Re: Ms. Stark's e-mail *Statement from Infinite Pictures*

[Helmut Dersch <der@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dgling@xxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> 
> Would you, Ms. Stark or Dr. Dersch, be willing to take the time and explain
> to us in plain English: the scope of IPIX patent, details of the court ruling
> yesterday, and specifics that the public should be cognizant of, lest we
> inadvertently infringe on IPIX patent and be harassed by them in the future.
> 

Hello George,

IPIX claims that no one in the US is allowed to extract perspectively corrected
images from hemispherical fisheye images using a computer. I might
put the exact wording of their patent claims on my site soon. I personally do
not believe that these claims are valid but that is another story.

Not infringing their patent does not mean that they will not harass you
as I and others have experienced. Eg, they might claim that your images are
theirs, or don't like it if you describe their file format, or that your
panoramas have large vertical field of view, etc.

Helmut Dersch