MPEG LA Updates HEVC Patent Portfolio To Reflect Recent ITU Revisions
MPEG LA updated coverage of its High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) patent portfolio to reflect recent ITU revisions in the HEVC standard, the licensing group said in a Thursday announcement. License coverage now includes five variations of HEVC’s “main profile,”…
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plus roughly 20 versions of “format range extension profiles,” it said. “The current royalty rates that apply to products which use one or more HEVC profiles remain unchanged.” MPEG LA runs the HEVC license program as a one-stop shop for about two dozen companies and universities that hold HEVC-related patents. Prominent companies on the list include Apple, Fujitsu, Hitachi Maxell, NEC, NTTDoCoMo, Samsung and Siemens.