Category: Video

VVC expected to improve video compression efficiency and functionality DENVER, CO, US – 27 January 2021 – MPEG LA, LLC, the world leader in digital video patent pool licensing for nearly 25 years, announced today the development of a pool license for the next generation video coding standard known as VVC (Versatile Video Coding, also… Continue reading MPEG LA Announces Development of VVC (Versatile Video Coding) Pool License

DENVER, CO, US – 23 November 2020 – MPEG LA announced today that patent owners in MPEG LA’s AVC Patent Portfolio License have filed patent enforcement actions in the Landgericht Düsseldorf, Germany against Hisense Germany GmbH (“Hisense”) for infringing patents essential to the AVC/H.264 (MPEG-4 Part 10) digital video coding standard used in mobile devices,… Continue reading Hisense Sued for Infringement of AVC Essential Patents

DENVER, CO, US – 20 August 2020 – MPEG LA, LLC issued the following statement today: MPEG LA’s track record of independence, trust and transparency with which we have advanced patent pool licensing for nearly a quarter century speaks for itself.  We do not retreat from our objective of striking a balance between patent holders… Continue reading MPEG LA Issues Statement in Support of MC-IF VVC Fostering Process

DENVER, CO, US – 27 July 2020 – MPEG LA announced today that patent owners in MPEG LA’s AVC Patent Portfolio License have filed patent enforcement actions in the Landgericht Düsseldorf, Germany against TCL Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG and TCT Mobile Germany GmbH (“TCL”) for infringing patents essential to the AVC/H.264 (MPEG-4 Part 10)… Continue reading TCL Sued for Infringement of AVC Essential Patents

DENVER & BEIJING – 9 January 2020 – World intellectual property licensing leader MPEG LA, LLC (“MPEG LA”) and leading international supplier of smartphones and other smart products Xiaomi today announced that Xiaomi has become a Licensee to MPEG LA’s HEVC Patent Portfolio License (“HEVC License”). MPEG LA’s HEVC License enables worldwide access to essential… Continue reading Xiaomi and MPEG LA Announce Xiaomi’s Signing of MPEG LA’s HEVC License

DENVER, CO, US – 20 March 2019 – MPEG LA announced today that ZTE Corporation (“ZTE”) has become a Licensee to MPEG LA’s AVC Patent Portfolio License (“AVC License”). As a result of this agreement, all legal disputes related to patent enforcement actions brought by patent holders in MPEG LA’s AVC License against ZTE have… Continue reading ZTE Enters Into MPEG LA’s AVC Patent Portfolio License

DENVER, CO, US – 19 February 2019 – MPEG LA announced today that Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Huawei Device Co., Ltd and Huawei Device (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd (“Huawei”) have become Licensees to MPEG LA’s AVC Patent Portfolio License (“AVC License”). As a result of this agreement, all legal disputes related to patent enforcement actions brought… Continue reading Huawei Enters Into MPEG LA’s AVC Patent Portfolio License

DENVER, CO, US – 27 December 2018 – MPEG LA announced today that patent holders in MPEG LA’s AVC/H.264 Patent Portfolio License have enforced verdicts of injunction in German District court (“Landgericht Dusseldorf”) cases finding that Huawei Deutschland GmbH (“Huawei”) and ZTE Deutschland GmbH (“ZTE”) infringed patents by their use in mobile phones that implement… Continue reading Verdicts Against Huawei and ZTE Enforced in Germany

(DENVER, CO, US – 16 November 2018) – MPEG LA announced today that the District Court in Düsseldorf, Germany (“Landgericht Düsseldorf”) has ruled that Huawei Technologies Deutschland GmbH (“Huawei”) and ZTE Deutschland GmbH (“ZTE”) infringed patents of two patent holders in MPEG LA’s AVC Patent Portfolio License (“AVC License”) by using their technologies in mobile… Continue reading German Court Rules Huawei, ZTE Products Infringe AVC Patents

(DENVER, CO, US – 15 February 2017) – MPEG LA, LLC today announced that several patent owners in MPEG LA’s AVC Patent Portfolio License have filed patent enforcement actions in the Landgericht Düsseldorf, Germany against Huawei Technologies Deutschland GmbH (“Huawei”) for infringing patents essential to the AVC/H.264 (MPEG-4 Part 10) digital video coding standard used… Continue reading HUAWEI SUED FOR AVC PATENT INFRINGEMENT