
	Where results make sense

Topic: Forgent Networks

Related Topics

NIST

Economy of Kiribati

Ecole Polytechnique Massacre

Premier

Platinum

Turin, Italy

Walther Nernst

La Guardia Airport

Kallikrates

Geography of Luxembourg

March 3

Rangers Standing Orders

Locri

Liverpool

Lent

In the News (Mon 16 Nov 09)

Northern Trust

Marvin Harrison

Peter Chernin

Gary Locke

Match Play

Penelope Cruz

Mickey Rourke

AR Rahman

Danny Boyle

Hugh Jackman

	King & Spalding > Library > Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Forgent Networks asserts that U.S. Patent No. 4,698,672, which is owned by its subsidiary, Compression Labs Inc., covers the JPEG standard for compression of full-color or gray-scale still images.
		Forgent Networks and its legal counsel hit pay dirt in June 2002 by licensing the image compression patent to a Japanese electronics company in a deal valued at $15 million.
		Forgent Networks alleges that the patent claims cover the JPEG image compression technology in common use by digital cameras, digital still image devices, personal digital assistants, cellular telephones, digital camcorders, scanners and other devices used to compress, store, manipulate, print or transmit digital images.
	www.kslaw.com /library/articles.asp?1016 (773 words)

	Forgent Investor Relations
		Forgent has the sole and exclusive right to use and license all the claims under the '672 patent that implement JPEG in all "fields of use" except in the satellite broadcast business.
		Forgent's "fields of use" for licensing opportunities include digital cameras, digital still image devices, personal digital assistants (PDA's), cellular telephones that download images, browsers, digital camcorders with a still image function, scanners and other devices used to compress, store, manipulate, print or transmit digital images.
		Forgent and a national law firm, who has made and continues to make a significant investment to develop Forgent's IP licensing program, are the sole beneficiaries of the patent license revenue.
	ir.forgent.com /ireye/ir_site.zhtml?ticker=FORG&script=410&layout=-6&item_id=314044 (484 words)

	Forgent sues 31 companies over JPEG: Digital Photography Review
		Forgent Networks has today made good their 2002 claim to JPEG and their intention to pursue licensing revenue from companies who use it.
		Forgent has sought to reach agreements on numerous occasions with all these companies, but as of today, none of the defendants have chosen to license.
		Forgent has the exclusive right to use, license and enforce all the claims under the '672 Patent in all fields of use involving digital still image compression.
	www.dpreview.com /news/0404/04042302forgentjpeglawsuits.asp (417 words)

	Forgent Corporate Overview (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Forgent’s intellectual property licensing program is related to communication technologies developed from a diverse and growing patent portfolio.
		Forgent also provides a spectrum of scheduling software that enables organizations to streamline the planning and execution of their meetings, helping to increase productivity and reduce costs.
		Forgent was formed when management refocused the business strategy of VTEL Corporation, a pioneer in manufacturing videoconferencing products and provider of visual communications services that was founded in 1985.
	ir.forgent.com (464 words)

	Wired News: Forgent Sues Over JPEG Patent
		Although the most widely used version of the format is in the public domain, Forgent said it believes that a 17-year-old patent it acquired through the purchase of Compression Labs in 1997 can be applied to a specific algorithm in the format.
		Forgent contacted each of the companies over the past year and offered them the chance to license the technology, said Forgent spokesman Michael Noonan.
		Forgent's critics say the new lawsuit is yet another example of how the practice of using patents to generate revenue is endangering the computing industry.
	www.wired.com /news/business/0,1367,63200,00.html?tw=wn_bizhead_1 (767 words)

	INTELCOM INTERNET CLUB -> NEWS: World News // April 26, 2004: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Forgent Networks management demanded from offenders recovering for infringement of intellectual property rights and offered to acquire the respective licenses.
		Earlier, Forgent Networks has already indicated the possibility to sue in court outside developers and manufacturers, applied in their software and hardware technologies protected with a patent.
		Nevertheless, Forgent Networks company is determined and intends to bring the case to the end.
	www.ipr.inage.ru /news/wnews_302.en.html (330 words)

