[linux-audio-dev] Re: This better not be patented...

[Susan R. Cragin]

You might forward this entire discussion to Ed Suominen for his opinion. 
Ed is not a member of this list but is a director in OSSRI and patent 
specialist, and is interested in open-source.

Susan R. Cragin, Director
Open-Source Speech Recognition Initiative
susancragin at earthlink.net
http://www.ossri.org
http://harvee.org/mailman/listinfo/ossri

Paul Davis wrote:

I refered earlier to two European papers. Now I found this at
their site:

   Patents on sound rendering. We are in the process of filing for
   two US patents, together with N. Tsingos and E. Gallo on
   "Using graphics cards for audio signal processing" and
   "Perceptual techniques for sound spatialisation"


  i suggest that you just write to them and tell them that you intend to
  vigorously contest any attempt on their part to file the patent. see
  what they say. Point out the prior art discussed here already, and
  that while you might not object to a patent on a specific technique,
  and attempt by them to file a patent will be met with significant
  resistance.

  and if you don't, i will.

  --p