Aehso’s Output

I got a useful email from a Yukiko Ogura (secretary, at ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 29) pointing me to an article on jpeg.org’s website regarding the patent situation on JPEG.

It looks like the ISO or ITU-T have never been dragged into the whole debacle, but they are making historical archives of the process that was undertaken during JPEG standardization available to members of JPEG.org. I guess since they don’t operate within just one jurasdiction that’s about all they can do. Was the onus on Forgent to declare their patent way back in the early stages of the standardization process? The FAQ statement seems to imply that ISO were unaware, but it doesn’t state what the implications are.

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