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                          The patent is truely over …
                                        
> As I write this late Saturday night, it is now Sunday in Japan. According
> to the Unisys web site's “LZW Patent and Software Information [1]” page,
> “The U.S. LZW patent expired on June 20, 2003, the counterpart Canadian
> patent expires July 7, 2004, the counterpart patents in the United Kingdom,
> France, Germany and Italy expire June 18, 2004, and the Japanese
> counterpart patents expire June 20, 2004.” It's over.
> 

“LZW patent expires [2]”

And I have to wonder if Unisys ever made a profit on this patent, given the
way they handled it.

[1] http://www.unisys.com/about__unisys/lzw
[2] http://danbricklin.com/log/2004_06_17.htm#lzw

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