BT patents data compression

[Doug Mentohl]

"A unit of BT Group Plc., the U.K.'s largest telephone company, sued 
U.S. computer chipmaker Freescale Semiconductor Inc. for allegedly 
infringing a patent for encoding and transmitting compressed data. 
London-based British Telecommunications Plc contends Freescale is 
intentionally using the invention, patented in 1992, and should pay 
monetary damages, according to a Feb. 20 complaint filed in federal 
court in Wilmington ..."

http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20090301/BUSINESS/903010311/1003/BUSINESS

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