[Freeswitch-users] g729

[Steve Underwood]

Brian West wrote:
> It expires in 2016
>   
That is presumably for the US. Do you know when the rest of us will be 
free? Also, do you know if some of the later annexes have patents in the 
pool? If their VAD relies on some patent(s) which came later that could 
be a real pain.
> /b
>
> On Jun 5, 2008, at 11:10 AM, Andy Spitzer wrote:
>
>   
>> Woof!
>>
>> On Thu, 05 Jun 2008 10:17:14 -0400, Ken Rice <krice at suspicious.org>  
>> wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> The whole problem is the
>>> Patents held by The G729 Consortium, and 2 other companies...
>>>
>>>       
>> Has anyone ever gotten a list of the actual patent numbers in  
>> question?  I've
>> tried on several occasions and have always been balked.  The ITU  
>> patent site
>> http://www.itu.int/ipr/IPRSearch.aspx?iprtype=PS has never worked  
>> for me,
>> always "timing out".  It's been this way for at least two years.
>>     
http://www.itu.int/ipr/IPRSearch.aspx?iprtype=PS works OK for some 
searches (e.g. G.729 annex B just worked OK), but seems to time out for 
others (e.g. G.729 just timed out - there's probably just too many 
entries :-) )
>> As the original G.729 spec was approved by the ITU some 13 years  
>> ago, I suspect
>> that any of the patents in them has expired, or is very close to  
>> expiration.  Given
>> a list of the actual patents one should be able to determine the  
>> date when
>> G.729 becomes patent un-emcumbered.
>>
>>     
Regards,
Steve