Microsoft Corp. faces a patent infringement claim from a small Texas company over technology that's used in JPEG files, one of the most common image formats. Forgent Networks Inc. of Austin filed suit in the U.S. District Court for Eastern Texas, said Michael Noonan, director of investor relations at Forgent. The patent, which expires in October next year, was granted in 1987 to Forgent unit Compression Labs Inc., Noonan said. Microsoft earlier this month filed for a declaratory judgment for non-infringement.

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