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From: hue@netcom.UUCP (Jonathan Hue)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Quantel patents
Keywords: want more info
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Date: 16 Mar 90 07:40:56 GMT
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I read in a magazine recently that some "questionable" (my quotes)
patents of Quantel's were recently upheld in (British?) court, despite
expert witness testimony from people like Jim Blinn.  Does anybody have
more information on this?  What exactly do Quantel's patents cover, and
will this affect any existing computer graphics software?

I am not familiar with what Quantel's claims are, but I believe it has
something to do with some of the tools they provide on the Quantel Video
Paintbox, like mixing colors on a pallete, etc.

-Jonathan