	I.T. Vibe - Discussion Forum - Forgent Networks sue over JPEG patent claims (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Posted - 24 April 2004 : 11:10:02 AM Forgent Networks has announced that it is to sue 31 companies, including Apple, Adobe Sysems, Agfa, IBM, Macromedia and Toshiba for using it's digital image compression patent (Patent no US4698672) without paying a license fee.
		Forgent currently licenses the patent to around thirty existing companies, which has generated about 90 million US dollars in fees so far.
		If Forgent are successful in their actions it will no doubt end up being a costly problem for all those companies involved, as well as possibly affecting the use of JPEG technology on a day to day basis.
	itvibe.com /discussion/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1070 (247 words)

	ePartners Case Studies
		In the late 1990s, Forgent was known as VTEL Corporation, a fast track videoconferencing company with manufacturing and service arms, boasting 800 employees located in offices around the world.
		It became quickly apparent to Forgent that their Tier I solution was oversized and overpriced for their new, trimmed down size.
		Forgent now relies upon one accounts payable and one accounts receivable employee to handle their business.
	www.epartnersolutions.com /experience/forgent.asp (781 words)

	NewsForge \| Is the GIMP safe from Forgent's IP claims?
		Austin, Texas-based Forgent Networks, which makes enterprise meeting automation software and also owns graphics technology copyrights, filed suit Thursday against hardware and software vendors for alleged patent infringement based on technology used in producing JPEG images.
		NewsForge spoke to Forgent Networks Friday and learned that while it does not intend to go after end-users, the issue of whether or not free/open source software projects using JPG compression might be at risk is not clear.
		Forgent Networks is one of those companies that own patents and keep them 'submerged' and wait until it is widely used and then jump in ferociously like tigers along with their legal team and sue the users of their technology.
	business.newsforge.com /business/04/04/23/186208.shtml?tid=85 (1872 words)

	DarkVision Hardware - Forgent Networks sues 31 companies for JPEG patent infringement
		Forgent Networks sued not less than 31 companies on Thursday for violating a patent for data compression used in the JPEG standard.
		All of these were sued after Forgent Networks wasn't able to negotiate with the firms to establish a similar contract like they had arranged with Sony.
		Forgent has been able to make licensing agreements with over 30 companies for a total amound of $90 million in licensing revenues.
	www.dvhardware.net /article2591.html (357 words)

	NEWS! - Forgent signs up another JPEG licensee (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Forgent has approached companies that incorporate JPEG, including Pegasus Imaging Corp, as well as makers of digital still cameras, printers, scanners, personal digital assistants, cell phones that download images, camcorders with a still image function, browsers and any other devices used to compress, store, manipulate, print or transmit digital images.
		This is not a statement as to the validity of the claims by Forgent Networks, but more that a quick resolution was in the best interest of our customers relying on clear intellectual property rights for their important software applications.
		It is somewhat disappointing, though, to see that Forgent's strategy of using the potential threat of a lawsuit is continuing to persuade companies to hand over money for a claim whose validity has not been established in the courts.
	www.imaging-resource.com /NEWS/1035414937.html (903 words)

	PRESS RELEASE Forgent Networks Sues Creo for Patent Infringement (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Forgent has initiated litigation against 44 companies, including the aforementioned firms, for infringement of the '672 Patent in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division.
		Forgent™ Networks (NASDAQ: FORG) develops and licenses intellectual property and provides scheduling software to a wide variety of customers.
		Forgent's software division, NetSimplicity provides a spectrum of scheduling software that enables all sizes of organizations to streamline the scheduling of people, places and things.
	www.marketwire.com /mw/release_html_b1?release_id=77219 (352 words)

