The MP3 file format was always encumbered with patents, but as of 2017, the last patent finally expired. Although the format became synonymous with the digital music revolution that started in the … ...

Questions about the splintering of the popular .zip file compression format may soon be resolved by the U.S. Patent Office. Two months into a standards battle between WinZip Computing and PKWare ...

Apple’s new patent addresses such issues. Summary of the patent. Here’s Apple’s abstract of the patent: “An audio asset library containing audio assets formatted in accordance with a file format for ...