[Coco] JPEG

Neil Morrison neilsmorr at hotpop.com
Fri Apr 23 16:47:16 EDT 2004


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Gault" <robert.gault at worldnet.att.net>


> Roger Taylor wrote:
> > http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4816548/
>
> Went to the article and looked up the patent reference. I'm
familiar
> with chemical/drug patents but this one (essentially mathematical)
made
> me instantly glassy eyed.

To me this is like patenting the concept of a circle, and trying to
get royalties for wheels, tires, gears, pipes and donuts.

Neil




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