MPEG LA To Run DisplayPort License Program on Behalf of Hitachi Maxell, Philips, Silicon Image, Sony
MPEG LA will run the DisplayPort patent portfolio license program on behalf of “initial” DisplayPort technology owners Hitachi Maxell, Philips, Silicon Image and Sony, the license administrator said Thursday. The DisplayPort license provides coverage for a variety of digital interface…
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technology standards used in connecting AV sources on computer monitors, video projectors, TVs, PCs, graphic cards, motherboards, storage devices, smartphones, tablets and cameras, it said. Like the other license programs MPEG LA runs, the DisplayPort program “gives product suppliers convenient access to important technologies under a single patent license enabling them to focus their resources on innovation and new product creation instead of protracted licensing and litigation,” it said. MPEG LA also “welcomes any party that believes it has patents that are essential to the DisplayPort 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,” it said.