I was curious what the current status of the patent was and it's expired. "The United States LZW patent expired on June 20th, 2003.. According to Unisys, the c

I was curious what the current status of the patent was and it's expired. "The United States LZW patent expired on June 20th, 2003.. According to Unisys, the counterpart Canadian patent expires July 7, 2004, the counterpart patents in the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Italy expire June 18, 2004, and the Japanese counterpart patents expire June 20, 2004." https://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/projects/lpf/Patents/Gif/Gif.html https://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/projects/lpf/Patents/Gif/Gi...