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An MP3 Download Trick that Works...
Copyright 2005 Ron Hutton You signed up for a teleseminar and ended up missing it. Dang! But the hosts recorded it. Yah! They sent you an email message that says "Go here now and listen to the call in its entirety. BUT the web link in the email message ...
How do you buy cheap mp3 players online?
You can find cheap mp3 players all over the web. You can get models that were discarded by people who no longer need them, but you can also get newer models that were designed specifically for people looking to spend less than $400 on an mp3 player. The ...
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The first multi-codec MP3 CD player was released by iRiver in 2000. Since this time iRiver has become a household name with their portable digital products and markets throughout the world. The very first portable digital device that was released by ...
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Sisvel Has Filed Lawsuits for Invalidating Thomson And Fraunhofer MP3 Patents-A Multimillionaire Business Based On License Revenues Could Be At Risk
By Business Wire HONG KONG Oct. 13, 2005 Sisvel, a well reputed company in the business of licensing patented technology, announced today that it has filed suit against Thomson (Paris: TMM.PA) and Fraunhofer before German and Italian Courts asking for the invalidity and the revocation of the patents owned by these two companies in reference to the popular MP3 audio compression technology.
Up to now these patents have been licensed by Thomson on behalf of Fraunhofer and have been the source of a multimillion dollar business in license revenues for Thomson. If Sisvel's legal actions are successful, Thomson stands to lose one of its more profitable sources of income.
"After a complete study of Thomson's and Fraunhofer's patents related to the MP3 audio system," says Mr. Paolo d'Amato, managing director of Sisvel and well renowned scientist in the field of broadcasting technology, "our experts arrived at the conclusion that the contribution by Thomson and Fraunhofer to the MP3 system is trivial and does not deserve patent protection."
"MP3," continued Mr. d'Amato, "is the commercial name of MPEG Audio layer III, which is an additional level of compression of the MPEG Audio system invented and developed by Philips (Amsterdam: PHIA.AS) , France Telecom (Paris: FTE.PA), Telediffusion de France, and IRT, and adopted by the ISO/IEC standard committee under the reference ISO/IEC 11172-3. The searches conducted by Sisvel's experts on the status of the technology at the time these patents were filed, using prestigious facilities such as the Austrian and Swedish Patent Offices, have made clear that the contribution of Thomson and Fraunhofer to the development of MPEG Audio layer III was based on already-known technology and is therefore not patentable."
Contact Sisvel, S.p.A. Paolo D'Amato, +39-011-98-63-728 email: paolo.d_amato@sisvel.it
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