MPEG LA, the consortium that manages the essential MPEG-4 intellectual property owned by many patent holders, published the terms for its MPEG-4 Systems Patent Portfolio License. The License includes essential patents owned by Apple Computer, the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI); France Telecom; Koninklijke Philips Electronics; Mitsubishi Electric Corporation; Samsung Electronics and Sun Microsystems. The group is promising one-stop technology standards licensing under fair, reasonable, nondiscriminatory access.
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Monday, February 3, 2003
MPEG LA Releases MPEG-4 Systems Patent Portfolio License
Monday, February 03, 2003
