Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcsun!ukc!edcastle!aipdc From: aipdc@castle.ed.ac.uk (Paul D. Crowley) Newsgroups: comp.graphics Subject: Re: Pixar's patent on stochastic image generation Message-ID: <6949@castle.ed.ac.uk> Date: 31 Oct 90 10:59:32 GMT References: <67527@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu> <1990Oct26.131122.2169@abcfd20.larc.nasa.gov> <1990Oct29.203607.403@heitis1.uucp> <1990Oct30.165030.8624@unicorn.wwu.edu> Organization: Edinburgh University Computer Services Lines: 13 n8443916@unicorn.wwu.edu (John Gossman) writes: > Unfortunately I have heard this story before. About three years >ago AutoDesk decided to go public. Within days of the announcement, the >XOR cursor patent guys filed suit against AutoDesk and eventually won. >So Autodesk has paid them royalties ever since for a mathematical function. I can't believe this is really true! Is there anything that can be done to overturn such a ludicrous ruling? Does anyone know if the same thing would hold in Britain? -- \/ o\ Paul Crowley aipdc@uk.ac.ed.castle /\__/ "Trust me, I know what I'm doing" - Sledge Hammer