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shmerltoday at 3:43 AM3 repliesview on HN

Congrats!

How is the case of fighting off Dolby's patent racketeering going? They tried to attack Snapchat for using AV1.


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mmastractoday at 3:47 AM

Last update seems to be "lawsuit was filed" with zero updates since then. That stuff tends to move slowly.

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basilgohartoday at 3:48 AM

This will always happen. There are just some entities that can't stand not seeking rent.

cyberaxtoday at 10:50 AM

Dolby's patents are garbage, and they know it. They managed to patent entropy coding somehow. This will not stand to challenges, and they managed to poke a well-resourced company.