[Asterisk-Users] Re: Compiling Asterisk with G.723.1

[Steve Underwood]

Holger Schurig wrote:

>>Codecs are patentable and patented worldwide.
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>I'm not a lawyer --- but patents are not valid world-wide. Some countries 
>have mutual patent agreements, other countries haven't. Some countries 
>permit patents on everything, some are more restrict.
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I didn't say one patent covered all the world. I said the patents on 
codecs exist all over the world. WIPO is simplifying this a bit, but its 
still pretty expensive to get a patent everywhere. I know of no country 
where the key aspects of a codec cannot be patented.

Regards,
Steve