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Fraunhofer’s Updated FDK Library Brings xHE-AAC and MPEG-D DRC to the Next Version of Android
ERLANGEN, Germany – With the release of the Android P Developer Preview 3 (Beta 2), Fraunhofer IIS announces a new version of the popular FDK library which has been a part of Android since 2012. The FDK2 version will bring several new technologies to Android OEMs, service providers and developers, including xHE-AAC for video and…
Read MoreVia Sponsors University of California’s Asia IP Project
New Platform Supports Via’s Deepening Relationships with Chinese Partners SAN FRANCISCO, March 26, 2018 – Via Licensing today announced its sponsorship of the Asia Intellectual Property (IP) Project, a new initiative from the renowned Berkeley Center for Law & Technology (BCLT) at the University of California, Berkeley. The Asia IP Project brings together leading companies, academics,…
Read MoreVia Licensing Driving Momentum into the New Year
SAN FRANCISCO, January 17, 2018— Via Licensing, the leading provider of innovative intellectual property solutions, rounded out one of the most successful years in the company’s history in 2017. Fueling Via’s growth is the expansion of its long-term evolution (LTE) patent pool. In addition to adding dozens of new licensees, Via pulled in several new…
Read MoreIAM: Top Patent Market Players and IAM’s Editorial Team Make Their Predictions for 2018
In a patent world as uncertain as this one – characterised by turmoil in the US, a lack of clarity over the UPC in Europe and China’s inexorable rise as an IP super power – predicting what will happen in 2018 seems almost destined to end in failure. After all, no one would have told…
Read MoreMPEG LA Introduces License for EVS
EVS Delivers Unprecedented Voice and Music Quality to Mobile Phones and Other Devices (DENVER, CO, US – 28 June 2017) – MPEG LA, LLC today announced the availability of the EVS Patent Portfolio License providing efficient access to technologies underlying the EVS (Enhanced Voice Services) standard. Designed to operate ubiquitously over packet-switched mobile and fixed-line…
Read MoreMPEG LA Facilitating Development of Enhanced Voice Services Patent Pool License
EVS Offers High Definition Voice, Audio, and Music Services at Reduced Bandwidth (DENVER, CO, US – 20 January 2016) – MPEG LA announced today that in response to market demand, a number of companies responsible for developing the Enhanced Voice Services (EVS) codec for the 3GPP’s 4G LTE standard have been meeting, with MPEG LA’s…
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