<div dir="ltr">For whoever claiming that Microsoft only uses patents defensively, let me remind you that Microsoft made billions intimidating companies shipping Android into paying MS patent royalties.<br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">behdad<br><a href="http://behdad.org/" target="_blank">http://behdad.org/</a></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 10:02 PM Peter Constable <<a href="mailto:pgcon6@msn.com">pgcon6@msn.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal">It’s best not to bring up specific patents in cross-company discussions since some companies have policies requiring employees to exit discussions if other parties mention any specifics regarding patents. (Triple indemnity being a bit scary
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<p class="MsoNormal">I will say that I was a party in some patents in my time at MS that were filed solely for defensive purposes, never with any intent to charge licensing fees.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In the font space, I’d suggest that licensing fees could result in diverging formats and renewed font wars, which nobody wants. It’s not like video formats or something that takes rocket science to eke out the next leap in performance.
Nobody significantly benefits if fonts don’t just work everywhere.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Dave Crossland <<a href="mailto:dcrossland@google.com" target="_blank">dcrossland@google.com</a>> <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, August 21, 2020 8:09 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Peter Constable <<a href="mailto:pgcon6@msn.com" target="_blank">pgcon6@msn.com</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> mpeg-otspec <<a href="mailto:mpeg-otspec@lists.aau.at" target="_blank">mpeg-otspec@lists.aau.at</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [MPEG-OTSPEC] MATH Encumbrance<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Is that because of a MPEG OFF patent policy applying to <a href="https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpatents.google.com%2Fpatent%2FUS7492366&data=02%7C01%7C%7C53c05d63fab6437ad0f208d84648bf3b%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637336625538947643&sdata=wk5EfhxAX6gD%2B3hDij9qdiT2Utl%2F%2BzcYDqqwvgScpzU%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">
https://patents.google.com/patent/US7492366</a> that means a license isn't required?<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Fri, Aug 21, 2020, 9:29 PM Peter Constable <<a href="mailto:pgcon6@msn.com" target="_blank">pgcon6@msn.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I’m not aware of any such requirement.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Peter<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> mpeg-otspec <<a href="mailto:mpeg-otspec-bounces@lists.aau.at" target="_blank">mpeg-otspec-bounces@lists.aau.at</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Dave Crossland<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, August 21, 2020 5:51 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> mpeg-otspec <<a href="mailto:mpeg-otspec@lists.aau.at" target="_blank">mpeg-otspec@lists.aau.at</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [MPEG-OTSPEC] MATH Encumbrance<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Does MATH table implementation require a license?<u></u><u></u></p>
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