Subject: Re: [rtcweb] Quote from Rethink on H.264 patent fight
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On 03/30/2012 06:19 AM, Dean Willis wrote: > > Note that even when you think you know the landscape of the IPR on > something, you can still get nasty surprises. > > A quote from todays Rethink that brings this out: > > "However, several key cases are now reaching final judgements, and > injunctions are more likely to be granted in that event. Motorola - > soon to be owned by Google - has asked for a ban on Microsoft's Xbox > 360, Windows and Internet Explorer products, which it claims infringe > on its H.264-related patents, if Motorola wins a case to be heard in > Mannheim, Germany on April 17. According to IPR expert Florian Mueller > of FOSS Patents, the judge is expected to favour Motorola." > > Anyone reporter who thinks Florian Mueller is an IPR expert is clueless, demented, or grinding an axe. - Jim
- [rtcweb] Quote from Rethink on H.264 patent fight Dean Willis
- Re: [rtcweb] Quote from Rethink on H.264 patent f… Jim Gettys
- Re: [rtcweb] Quote from Rethink on H.264 patent f… Basil Mohamed Gohar