BrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 1 个月前Firm quietly boosts H.264 streaming license fees from $100,000 up to staggering $4.5 millionwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square53linkfedilinkarrow-up1234arrow-down11file-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up1233arrow-down1external-linkFirm quietly boosts H.264 streaming license fees from $100,000 up to staggering $4.5 millionwww.tomshardware.comBrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 1 个月前message-square53linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
minus-squareRedSnt ♾️🦋♂️👓🖥️@feddit.dklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·1 个月前AV1 has recently gotten involved in a lawsuit by Dolby saying that they’re breaking like 5 4 of their patent, so there’s some issues there as well: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/03/av1s-open-royalty-free-promise-in-question-as-dolby-sues-snapchat-over-codec/
minus-squareVibeSurgeon@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·1 个月前These things always happen because of how dumb software patents are. There’s no guarantee the lawsuit will stick, nor do I necessarily expect it to
minus-squaredeadbeef79000@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·1 个月前It’s even worse than that: the USPO abrogated their responsibility to evaluate patents for prior art and conflict with other patents to the courts. So they just issue patents willy nilly and expect courts to decide which ones ‘win’.
AV1 has recently gotten involved in a lawsuit by Dolby saying that they’re breaking like
54 of their patent, so there’s some issues there as well: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/03/av1s-open-royalty-free-promise-in-question-as-dolby-sues-snapchat-over-codec/These things always happen because of how dumb software patents are. There’s no guarantee the lawsuit will stick, nor do I necessarily expect it to
It’s even worse than that: the USPO abrogated their responsibility to evaluate patents for prior art and conflict with other patents to the courts.
So they just issue patents willy nilly and expect courts to decide which ones ‘win’.