In the past, many organizations have claimed ownership of patents related to MP3 decoding or encoding. These claims led to a number of legal threats and actions from a variety of sources. As a result, uncertainty about which patents must be licensed in order to create MP3 products without committing patent infringement in countries that allow software patents was a common feature of the early stages of adoption of the technology.
In the past , many organizations have claimed ownership of patents related to MP3 decoding or encoding . These claims led to a number of legal threats and actions from a variety of sources . As a result , uncertainty about which patents must be licensed in order to create MP3 products without committing patent infringement in countries that allow software patents was a common feature of the early stages of adoption of the technology .
What was the danger of not correctly patenting products?
What was the danger of not correctly patenting products ?
patent infringement
patent infringement