Re: [png-mng-misc] PNG being patented???

[Greg R. <ne...@po...>]

> http://www.freepatentsonline.com/EP1876598.html

Of course not.  PNG is prior art (obvious, or else they couldn't/wouldn't
refer to it by name; ditto DVD).  What they've done here is to build
something out of PNGs and DVDs and patented that.  Apparently the result
met the EPO's requirements for novelty and non-obviousness.  (There may
also be a US equivalent, or it might still be working its way through the
USPTO.)

Greg