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MPEG LA Introduces License for EVS
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 communications networks, EVS represents a significant advance
for voice and audio compression devices with compression, network
capacity and other features that deliver vastly improved high definition
quality for both music and voice services. EVS may be used in products
such as mobile and landline phones, videoconferencing systems, desktop
computers, tablets and connected home voice response systems.
"In an era when smartphones can do virtually anything, voice quality has
lagged, but now the much anticipated EVS standard transmits speech of
such pure quality that consumers will experience a dramatic leap in
sound clarity and efficiency over prior technologies," said Larry Horn,
President and CEO of MPEG LA. "MPEG LA is proud to offer a convenient
one-stop license to assist with EVS's rapid market adoption, and we
applaud the developers of this groundbreaking technology for making it
widely accessible on reasonable terms."
Current patent owners include Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur
Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.; Nippon Telegraph and
Telephone Corporation (NTT); NTT DOCOMO, INC.; Panasonic (News - Alert) Corporation;
and Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson.
"The license is specially designed for rapid product deployment," said
Bill Geary, MPEG LA Vice President of Business Development. "To
encourage early stage adoption, it provides for no royalty on the first
50,000 EVS products sold annually, waives the royalty for network
devices during the initial term, and requires no up-front fees or annual
minimums."
Copies of the EVS license ageement may be obtained at http://www.mpegla.com/main/programs/EVS/Pages/AgreementExpress.aspx.
A summary of the license terms may be found at http://www.mpegla.com/main/programs/EVS/Documents/EVSWeb.pdf.
MPEG LA's objective is to provide worldwide access to as much EVS
essential intellectual property as possible for the benefit of the
market. Therefore, MPEG LA welcomes any party that believes it has
patents that are essential to the EVS standard to submit them for an
evaluation of their essentiality by MPEG LA's patent experts and
inclusion in the License if determined to be essential. Interested EVS
patent owners may request a copy of the terms and procedures governing
patent submissions at http://www.mpegla.com/main/programs/EVS/Pages/Licensors.aspx.
MPEG LA, LLC
MPEG LA is the world's leading provider of one-stop licenses for
standards and other technology platforms. Starting in the 1990s, it
pioneered the modern-day patent pool helping to produce the most widely
used standards in consumer electronics history. MPEG LA has operated
licensing programs for a variety of technologies consisting of more than
14,000 patents in 84 countries with some 230 patent holders and more
than 6,000 licensees. By assisting users with implementation of their
technology choices, MPEG LA offers licensing solutions that provide
access to fundamental intellectual property, freedom to operate, reduced
litigation risk and predictability in the business planning process. In
turn, this enables inventors, research institutions and other technology
owners to monetize and speed market adoption of their assets to a
worldwide market while substantially reducing the cost of licensing.
MPEG LA is also developing patent pools for CRISPR gene editing and
advanced battery technologies, and has conceived licensing ventures for
molecular diagnostics and oligonucleotide therapeutics. For more
information, go to www.mpegla.com.
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