News.com: Patent ruling tugs at Net downloads
Last Thursday, a federal judge in the Western District Court of Pennsylvania granted SightSound’s motion for summary judgment against Bertelsmann’s divisions, paving the road for the 5-year dispute to go to jury trial. The court also dismissed Bertelsmann’s request to avoid trial, which was based on the assertion that SightSound had not filed the proper information with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The patents in question are 5,191,573, a method for transmitting a desired digital video or audio signal, and 5,675,734, a system for transmitting desired digital video or audio signals
