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- From: Stefane Fermigier sf@fermigier.com
- Subject: [Patents] Patents & Licensing
- Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2000 18:42:19 +0200
On Fri, Jun 02, 2000 at 12:57:36PM +0200, Nicolas MONNET wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> Could you please enlighten me WRT the enforceability of your patents
> related MP3s in Europe, esp. considering that pure software patents are
> normally not legal in Europe.
>
> (ref: http://www.freepatents.org/law/)
I think I know understand this mysterious mail from this morning:
1) http://bladeenc.mp3.no/skeleton/DL.html
``Due to threats from large companies, who holds patents on mp3 related
technology, to take me to court if I continue to distribute products
containing
"their" technology, I have decided to remove the BladeEnc binaries from my
homepage.
Their claims are very questionable and I sincerely hope that this will be
nothing but a temporary removal. My patent ombudsman is investigating their
claims and I will base my future actions on his findings.''
2) http://slashdot.org/articles/00/06/01/1826246.shtml
Cheers,
S.
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Stéfane Fermigier, Tel: 06 63 04 12 77 (mobile).
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