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style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">2023-05-02</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="ib-company-locality locality"><a href="/wiki/Denver" title="Denver">Denver, Colorado</a></div>, <div class="ib-company-country country-name">US</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Key people</div></th><td class="infobox-data agent">Larry Horn</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Products</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/License#Patent_licensing" title="License">Patent licenses</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.mpegla.com/">www<wbr />.mpegla<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>MPEG LA</b> was an American company based in <a 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href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Via Licensing Corp acquired MPEG LA in April 2023 and formed a new patent pool administration company called <a href="/wiki/Via-LA" title="Via-LA">Via Licensing Alliance</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=MPEG_LA&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>MPEG LA started operations in July 1997 immediately after receiving a <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Justice" title="United States Department of Justice">Department of Justice</a> Business Review Letter.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During formation of the <a href="/wiki/MPEG-2" title="MPEG-2">MPEG-2</a> standard, a working group of companies that participated in the formation of the <a href="/wiki/MPEG-2" title="MPEG-2">MPEG-2</a> standard recognized that the biggest challenge to adoption was efficient access to essential patents owned by many patent owners. That ultimately led to a group of various <a href="/wiki/MPEG-2" title="MPEG-2">MPEG-2</a> patent owners to form MPEG LA, which in turn created the first modern-day <a href="/wiki/Patent_pool" title="Patent pool">patent pool</a> as a solution. The majority of patents underlying MPEG-2 <u>technology</u> were owned by three companies: <a href="/wiki/Sony" title="Sony">Sony</a> (311 patents), <a href="/wiki/Technicolor_SA" class="mw-redirect" title="Technicolor SA">Thomson</a> (198 patents) and <a href="/wiki/Mitsubishi_Electric" title="Mitsubishi Electric">Mitsubishi Electric</a> (119 patents).<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2012, MPEG LA announced a call for patents essential to the <a href="/wiki/High_Efficiency_Video_Coding" title="High Efficiency Video Coding">High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC)</a> standard.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 2012, MPEG LA launched Librassay, which makes diagnostic patent rights from some of the world's leading research institutions available to everyone through a single license. Organizations which have included patents in Librassay include <a href="/wiki/Johns_Hopkins_University" title="Johns Hopkins University">Johns Hopkins University</a>; <a href="/wiki/Ludwig_Institute_for_Cancer_Research" class="mw-redirect" title="Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research">Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research</a>; <a href="/wiki/Memorial_Sloan_Kettering_Cancer_Center" title="Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center">Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center</a>; <a href="/wiki/National_Institutes_of_Health" title="National Institutes of Health">National Institutes of Health</a> (NIH); <a href="/wiki/Partners_HealthCare" class="mw-redirect" title="Partners HealthCare">Partners HealthCare</a>; The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University; The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania; <a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_San_Francisco" title="University of California, San Francisco">The University of California, San Francisco</a>; and <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_Alumni_Research_Foundation" title="Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation">Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation</a> (WARF).<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On September 29, 2014, the MPEG LA announced their HEVC license which covers the patents from 23 companies.<sup id="cite_ref-MPEGLAHEVCSeptember2014Yahoo_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MPEGLAHEVCSeptember2014Yahoo-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The license is US$0.20 per HEVC product after the first 100,000 units each year with an annual cap.<sup id="cite_ref-MPEGLAHEVCLicensePDFSeptember2014_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MPEGLAHEVCLicensePDFSeptember2014-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The license has been expanded to include the profiles in version 2 of the HEVC standard.<sup id="cite_ref-MPEGLAV2HEVCMarch2015Yahoo_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MPEGLAV2HEVCMarch2015Yahoo-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On March 5, 2015, the MPEG LA announced their <a href="/wiki/DisplayPort" title="DisplayPort">DisplayPort</a> license which is US$0.20 per DisplayPort product.<sup id="cite_ref-DisplayPortMPEGLicenseMarch2015_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DisplayPortMPEGLicenseMarch2015-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 2023, in what is thought to be the first time that two pool administrators have merged into one, Via Licensing Corp acquired MPEG LA and formed a new patent pool administrator called <a href="/wiki/Via-LA" title="Via-LA">Via Licensing Alliance</a>. Via President Heath Hoglund will serve as president of the new company. MPEG LA CEO Larry Horn will serve as a Via LA advisor.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Criticism">Criticism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=MPEG_LA&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Criticism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>MPEG LA has claimed that <a href="/wiki/Video_codec" title="Video codec">video codecs</a> such as <a href="/wiki/Theora" title="Theora">Theora</a><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/VP8" title="VP8">VP8</a><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> infringe on patents owned by its licensors, without disclosing the affected patent or patents.