Re: mpeg and patents

From: Alexander Kjeldaas <astor guardian no>
To: "Guillermo S. Romero / unnamed / Familia Romero" <famrom idecnet com>, gnome-list gnome org
Subject: Re: mpeg and patents
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 18:56:32 +0100

On Wed, Jan 13, 1999 at 07:45:04PM +0100, Guillermo S. Romero / unnamed / Familia Romero wrote:
> Can anybody say where patents apply? I mean "country", all world, etc.
> 

I'm no lawyer, but..

There are no international patents.  AFAIK there are international
patent offices and patent offices for EU, but they don't help you much
in court.  Companies usually patent things in the largest economies:
US, Germany and Japan.

astor

-- 
 Alexander Kjeldaas, Guardian Networks AS, Trondheim, Norway
 http://www.guardian.no/

References:
- mpeg and patents
  - From: Guillermo S. Romero / unnamed / Familia Romero

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