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- EztliNahua, on 10/12/2007, -1/+55Does anyone notice that the description of the story does not actually occur in the story?
Story about them ruling it is not patented is at http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/business/20070127-9999-1b27verdict.html - rompom7, on 10/12/2007, -2/+221. Get off the crackpipe.
2. Punctuate. - Akaji, on 10/12/2007, -4/+21Awesome, check out that Block/Report button next to your name! I wonder what clicking it does...
- mikeyj10, on 10/12/2007, -1/+14I whole-heartly disagree. We are not witches, were more along the evolutionary track of vampires.
- firstc624, on 10/12/2007, -8/+18your such an ass
- mooninite, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10The headline is wildly innaccurate...
"The jury did find that the two Qualcomm patents in question in the case were valid, a loss to Broadcom, which had argued otherwise."
FROM THE ARTICLE. H.264 is technically still patented. They ruled in favor of Broadcom because the jury found the patents *uninforceable* not *invalid*. Two distinct differences.
Someone resubmit this with the correct heading and link... good lord. - computerdude33, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11Dude, I'm in the US, home of the free, land of the "illegal under 18/21/period"
- mikeyj10, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10Give that digger a sombrero. You're absolutely correct. I was just going to say so myself, but I got beat to the punch.
- AniceAtheist, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9You shouldn't be able to patent software anyways. copyright it yes but not patent it. It is written in a language and as such it is the same as literature or music. You cannot patent a new form of music such as Jazz in the beginning of the 20th century. Or how about patenting literature in the form of Science Fiction. or patenting a literary device such as the rhetorical question. Copyright yes but patent... hell no it's ridiculous that this is even an issue.
- superal1394, on 10/12/2007, -4/+11@computerdude33: that hasn't stopped anyone before
- dizzledaking, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8alien, you should have that looked at. It looks very painful.
- Cabal, on 10/12/2007, -10/+16@firstc624
*you're - RomieZ, on 10/12/2007, -12/+17Replying to Computerdude33
"I've never been high or drunk, so w/e."
Dude, seriously, live a little.. - groverblue, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5"The jury did find that the two Qualcomm patents in question in the case were valid, a loss to Broadcom, which had argued otherwise."
Not to mention the fact that the patents ARE valid. - encephlavator, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4FYI, the saying "for all intensive purposes," actually is written like this; "for all intents and purposes." Notice the difference?
- fatsobob, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7This is great news.
For those who do not know what H.264 is, I shall link the Wikipedia page.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.264 - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Quoted from here: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aLX_DFMCEYWU&refer=home
- keije, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Wow, pretty misleading article title (and article) and as usual no one bothered doing research either.
H264 is STILL patented. Note that the ruling is Broadcom vs Qualcomm, not Broadcom vs MPEG LA which is the standard body. Only Qualcomm's claims for patents were dismissed, not everyone else's.
For all intensive purposes H264 is just as patented as before, this ruling simply prevented it from become MORE patented.
Inaccurate, buried. - S1L3NTC, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2So now the intellectual property battles have gotten so bad that we should be checking out all the chipsets used by manufacturers before we purchase devices?
- copperhead, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Great... digg is repeating the same ***** being posted on slashdot. Did anyone actually read the linked article before digging?
Buried as inaccurate. - mike_p, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3I thought it was funny; people need to lighten up a bit.
- drjekelmrhyde, on 10/12/2007, -5/+7If you still dont get it H5N1 is a type of birdflu and a H-1B is a type of VISA
- election, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Direct Link to story on san diego real estate slump http://digg.com/business_finance/San_Diego_Real_Estate_Takes_25_Slump_Time_to_Buy http://sandiego.houserebate.com
- rasterbator, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1It sucks when someone gets blocked in the thread that you replied to, and your comment disappears into thin air. Digg: Is there away to change this so that all comments underneath the blocked user at least get demoted to replies to the main comment?
- kevinmotel, on 10/12/2007, -5/+6oh well, at least its not on "why the government let 9/11 happen"
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2I heard alien3456's doctor exclaim "My god, its just like a penis only smaller" when he recently went in for a checkup.
- groverblue, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Buried. Title and description are inaccurate. Too bad. I really wanted to digg this.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3Lawyers sure do find messed up ways to stir up negotiations...
I say lawyers are witches and therefore need to be burned - wilf_brim, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1This is quite good news. If H.264 was ruled to be a Qualcomm it would have caused incredible disruption.
- Aleks, on 10/12/2007, -5/+4Maybe Microsoft can patent it now so they can sue anybody who tries and implements the codec for an operating system other than Windows?
- phantom_mullet, on 10/12/2007, -7/+6If you're curious, but don't want to click the link, it's just a hand drawn picture of alien3546's penis. Sorry pal, this isn't a medical site and we can't help you with that.
- mrpippy, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1If you dig back through the business pages on signonsandiego, you might see that Qualcomm isn't patenting software per se--the patent apparently covers integer transforms, which are used by H.264 for compression. The main question that I had while reading coverage of the trial was: if Qualcomm held this patent, why didn't they bring it up during the standardization process? Standards aren't made overnight for exactly this reason.
- iJump, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1@alien3456
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Fixed! - Avalontor, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1yeah because Microsoft is the only company that does this. Get off your Microsoft hating hobbyhorse and grow up.
In the future, please replace Microsoft with when typing. - rasterbator, on 10/12/2007, -5/+2I bet Apple is next on the list for H.264 patent.
- nerditup, on 10/12/2007, -11/+7I'm drunk ritee now for the both of usss
- gravedigg, on 10/12/2007, -7/+2You're a life saver.
- justinvt, on 10/12/2007, -6/+1@computerdude
nice username - drjekelmrhyde, on 10/12/2007, -12/+5Damn you girls got your panties in a knot tonight IT WAS A JOKE plus I did'nt know English teachers worked on weekends
- S1L3NTC, on 10/12/2007, -10/+3@computerdude
Hopefully you'll soon realize you need to start making your own choices, regardless of other peoples' or governments' opinions. - computerdude33, on 10/12/2007, -17/+9I cannot even begin to imagine what went through you mind when you typed that.
Of course, I've never been high or drunk, so w/e. - drjekelmrhyde, on 10/12/2007, -62/+4Whats this H.264 you're talking about thats that birdflu right or that illegal Aliens thing God we know we know we dont need any Martians picking fruit
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