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They then called out for “any party that believes it has patents that are essential to the VP8 video codec”.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In April 2013, Google and MPEG LA announced an agreement covering the VP8 video format.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2010, <a href="/wiki/Nero_AG" title="Nero AG">Nero AG</a> filed an <a href="/wiki/Competition_law" title="Competition law">antitrust suit</a> against MPEG LA, claiming it "unlawfully extended its patent pools by adding non-essential patents to the MPEG-2 patent pool" and has been inconsistent in charging royalty fees.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Central_District_of_California" title="United States District Court for the Central District of California">United States District Court for the Central District of California</a> dismissed the suit with <a href="/wiki/Prejudice_(legal_procedure)" class="mw-redirect" title="Prejudice (legal procedure)">prejudice</a> on November 29, 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>David Balto, who is a former policy director at the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Trade_Commission" title="Federal Trade Commission">Federal Trade Commission</a>, has used the MPEG-2 patent pool as an example of why patent pools need more scrutiny so that they do not suppress innovation.<sup id="cite_ref-MPEG2PatentPoolCompetitionMay2013BusinessWire_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MPEG2PatentPoolCompetitionMay2013BusinessWire-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MPEG2PatentPoolCompetitionMay2013LawOffices_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MPEG2PatentPoolCompetitionMay2013LawOffices-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The MPEG-2 patent pool began with 100 patents in 1997 and since then additional patents were added.<sup id="cite_ref-MPEG2IPManagement_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MPEG2IPManagement-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MPEG2PatentList1997_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MPEG2PatentList1997-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The MPEG-2 license agreement states that if possible the license fee will not increase when new patents are added.<sup id="cite_ref-MPEG2PublicPolicyPatentPools_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MPEG2PublicPolicyPatentPools-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The MPEG-2 license agreement stated that MPEG-2 royalties must be paid when there is one or more active patents in either the country of manufacture or the country of sale.<sup id="cite_ref-MPEG2PatentPoolFullLicense_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MPEG2PatentPoolFullLicense-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The original MPEG-2 license rate was US$4 for a decoding license, US$4 for an encoding license and US$6.00 for encode-decode consumer product.<sup id="cite_ref-MPEG2LicensingBasicsEETimes_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MPEG2LicensingBasicsEETimes-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A criticism of the <a href="/wiki/MPEG-2#Patent_pool" title="MPEG-2">MPEG-2 patent pool</a> is that even though the number of patents decreased from 1,048 to 416 by June 2013 the license fee did not decrease with the expiration rate of MPEG-2 patents.<sup id="cite_ref-MPEG2PatentPoolMay2013Business_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MPEG2PatentPoolMay2013Business-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MPEG2PatentPoolJanuary2013Forbes_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MPEG2PatentPoolJanuary2013Forbes-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MPEG2PatentPoolJanuary2013FoxNews_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MPEG2PatentPoolJanuary2013FoxNews-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For products from January 1, 2002, through December 31, 2009 royalties were US$2.50 for a decoding license, US$2.50 for an encoding license and US$2.50 for encode-decode consumer product license.<sup id="cite_ref-MPEG2PatentPoolLicense_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MPEG2PatentPoolLicense-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since January 1, 2010, MPEG-2 patent pool royalties were US$2.00 for a decoding license, US$2.00 for an encoding license and US$2.00 for encode-decode consumer product.<sup id="cite_ref-MPEG2PatentPoolLicense_37-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MPEG2PatentPoolLicense-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="H.264/MPEG-4_AVC_licensors"><span id="H.264.2FMPEG-4_AVC_licensors"></span>H.264/MPEG-4 AVC licensors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=MPEG_LA&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: H.264/MPEG-4 AVC licensors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">This is a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Lists#Dynamic_lists" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Lists">dynamic list</a> and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/MPEG_LA" title="Special:EditPage/MPEG LA">adding missing items</a> with <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources">reliable sources</a>.</div> <p>The following organizations hold one or more patents in MPEG LA's <a href="/wiki/H.264/AVC" class="mw-redirect" title="H.264/AVC">H.264/AVC</a> patent pool. