TGDaily: Claims include “signal compression and intermediate storage in an integrated circuit, random access memory” and “capabilities to transmit and receive program information in either a compressed or decompressed format over fiber optic lines, conventional phone lines or microwaves.”

The use of the JPEG format is becoming so mired in patent snarls that it is quickly becoming an albatross around the necks of any companies doing imaging.

There have been many compression frauds which have captured interests and bagged huge investments from stupid investors, but none of them had come close to convincing anyone knowledgeable in this domain. Infima did managed to get attention and get kudos from everyone, but only for a few days.

Press Release: The WindSpring DMT extension for BREW permanently reduces mobile phone applications into the Micro Data Format (MDF), which unlike compression, enables full data access and manipulation (including high-speed seek, search, edit and display) while miniaturized, without the need to enlarge the data to its original size.

Press Release: StuffIt Image Includes Patent Pending JPEG Compression, Strong Encryption, along With a Host of Other Innovative Lossy and Lossless Image Compression Technologies.

Press Release: Multithreaded version of RAR compression algorithm improves the compression speed on computers with several CPUs, dual core CPU and processors with hyper threading technology.

InformationWeek: Both sides remain quiet on the terms of the settlement.

Press Release: Acacia Research Corporation announced a license agreement with Fujitsu General Limited covering patents that apply to Audio/Video Enhancement and Synchronization, and Image Resolution Enhancement technologies.

Press Release: JPIP, Part 9 of the JPEG 2000 standard, now provides a DICOM-compliant protocol for ultra-efficient client/server transport and viewing of JPEG 2000 medical images.

Press Release: Advanced Digital Information Corp. said that it is buying Australian Rocksoft Ltd. for $63 million, for its data compression technology. Rocksoft’s software removes duplicated data from stored information and can effectively compress that data up to 20 times.