If I look at the WO and EP equivalent I always wonder why the US patent system is so stupid. Everything is granted. No search for novelty whatso ever. If you read the opinion of the European Patent office, these guys will have a hard time getting it granted in Europe.

Look at this document:

http://www.epoline.org/portal/PA_1_0_FS/DocumentViewer?RLANG=en&RACTION=LOAD&RAPPNO=06007392.1&RCOUNTRY=EP&RIID=ANONYMOUS&RROLE=PUBLIC&RORGNAME=EPOPORTAL&RDOCPAGENO=FIRST&RDOCTITLE=Opinion+relating+to+the+European+Search+Report&RDOCPAGECOUNT=5&RDOCTYPE=PDF&RDOCNO=EKVAFF657966FI4&NPL=false

I see at least 5 references to article 54(1) which says: "this is not new!!!"

The only people getting rich of this type of behaviour are the laywers.

So, the guys behind OGG Vorbis have been warning about this for years. A timely reminder of why OSS must be supported

Why haven't people been using patent unencumbered OGG all along? AFAIK sound quality is as good if not better.

Can't help but think this is very sad... Can't make money doing something new, so they look for patents they could sue about. Sad losers.