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>H.264/AVC patent holders (as of December 2022<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MPEG_LA&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>)<sup id="cite_ref-AVCAtt_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AVCAtt-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Organization<sup id="cite_ref-H264PatentPool2013_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-H264PatentPool2013-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Active patents </th> <th>Expired patents </th> <th>Total patents<sup id="cite_ref-AVCAtt_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AVCAtt-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Panasonic_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="Panasonic Corporation">Panasonic Corporation</a> </td> <td>1,054 </td> <td>416 </td> <td>1,470 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Godo Kaisha IP Bridge </td> <td>1,033 </td> <td>267 </td> <td>1,300 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/LG_Electronics" title="LG Electronics">LG Electronics</a> </td> <td>871 </td> <td>130 </td> <td>1001 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dolby_Laboratories" class="mw-redirect" title="Dolby Laboratories">Dolby Laboratories</a> </td> <td>1014 </td> <td>414 </td> <td>1428 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Toshiba" title="Toshiba">Toshiba</a> </td> <td>59 </td> <td>336 </td> <td>395 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a> </td> <td>95 </td> <td>145 </td> <td>240 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nippon_Telegraph_and_Telephone" title="Nippon Telegraph and Telephone">Nippon Telegraph and Telephone</a> (including <a href="/wiki/NTT_Docomo" title="NTT Docomo">NTT Docomo</a>) </td> <td>234 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>238 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sony" title="Sony">Sony</a> </td> <td>77 </td> <td>77 </td> <td>154 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Fraunhofer_Society" title="Fraunhofer Society">Fraunhofer Society</a> </td> <td>208 </td> <td>16 </td> <td>224 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Google" title="Google">Google</a> </td> <td>5 </td> <td>134 </td> <td>139 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/General_Electric" title="General Electric">GE</a> Video Compression </td> <td>136 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>136 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Fujitsu" title="Fujitsu">Fujitsu</a> </td> <td>92 </td> <td>14 </td> <td>106 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mitsubishi_Electric" title="Mitsubishi Electric">Mitsubishi Electric</a> </td> <td>44 </td> <td>56 </td> <td>100 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Tagivan II LLC </td> <td>82 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>82 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Samsung_Electronics" title="Samsung Electronics">Samsung Electronics</a> </td> <td>17 </td> <td>46 </td> <td>63 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Maxell" title="Maxell">Maxell</a> </td> <td>54 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>56 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Philips" title="Philips">Philips</a> </td> <td>6 </td> <td>41 </td> <td>47 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Vidyo" title="Vidyo">Vidyo</a> </td> <td>41 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>43 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ericsson" title="Ericsson">Ericsson</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>33 </td> <td>34 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Electronics_and_Telecommunications_Research_Institute" title="Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute">Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute</a> (ETRI) of Korea </td> <td>10 </td> <td>25 </td> <td>35 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Siemens" title="Siemens">Siemens</a> </td> <td>12 </td> <td>39 </td> <td>51 </td></tr> <tr> <td>The Trustees of <a href="/wiki/Columbia_University" title="Columbia University">Columbia University</a> in <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>26 </td> <td>26 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Polycom" class="mw-redirect" title="Polycom">Polycom</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>20 </td> <td>22 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_Bosch_GmbH" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert Bosch GmbH">Robert Bosch GmbH</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>22 </td> <td>22 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Apple_Inc." title="Apple Inc.">Apple</a> </td> <td>7 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>9 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/JVC_Kenwood" class="mw-redirect" title="JVC Kenwood">JVC Kenwood</a> </td> <td>3 </td> <td>5 </td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Orange_S.A." title="Orange S.A.">Orange S.A.</a> </td> <td>13 </td> <td>7 </td> <td>20 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sharp_Corporation" title="Sharp Corporation">Sharp Corporation</a> </td> <td>5 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/KAIST" title="KAIST">Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Cisco_Systems" class="mw-redirect" title="Cisco Systems">Cisco Systems</a> </td> <td>3 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/ZTE_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="ZTE Corporation">ZTE Corporation</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Cisco Technology </td> <td>1 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Cable_Television_Laboratories,_Inc." class="mw-redirect" title="Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.">Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hewlett-Packard_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Hewlett-Packard Company">Hewlett-Packard Company</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Beijing <a href="/wiki/Xiaomi" title="Xiaomi">Xiaomi</a> Mobile Software Co. </td> <td>5 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <td>B1 Institute of Image Technology </td> <td>6 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Newracom, Inc. </td> <td>0 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/NEC" title="NEC">NEC</a> </td> <td>5 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Vestel Elektronik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. </td> <td>1 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Total (All Manufacturers)</b> </td> <td>5197 </td> <td>2291 </td> <td><b>7488</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="HEVC_licensors">HEVC licensors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=MPEG_LA&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: HEVC licensors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/w/index.php?title=HEVC_Advance&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HEVC Advance (page does not exist)">HEVC Advance</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">This is a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Lists#Dynamic_lists" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Lists">dynamic list</a> and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/MPEG_LA" title="Special:EditPage/MPEG LA">adding missing items</a> with <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources">reliable sources</a>.