Petteri Pyyny
16 Dec 2003 14:40
A small CD burning software developer company, Optima Technology, has sued one of the biggest CD/DVD software makers, Roxio. Optima claims that Roxio's bruning products violate its patent, number 5'666'531, which details a "recordable CD-ROM accessing system".
Optima wants Roxio to pay damages, unpaid royalties and lawyers fees. Optima's patent basically describes a situation where the CD or DVD burning software creates an "image" of the disc that's going to be burned, organizes it and allows user to make modifications to it before burning the disc. Company also stated that "Optima believes most every company in the CD burner industry may be infringing."
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