Via’s Qi Wireless charging pool covers over 50% of all standard-essential patents (SEPs) in the Qi wireless charging space and remains the primary one-stop licensing solution globally for companies looking to implement the Qi standard within their products.

“We are pleased to welcome Longcheer and Desay SV to our Qi Wireless pool,” said Kevin Mack, President of Via Licensing Alliance. “Their participation underscores the continued growth and global adoption of Qi wireless charging technology across both consumer electronics and automotive applications. By joining the pool, these companies will enjoy the benefits of a collaborative licensing model while supporting a fair and efficient licensing ecosystem for the industry.”

Longcheer is a leading global consumer electronics original design manufacturer (ODM), providing full-stack design and manufacturing services for smartphones, personal computing devices, automotive electronics, and emerging consumer electronics products. As one of the world’s largest consumer electronics ODM providers, Longcheer supports a broad range of global brands and telecommunications operators, and has established manufacturing operations in China, Vietnam, and India, with branch offices in the United States, South Korea, Japan, and other regions.

Desay SV is an international mobile technology company focused on automotive intelligence, including intelligent cockpit systems, intelligent driving, and connected services. The company maintains a global presence with overseas institutions in Germany, France, Spain, and Japan, and serves a wide range of domestic and international automotive customers. Desay SV has developed and mass-produced numerous Qi wireless charging solutions.

For more information about the Qi Wireless Patent Pool, please visit via-la.com.

About Via Licensing Alliance

Via Licensing Alliance is the collaborative licensing leader, dedicated to accelerating global technology adoption, fostering participation, and generating return on innovation with balanced licensing solutions for innovators and manufacturers of all sizes around the globe. Via has operated dozens of licensing programs for a variety of technologies. Via is an independently managed company owned by industry-leading participants with over 25 years of intellectual property licensing leadership. For more information about Via, please visit www.Via-LA.com.

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SAN FRANCISCO and HUIZHOU, September 18, 2023 – Via Licensing Alliance (“Via LA”), the collaborative licensing leader, and TCL^®, one of the world’s best-selling consumer electronics brands and leading technology companies, today announced that TCL has joined Via LA’s ATSC 3.0 patent pool.

As one of the largest television manufacturers in the U.S.[1], TCL appreciates the benefits of incorporating this emerging standard into its televisions so consumers will be able to enjoy high-quality 4K / UHD, interactive over-the-air TV broadcasts as countries implement the technology.

“We are delighted to join Via LA’s ATSC 3.0 patent pool at standard FRAND terms and incorporate the many innovations available in this pool that our customers want in our award-winning TVs,” said Victor YANG, General Counsel of TCL Group. “We continue to expand our relationship with Via LA due to the value, breadth, and efficiency their suite of balanced offerings provide leading product manufacturers like TCL.”

“Via LA’s ATSC 3.0 patent pool is excited to welcome TCL, a company led by a savvy and sophisticated IP team that understands the importance of strong intellectual property,” said Heath Hoglund, President, Via Licensing Alliance. “This agreement demonstrates the market demand for the technologies in our ATSC 3.0 pool, and we believe future implementers with whom we already have strong relationships through our other programs will join this pool as countries adopt the standard.”

The ATSC 3.0 next-generation terrestrial broadcast standard is defined by the Advanced Television Systems Committee, Inc., an international, non-profit organization developing voluntary standards for digital television. ATSC 3.0 improves the television viewing experience with compression efficiency, robust transmission for reception on both fixed and mobile devices, and more accessibility, personalization, and interactivity.

Via LA’s ATSC 3.0 patent pool provides product manufacturers a fair, transparent license to 14 licensors’ ATSC 3.0 standard essential patent portfolios. These patents cover many core technologies that apply to the key specifications related to ATSC 3.0 innovations. Licenses to this pool are priced at competitive market rates.

TCL is also a member of Via LA’s Advanced Video Coding (AVC/H.264) patent pool, and recently announced they joined the company’s Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) pool, which not only demonstrates the efficiency benefits Via LA provides to product manufacturers around the world, but also underscores TCL’s commitment to technology and product innovation.

