Forgent starts litigating JPEG...

[Anthony DeRobertis]

"Forgent Networks said Friday it sued 31 major hardware and software  
vendors, including Dell and Apple Computers, for allegedly infringing  
on its claim to an algorithm used in the popular JPEG picture file  
format."
<http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,63200,00.html? 
tw=wn_bizhead_1>

They've started suing. Is JPEG any different than GIF was, especially  
if this whole mess is settled out of court or worse won by the  
plaintiff?