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Will this also open up Vorbis for patent suits? If MP3 is covered by over 100 patents then Vorbis is probably a ripe target.

• mbrubeck 16y ago
  Vorbis has been around for over a decade now, and incorporated into numerous products with no successful patent threats yet. Xiph.org conducted a patent search and believes Vorbis does not infringe on any patents. And since US patents expire in 17 to 20 years, there is a shrinking body of patents that could be used against Vorbis.
  • jrockway 16y ago
    Incidentally, the last MP3 patent expires in 2017.
    • vetinari 16y ago
      That hard to believe, as MP3 was standardized in 1989. Didn't you mean AAC?
      • mbrubeck 16y ago
        No, apparently he does mean MP3, but don't ask me how a patent filed in 1997 covers a standard that was finalized in 1991. (Was there a delay between date of invention and date of application, maybe involving provisional patents? I do not know the details of these things.) http://www.tunequest.org/a-big-list-of-mp3-patents/20070226/ http://www.tunequest.org/a-big-list-of-mp3-patents/20070226/
        • pbiggar 16y ago
          There is generally a delay between patents being filed and issues. I've heard of a number of very long waits before. (I'm not an expert at all.)