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| | PC World - Microsoft Sued Over JPEG Patent |
 | | 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. |
 | | JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) files are used by a wide variety of hardware and software products to display digital images. |
 | | The procedure used to compress digital images in order to create a JPEG file infringes on Forgent's patent for a method of digital image compression, the Austin, Texas, company alleges. |
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