</div> <p>The following organizations hold one or more patents in the <a href="/wiki/High_Efficiency_Video_Coding" title="High Efficiency Video Coding">HEVC</a> patent pool. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>HEVC patent holders (as of July 2019<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MPEG_LA&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>)<sup id="cite_ref-HEVCAtt_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HEVCAtt-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Organization<sup id="cite_ref-HEVC_licensors_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HEVC_licensors-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Active patents </th> <th>Expired patents </th> <th>Total patents<sup id="cite_ref-HEVCAtt_40-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HEVCAtt-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Samsung_Electronics" title="Samsung Electronics">Samsung Electronics</a> </td> <td>3,550 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>3,554 </td></tr> <tr> <td>M&K Holdings<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>907 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>907 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nippon_Telegraph_and_Telephone" title="Nippon Telegraph and Telephone">Nippon Telegraph and Telephone</a> (including <a href="/wiki/NTT_Docomo" title="NTT Docomo">NTT Docomo</a>) </td> <td>878 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>880 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/JVC_Kenwood" class="mw-redirect" title="JVC Kenwood">JVC Kenwood</a> Corporation </td> <td>628 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>628 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Infobridge Pte. Ltd.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>572 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>572 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/SK_Telecom" title="SK Telecom">SK Telecom</a> (including <a href="/wiki/SK_Planet" title="SK Planet">SK Planet</a>) </td> <td>380 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>380 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/KT_Corporation" title="KT Corporation">KT Corp</a> </td> <td>289 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>289 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/NEC" title="NEC">NEC</a> Corporation </td> <td>219 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>219 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Electronics_and_Telecommunications_Research_Institute" title="Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute">Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute</a> (ETRI) of Korea </td> <td>208 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>208 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Canon_Inc." title="Canon Inc.">Canon Inc.</a> </td> <td>180 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>180 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Tagivan II </td> <td>162 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>162 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Fujitsu" title="Fujitsu">Fujitsu</a> </td> <td>144 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>145 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kyung_Hee_University" title="Kyung Hee University">Kyung Hee University</a> </td> <td>103 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>103 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Apple_Inc." title="Apple Inc.">Apple</a> </td> <td>69 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>69 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Intellectual Discovery Co. </td> <td>67 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>67 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Maxell" title="Maxell">Maxell</a> </td> <td>60 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>60 </td></tr> <tr> <td>IBEX PT Holdings </td> <td>58 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>58 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Vidyo" title="Vidyo">Vidyo</a> </td> <td>41 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>41 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/KAIST" title="KAIST">Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)</a> </td> <td>38 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>38 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Humax" title="Humax">HUMAX Holdings</a> </td> <td>32 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>32 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kwangwoon_University" title="Kwangwoon University">Kwangwoon University</a> </td> <td>24 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>24 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Siemens" title="Siemens">Siemens</a> </td> <td>13 </td> <td>8 </td> <td>21 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Korean_Broadcasting_System" title="Korean Broadcasting System">Korean Broadcasting System</a> </td> <td>20 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>20 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Orange_S.A." title="Orange S.A.">Orange S.A.