1. Weren't "ideas" not supposed to be patentable, but only actual implementations? Given that, how can an algorithm be patented?
2. Wasn't prior art supposed to invalidate a patent? If the algorithm was already used in JPEG-XL, then clearly Microsoft isn't the first to discover it, and hence should not be able to patent it, right? Or if the algorithm in JPEG-XL is considered different, then there's no infringement by definition, right? So what's the issue?
1. Weren't "ideas" not supposed to be patentable, but only actual implementations? Given that, how can an algorithm be patented?
2. Wasn't prior art supposed to invalidate a patent? If the algorithm was already used in JPEG-XL, then clearly Microsoft isn't the first to discover it, and hence should not be able to patent it, right? Or if the algorithm in JPEG-XL is considered different, then there's no infringement by definition, right? So what's the issue?