From phm@a2e.de  Wed Dec 12 16:30:08 2001
From: phm@a2e.de (PILCH Hartmut)
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 17:30:08 +0100 (CET)
Subject: [Patents] Dell wegen Verletzung von MPEG-2-Patenten verklagt
In-Reply-To: <20011212201429.B30504@margaux.inria.fr>
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0112121727560.9555-100000@mulix.oas.a2e.de>

> is that soft or hard ...  Dell makes no soft
> actually they do not make hard either ...

It is program logic in any case, but the article doesn't say whether it
was dvd firmware or a program on disk.

> >   http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/nij-20.11.00-001/
> >
> > reports that among others France Telecom and Philipps are suing Dell in
> > the US for infringing their MPEG2 patents by failing to pay license fees
> > for PCs equipped with DVD players.

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