HEVC Patent Enforcement Actions Settled

DENVER, CO, US – 20 April 2023 – MPEG LA, LLC today announced that the HEVC enforcement actions brought in Landgericht Düsseldorf, Germany against Samsung Electronics GmbH (“Samsung”) announced on 28 March 2022 (see here) have been settled with the taking of licenses. As a result, all legal disputes related to those patent enforcement actions…

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Patent Pool May Be a Key Factor in Open RAN Adoption, Report Says

CHEVY CHASE, MD/BOSTON, MA, US – 27 February 2023 – A patent pool may play a key role in the adoption of Open RAN technology, according to a recent report published by Harvard Business School Professor Josh Lerner and Bella Private Markets. The report entitled “Accelerating innovation in connectivity: The case for an Open RAN…

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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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