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MPEG LA offers HEVC Patent Portfolio Licence [ITWeb](ITWeb Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) MPEG LA today announced the availability of the HEVC Patent Portfolio Licence ("HEVC Licence"). The joint licence includes patents that are essential to the high efficiency video coding standard (HEVC, also known as H.265 and MPEG-H Part 2) designed to improve video coding and transmission efficiency for the benefit of Internet, television, and mobile service providers and consumers with increased speed and capacity. HEVC is also expected to deliver next generation higher resolution HDTV video by broadcast, streaming, download, and 4K Blu-ray for 4K and 8K ultra high definition TV. "The market is ready for an HEVC Licence," said MPEG LA President and CEO Larry Horn, "and MPEG LA is proud to offer one. We applaud the co-operation and hard work of HEVC patent owners to make this important technology available through an efficient licensing alternative." "The HEVC Licence is yet another example of the role the MPEG LA licensing model plays in making licenses available on reasonable terms under standard-essential patents (SEPs) for emerging technologies," added Bill Geary, Vice President of Business Development at MPEG LA. Copies of the HEVC licence agreement may be obtained at http://www.mpegla.com/main/programs/HEVC/Pages/AgreementExpress.aspx (http://www.mpegla.com/main/programs/HEVC/Pages/AgreementExpress.aspx). A summary of the license agreement may be found at http://www.mpegla.com/main/programs/HEVC/Pages/Agreement.aspx (http://www.mpegla.com/main/programs/HEVC/Pages/Agreement.aspx). The licence currently includes essential HEVC patents owned by the following 23 enterprises: Apple Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) Fujitsu Hitachi Maxell HUMAX Holdings Intellectual Discovery . JVC Kenwood Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) KT Corp. M&K Holdings NEC Newratek Nippon Hoso Kyokai (NHK) Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) NTT Docomo Orange SA Samsung Electronics Siemens SK Telecom Tagivan II The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York Vidyo MPEG LA's objective is to provide worldwide access to as much HEVC essential intellectual property as possible. Therefore, MPEG LA welcomes any party that believes it has patents that are essential to the HEVC standard to submit them for an evaluation of their essentiality by MPEG LA's patent experts and inclusion in the licence if determined to be essential. Interested parties may request a copy of the terms and procedures governing patent submissions at http://www.mpegla.com/main/programs/HEVC/Pages/Licensors.aspx (http://www.mpegla.com/main/programs/HEVC/Pages/Licensors.aspx). (c) 2014 ITWeb Limited. All rights reserved. Provided by SyndiGate Media Inc. (Syndigate.info). |