	Forgent CEO to Speak at Raymond James & Associates Annual Institutional Investor Conference (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		About Forgent Forgent Networks is the premier provider of advanced video solutions for enterprise communications and a leader in improving video management and interoperability standards.
		Forgent's goal is to ensure simple, dependable video communications by combining professional services with network management tools to deliver ease of use, reliability and manageability of video networks.
		Forgent's Video Network Platform is the only network management software designed specifically to control the quality of service of multi-vendor video networks.
	www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/03-04-2002/0001679970&EDATE= (511 words)

	Infocomm - Presentation - Forgent sells assets of hardware services business (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The transaction, subject to the usual and customary closing conditions including approval by Forgent's shareholders, is expected to close within 90 days.
		Forgent held a conference call with the investment community on Jan. 7, 2003, to discuss the transaction.
		Forgent Networks is a leading provider of collaboration-management software and solutions that empower organizations to communicate effectively, drive to decisions faster and streamline operations. The company's software manages the essential elements of collaboration — people, resources and technology — providing one-stop scheduling of all resources necessary for complex conferences, and automation and management of the communications network.
	www.infocomm.org /NewsNetwork/Presenters/index.cfm?objectID=6F213258-71A2-4536-9D8180E89623F4B4 (627 words)

	Finding patent truth in JPEG claim \| CNET News.com
		Austin, Texas-based Forgent Networks posted a press release to its site earlier this month claiming to own a patent covering the technology behind JPEG, one of the most popular formats for compressing and sharing images on the Internet.
		In Forgent's case, because the claim strikes at the heart of a widely used consumer technology, it sparked an immediate response from an array of people.
		Forgent didn't do any of the original work of the patent that they now own; that was done by Compression Labs' Wen-Hsiung Chen and Daniel Klenke.
	news.com.com /2100-1001-945686.html (1719 words)

	Schedule Video Conferencing Rooms with Forgent/GSS Software
		Multi platform, multi-vendor video conferencing networks are common in both business and government.
		Networks video conferencing software product that provides both scheduling and device control for exactly these mixed video conferencing networks.
		Forgent's Global Scheduling System(GSS) is a web-based video conferencing software solution designed to simplify, streamline and standardize your scheduling process.
	www.tkoworks.com /video-conferencing/software/forgent (573 words)

	TKO - Forgent Networks News Release - Video Conferencing Scheduling Software
		Nancy Harris, vice president of Marketing for Forgent, remarked, "Forgent Networks is pleased to have TKO as a Preferred Partner.
		Forgent Networks, based in Austin, Texas, is a leading provider of collaboration management software and services that empower organizations to communicate effectively, drive to decisions faster and streamline operations.
		Forgent software manages the essential elements of collaboration - people, resources and technology - providing one-stop scheduling of all resources necessary for complex conference automation and management of the communications network.
	www.tkoworks.com /services/news (371 words)

	Forgent Investor Relations
		Forgent(TM) Networks provides a spectrum of scheduling software that enable organizations to streamline the planning and execution of their meetings, helping to increase productivity and reduce costs.
		Forgent's offerings include Network Simplicity's Meeting Room Manager, which provides room scheduling, and ALLIANCE(TM), which provides unified scheduling of all meeting logistics using the corporate calendaring platforms of Lotus Notes and Microsoft Outlook.
		Forgent also generates and licenses intellectual property related to collaboration technologies.
	www.corporate-ir.net /ireye/ir_site.zhtml?ticker=FORG&script=410&layout=-6&item_id=518386 (633 words)

	Microsoft Sued Over JPEG Patent - Computing News - Designtechnica
		PCWorld is reporting that Forgent Networks which owns the JPEG patent, has added Microsoft to the list of companies they plan to sue.
		The lawsuit, filed Thursday in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, comes after Forgent was unable to negotiate a licensing agreement with the Redmond, Washington-based software maker, says Michael Noonan, director of investor relations at Forgent.
		Forgent is sueing some 31 different companies for patent infringements.
	news.designtechnica.com /news_printerfriendly7212.html (180 words)

