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The patent is truely over …
> As I write this late Saturday night, it is now Sunday in Japan. According
> to the Unisys web site's “LZW Patent and Software Information [1]” page,
> “The U.S. LZW patent expired on June 20, 2003, the counterpart Canadian
> patent expires July 7, 2004, the counterpart patents in the United Kingdom,
> France, Germany and Italy expire June 18, 2004, and the Japanese
> counterpart patents expire June 20, 2004.” It's over.
>
“LZW patent expires [2]”
And I have to wonder if Unisys ever made a profit on this patent, given the
way they handled it.
[1]
http://www.unisys.com/about__unisys/lzw
[2]
http://danbricklin.com/log/2004_06_17.htm#lzw
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