First JPEG virus not a threat. first jpeg virus not a threat. OK, so it's low risk, it's not a threat but it is a first: the world's first JPEG virus. OK, so it's low risk, it's not a threat but it is a first: the world's first JPEG virus....

Patent Claim on Portions of JPEG Data-Compression Standard Rocks Electronics Industry. patent claim on portions of jpeg data. Forgent Networks, of Austin, Texas, a small videoconferencing company, has announced that it is pursuing patent claims on the portion of the JPEG technology that is used in the JPEG digital still-image compression standard, as previously defined by the independent body of Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) in 1990. Forgent Networks, of Austin, Texas, a small videoconferencing company, has announced that it is pursuing patent claims on the portion of the JPEG technology that is used in the JPEG digital still-image compression standard, as previously defined by the independent body of Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) in 1990. This JPEG data compression standard is used in personal computers, printers, scanners, digital cameras, and on the Internet. The JPEG standards group has announced that it will seek to invalidate the patent claims of Forgent and others thus far, including Philips Corporation and Lucent Technologies, because they feel the JPEG standard does not apply to patent claims. ...

Patent infringement issues surrounding the JPEG image standard resurfaced on Thursday after a small software vendor filed lawsuits against 31 companies ranging from Adobe and Apple to IBM and HP. Patent infringement issues surrounding the JPEG image standard resurfaced on Thursday after a small software vendor filed lawsuits against 31 companies ranging from Adobe and Apple to IBM and HP. Read the complete story here....

Forgent sues PC firms over JPEG patent claims. forgent sues pc firms over jpeg patent claims. Scheduling software company Forgent Networks has sued 31 companies for allegedly infringing on a patent for a data compression technique used in the JPEG standard for digital images. Scheduling software company Forgent Networks has sued 31 companies for allegedly infringing on a patent for a data compression technique used in the JPEG standard for digital images....

Macromedia follows Adobe in settling Forgent JPEG suit. macromedia follows adobe in settling forgent jpeg suit. Last week, Macromedia became the latest company to settle its differences out of court with Austin company Forgent Networks Inc., over the compression, storage, manipulation and transmission of still digital images in JPEG format. Last week, Macromedia became the latest company to settle its differences out of court with Austin company Forgent Networks Inc., over the compression, storage, manipulation and transmission of still digital images in JPEG format....

Because of a problem with the way that Windows handles JPEG image files, malicious code could be executed on a user’s machine if they simply view an ordinary image file....

Huge JPEG patent infringement suit filed against Microsoft, Apple, IBM, many others. jpeg patent suit filed. In a filing in United States District Court on Monday, Forgent Networks, whose subsidiary, Compression Labs, Inc. is the current patent holder for JPEG image compression technology, filed suit principally against Microsoft, plus what appears to be, by the company's count, "approximately 40" technology companies, representing just about everybody that anyone recognizes. In a filing in United States District Court on Monday, Forgent Networks, whose subsidiary, Compression Labs, Inc. is the current patent holder for JPEG image compression technology, filed suit principally against Microsoft, plus what appears to be, by the company’s count, "approximately 40" technology companies, representing just about everybody that anyone recognizes....

RIM agreed to license JPEG image data compression technology, which was patented by Forgent under patent number 4,698,672. Detailed amounts have not been disclosed, but Forgent says it has collected more than $100 million "primarily" from JPEG licensing fees since the firm’s inception about 3 years ago....

USPTO will re-examine Forgent's claim on JPEG patent. uspto re examines forgent jpeg patent. For the past few years, Forgent has been claiming it holds patent rights to some key compression technologies used in JPEG formats. The request for re-examining the validity of the patent was filed in November by the Public Patent Foundation Inc. The New York-based not-for-profit called Forgent’s practice of reaping millions of dollars from companies who use the JPEG format a "campaign of harassment" that is causing "significant public harm by threatening the JPEG standard on which the public relies."...