Comment by kasabali
3 years ago
Probably this: https://www.theregister.com/2022/02/17/microsoft_ans_patent/
I think it would be much better for everyone involved and humanity if Mr. Duda himself got the patent in the first place instead of praying no one else will.
Duda published his ideas, that’s supposed to be it.
Prior art makes patents invalid anyway.
Absolutely.
And nothing advances your career quite like getting your employer into a multi-year legal battle and spending a few million on legal fees, to make some images 20% smaller and 100% less compatible.
Well, lots of things other than JXL use ANS. If someone starts trying to claim ANS, you'll have Apple, Disney, Facebook, and more, on your side :)
But that doesn't matter. If a patent is granted, choosing to infringe on it is risky, even if you believe you could make a solid argument that it's invalid given enough lawyer hours.
The Microsoft patent is for an "improvement" that I don't believe anyone is using, but Internet commentators seem to think it applies to ANS in general for some reason.
A few years earlier, Google was granted a patent for ANS in general, which made people very angry. Fortunately they never did anything with it.
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