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Posted by Jan Willem
Posted on 17/11/06 12:57
Manufacturer Sonic
Product Sonic Sonic Scenarist
Description Sonic Scenarist is the de-facto standard for commercial DVD title production in Hollywood and top post facilities worldwide. Scenarist users rely time and again on Scenarist for highly-featured productions with the confidence of ultimate compatibility across the broadest range of DVD players.
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Sonic files patent complaint against Nero

Sonic Solutions, the company that recently aquired Roxio, has send us a press release announcing that it has filed suit against Nero AG and it's affiliate in the United States, Nero Inc. The company is claiming that Nero is infriging on Sonic's U.S. Patent No. 6,204,840 which has been filed in 1998 and relates to certain techniques for 'digital multimedia composition'.

Among other applications, the patent covers improved ways to create digitial videos using a graphical 'storyline' to sequence individual video segments.

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Posted by johnzap on Friday 17 November 2006 23:51
Software patents: :r
Posted by Ranmacanada on Saturday 18 November 2006 03:55
I wonder if we can patent breathing. Then sue everyone who breathes.

Nah sounds like something I am sure the MPAA or the RIAA would have thought of
Posted by Lord KiRon on Sunday 19 November 2006 10:56
Same old story : if you can't beat them - sue them ...
Posted by Lodai on Tuesday 21 November 2006 17:05
You would have thought that Sonic would have brought suit a little earlier if there was any issues with infringement.

Isn't greed a wonderful thing :p
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