I'm pretty sure that patent contests are the fanfare of Europe (not EU or anything, Europe). Since ISO and the now-disbanded MPEG group is based in Europe... (I

I'm pretty sure that patent contests are the fanfare of Europe (not EU or anything, Europe). Since ISO and the now-disbanded MPEG group is based in Europe... (If I remembered correctly the contesting group were mainly European and Asian companies. I forgot if Nokia opposed this.)