Wondering how this is going to effect AMD and Nividia:
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1742037/microsoft-granted-gpu-video-encoding-patent
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1742037/microsoft-granted-gpu-video-encoding-patent

it probably will be eventually but only after its cost a lot of people time and money.
like giving a dog a patent for nuclear fusion or something...