[1] Source: OMDIA TV Sets Market Tracker 2023 Q1

About TCL
TCL empowers customers to enjoy more. With a lineup of award-winning televisions, audio products, mobile devices, and appliances, TCL takes pride in delivering meaningful experiences by combining thoughtful design and the latest technology. As one of the world’s largest consumer electronics brands, our extensive manufacturing expertise, a vertically integrated supply chain, and state-of-the-art panel factory, helps TCL deliver innovation for all. For more information about TCL, please visit  https://www.tcl.com/global/en.

About Via Licensing Alliance
Via LA is the collaborative licensing leader, dedicated to accelerating global technology adoption, fostering participation, and generating return on innovation with balanced licensing solutions for innovators and manufacturers of all sizes around the globe. Via LA has operated dozens of licensing programs for a variety of technologies consisting of nearly 50,000 patents in over 130 countries with more than 500 patent holders and nearly 10,000 licensees. Via LA is an independently managed company owned by industry-leading participants with over 25 years of intellectual property licensing leadership. For more information about Via LA, please visit www.Via-LA.com.

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Crystal Zeng
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Liz Weber
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SAN FRANCISCO and DENVER, May 2, 2023 – Via Licensing Corporation (Via) and MPEG LA, L.L.C. (MPEG LA) today announced they have united to form Via Licensing Alliance LLC (Via LA), a new collaborative licensing organization with a rich portfolio of patents and intellectual property licensing programs, hundreds of licensors, and thousands of licensees.

Via LA combines the expertise, infrastructure, and relationships of two of the industry’s most successful patent pool administrators. MPEG LA’s MPEG-2 licensing program established the modern patent pool industry and helped produce one of the most widely employed standards in consumer electronics history, and Via’s AAC pool has continued to advance inclusive and efficient new patent licensing since launching its first pool over 20 years ago.

Patent pools support the industry by streamlining the highly complex, dispersed patent licensing process to deliver efficiency to accelerate technology adoption, maximize continuous value creation opportunities, and reduce friction and risk. Combining the teams and best practices of these two licensing pioneers creates new economies of scale and efficiencies that benefit the global innovation ecosystem.

Via LA expands these benefits by consolidating dozens of patent pools covering a broad range of technologies into one organization, further simplifying the licensing process for its pool participants. In addition, affiliates of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), Koninklijke Philips N.V. (NYSE: PHG), and Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TSE: 6503) will convert their partial ownership in MPEG LA to partial ownership in Via LA. The participation of GE, Philips, and Mitsubishi Electric will provide continuity and deep industry experience to help take Via LA to the next level.

“Via LA combines the best capabilities in the licensing industry to deliver efficient, transparent, and balanced intellectual property solutions to thousands of partners around the world,” said Heath Hoglund, President, Via LA. “This pool of pools provides an efficient mechanism for innovators with broad portfolios to get their technologies to the mass market and enables easy access to a broad range of necessary IP for implementors with diverse product offerings.”

“Our two teams share similar strategies, cultures, and business models, so I am confident this will be a smooth transition into an even more valuable, independently managed licensing solution for the IP industry,” said Larry Horn, CEO, MPEG LA.

Heath Hoglund, who was President of Via prior to the combination, will serve as President of Via LA. Larry Horn is retiring as CEO of MPEG LA but will continue to serve as an advisor to Via LA.

The new company’s worldwide headquarters are in San Francisco, with offices in Denver, London, Shanghai, Tokyo, and Washington, DC.

About Via Licensing Alliance
Via LA is the collaborative licensing leader, dedicated to accelerating global technology adoption, fostering participation, and generating return on innovation with balanced licensing solutions for innovators and manufacturers of all sizes around the globe. Via LA has operated dozens of licensing programs for a variety of technologies consisting of nearly 50,000 patents in over 130 countries with more than 500 patent holders and nearly 10,000 licensees. Via LA is an independently managed subsidiary of Dolby Laboratories, Inc., owned by industry-leading participants with over 25 years of intellectual property licensing leadership. For more information about Via LA, please visit www.Via-LA.com. Contact
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Liz Weber
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Press@Via-LA.com

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