MPEG LA Takes Measures to Assist VVC Adoption

Measures Include Royalty Software Waiver and Royalty Discount DENVER, CO, US – 7 November 2022 – MPEG LA, LLC today announced measures to bring its pool license for Versatile Video Coding, or VVC (introduced to the market on January 27, 2022), into conformity with market realities that will free implementers to invest in VVC adoption.…

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Alium Introduces Open RAN Patent Portfolio License

First License to Cover 3GPP Infrastructure Starts with 11 Patent Holders CHEVY CHASE, MD, US – 7 June 2022 – Alium, a joint venture between MPEG LA and Unified Patents, today announced the availability of the Open RAN Patent Portfolio License (“Open RAN License” or “License”), the first patent pool to address licensing uncertainty in…

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Samsung Sued for Infringement of HEVC Essential Patents

DENVER, CO, US – 28 March 2022 – MPEG LA announced today that enforcement actions have been brought in Landgericht Düsseldorf, Germany against Samsung Electronics GmbH (“Samsung”) for infringement of patents in MPEG LA’s HEVC Patent Portfolio License.  The patents are essential to the HEVC (also known as H.265 and MPEG-H Part 2) digital video…

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MPEG LA Expands AVC License to Include Complete MVC Coverage

DENVER, CO, US – 16 March 2022 – MPEG LA, LLC has announced that effective March 16, 2022, its AVC Patent Portfolio License (“AVC License”) has been expanded to provide coverage for the entire Multiview Video Coding (“MVC”) portion of the AVC specifications, including the MVC profiles covered by MPEG LA’s MVC License. Although coverage…

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