Apple, others still in hot water over JPEG patent suit

A judge in a patent infringement case originally filed last year against Apple and roughly 40 other companies reconfirmed a Markman hearing on claim construction for Feb. 13th, 2006. The patent, referred to as "the '672 patent," is held by Compression Labs Inc, (CLI) a subsidiary of Forgent Networks. While some companies like Macromedia have settled with licensing agreements after being named with the suit's inception, Apple, Microsoft, Toshiba, Palm and many other top dogs in the tech industry are still in CLI's sights.

[via Macnn]