</a> </td> <td>20 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>20 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a> </td> <td>19 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>19 </td></tr> <tr> <td>The Trustees of <a href="/wiki/Columbia_University" title="Columbia University">Columbia University</a> in <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>16 </td> <td>16 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sejong_University" title="Sejong University">Sejong University</a> </td> <td>13 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>13 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Korea_Aerospace_University" title="Korea Aerospace University">Korea Aerospace University</a> </td> <td>12 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>12 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hangzhou_Hikvision_Digital_Technology" class="mw-redirect" title="Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology">Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology</a> </td> <td>10 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>10 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sungkyunkwan_University" title="Sungkyunkwan University">Sungkyunkwan University</a> </td> <td>8 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/NHK" title="NHK">Nippon Hoso Kyokai (NHK)</a> </td> <td>7 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Sky Media Tech, Inc. </td> <td>3 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Digital Insights Inc. </td> <td>2 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Alpha Digitech </td> <td>1 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/MIT" class="mw-redirect" title="MIT">MIT</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Newracom (Newratek) </td> <td>0 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Total (All Manufacturers)</b> </td> <td>8738 </td> <td>32 </td> <td><b>8770</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="VC-1_licensors">VC-1 licensors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=MPEG_LA&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: VC-1 licensors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">This is a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Lists#Dynamic_lists" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Lists">dynamic list</a> and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/MPEG_LA" title="Special:EditPage/MPEG LA">adding missing items</a> with <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources">reliable sources</a>.</div> <p>The following organizations hold one or more patents in the <a href="/wiki/VC-1" title="VC-1">VC-1</a> patent pool (as of November 26, 2024<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MPEG_LA&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>).<sup id="cite_ref-VC1Att_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VC1Att-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Organization </th> <th>Active patents </th> <th>Expired patents </th> <th>Total patents<sup id="cite_ref-VC1Att_44-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VC1Att-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a> </td> <td>67 </td> <td>399 </td> <td>466 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Panasonic" title="Panasonic">Panasonic</a> </td> <td>5 </td> <td>117 </td> <td>122 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/LG_Electronics" title="LG Electronics">LG Electronics</a> </td> <td>3 </td> <td>93 </td> <td>96 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Samsung_Electronics" title="Samsung Electronics">Samsung Electronics</a> </td> <td>4 </td> <td>92 </td> <td>96 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dolby_Laboratories" class="mw-redirect" title="Dolby Laboratories">Dolby Laboratories</a> </td> <td>8 </td> <td>96 </td> <td>104 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Philips" title="Philips">Philips</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>77 </td> <td>77 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hitachi" title="Hitachi">Hitachi</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>60 </td> <td>60 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mitsubishi_Electric" title="Mitsubishi Electric">Mitsubishi Electric</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>52 </td> <td>52 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sony" title="Sony">Sony</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>28 </td> <td>28 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/JVC_Kenwood" class="mw-redirect" title="JVC Kenwood">JVC Kenwood</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>25 </td> <td>25 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Toshiba" title="Toshiba">Toshiba</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>21 </td> <td>21 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Fujitsu" title="Fujitsu">Fujitsu</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>20 </td> <td>20 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Telenor" title="Telenor">Telenor</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>19 </td> <td>19 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Siemens" title="Siemens">Siemens</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>16 </td> <td>18 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=AT%26T_Intellectual_Property&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="AT&T Intellectual Property (page does not exist)">AT&T Intellectual Property</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>16 </td> <td>16 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Sun Patent Trust </td> <td>0 </td> <td>12 </td> <td>12 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sharp_Corporation" title="Sharp Corporation">Sharp Corporation</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>8 </td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Orange_S.A." title="Orange S.A.">Orange S.A.</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>7 </td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nippon_Telegraph_and_Telephone" title="Nippon Telegraph and Telephone">Nippon Telegraph and Telephone</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pantech" title="Pantech">Pantech</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/ZTE" title="ZTE">ZTE</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Total (All Manufacturers)</b> </td> <td>89 </td> <td>1167 </td> <td><b>1256</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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