Thanks to my good friend Ross for sending me a note about the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) rejecting a patent assertion for the JPEG Standard.
“What would make me use the upcoming Microsoft WiMP?” Well for one thing, if I had to start paying a license fee to use a Jpeg file format. But seriously, there is a company out there trying to assert a patent claim for Jpeg file format, and another trying to defend our right to use it. Uhhh, or something like that… You can read about the rejected claims from the USPTO at BoingBoing and their link to PUBPAT. But if your a math-lover, read the PDF legal brief that describes the details of the patent and the reasons for rejecting the claim in greater detail.