	Forgent Networks News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Forgent Networks News continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.
		Research In Motion forged a patent license agreement covering a portion of the JPEG file format patent with Forgent Networks.
		Forgent Announces the Results for the 2005 Fiscal Fourth Quarter and Year End
	www.topix.net /com/forg (495 words)

	JPEG patent suit targets 31 major firms: Builder AU: Web Development: Graphics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Forgent Networks launched a patent infringement lawsuit against 31 major computer and electronics vendors on Thursday, seeking damages related to its claim to technology underlying the widespread JPEG file format.
		Forgent, which makes scheduling software, filed the suit through its Compression Labs subsidiary against a who's who of the hardware business, including Apple Computer, Dell, Hewlett-Packard and IBM, along with a slew of well-known electronics manufacturers such as Canon, Creative Labs, JVC and Xerox.
		Forgent has engaged in an aggressive pursuit of royalties related to JPEG since first announcing its claim to the patents in July 2002.
	www.builderau.com.au /webdev/graphics/0,39024704,20283535,00.htm (639 words)

	PCWorld.com - Microsoft Sued Over JPEG Patent
		Forgent Networks says the software giant is infringing on its patent for data compression.
		Forgent Networks has added Microsoft to the list of companies it has sued alleging infringement of a patent for a data compression technique it claims is used in the JPEG digital image standard.
		Forgent sued 31 companies in April 2004 and several other companies after that.
	www.pcworld.com /news/article/0,aid,120550,00.asp (331 words)

	Microsoft in dock over JPEG patent: Builder AU: Program: At Work
		Forgent Networks has filed a suit after the software leviathan attempted to have the scheduling-software firm's image-compression technology patent invalidated.
		Forgent Networks has filed a lawsuit against Microsoft, alleging the software giant infringed on its digital-image compression patent that serves as the technology behind JPEG.
		Forgent initially tried to sell this patent to Compaq to give it a counterclaim in its lawsuit against MPEG LA. The deal fell through, however, and Forgent more closely examined its claims for still impression.
	www.builderau.com.au /program/work/0,39024650,39186183,00.htm (386 words)

	Forgent to get rich from JPEG: Digital Photography Review
		Forgent Networks (formally known as VTEL) has posted a press release stating their claim to JPEG and their intention to pursue licensing revenue from companies who use it.
		In May 2002, Forgent signed a multi-million dollar patent license agreement with Sony Corporation, a leading manufacturer of audio, video, communications and information technology products for the consumer and professional markets.
		The first agreement, with another prestigious international company, was signed in April 2002 and generated $15.0 million in revenue during the three months ended April 30, 2002 for the Company.
	www.dpreview.com /news/0207/02071803forgentjpeg.asp (434 words)

	JPEG Hits New Patent-Infringement Snag
		Forgent Networks Inc. said that it had filed two separate patent infringement lawsuits in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, seeking injunctions against the use of its patented technology as well as damages.
		Forgent, through its subsidiary Compressions Labs Inc., holds a patent on digital image compression technology that company officials said is fundamental to the JPEG format, a file standard used throughout software applications, digital cameras and devices, and the Web.
		Forgent had sought to reach licensing arrangements with the defendants in the lawsuit, he said.
	www.eweek.com /article2/0,1759,1572323,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594 (923 words)

	EDP Weekly's IT Monitor: Forgent Networks sues an additional 11 companies for patent infringement (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Forgent Networks (Nasdaq:FORG) announced recently that its wholly owned subsidiary, Compression Labs, Inc., has initiated litigation against 11 companies for infringement of United States Patent No. 4,698,672 (the '672 Patent) in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division.
		"Forgent intends to vigorously pursue and defend the pending litigations," said Richard Snyder, chairman and CEO of Forgent.
		Forgent has the exclusive right to license and enforce all the claims under the '672 Patent in all fields of use involving digital still image compression.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0GZQ/is_34_45/ai_n6282189 (492 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)