Comments on: JPEG death seems imminent

By: Mark Nelson (Ron K. LeMans)

Mark Nelson (Ron K. LeMans) — Thu, 18 May 2006 13:21:09 +0000

Actually, the supreme court ruling in the us this week offers some hope.

I am not a lawyer, so my understanding may be flawed.

But it sounds as though the court is saying that we must apply the principle of “equity” to damage claims.

I think this destroys companies like Forgent, because they now have to prove that they are losing money due to infringement. Since they have no products, they can’t show they are losing money.

Right?

I think….

By: Heather Scott

Heather Scott — Wed, 17 May 2006 18:08:08 +0000

We will use another format…

By: dcinput » Blog Archive » dcinput daily for Wed 26th April, 2006

dcinput » Blog Archive » dcinput daily for Wed 26th April, 2006 — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 07:49:12 +0000

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