MPEG Licensing Administration
| MPEG LA | |
|---|---|
| legal form | LLC |
| founding | 1996 |
| Seat | Denver , Colorado State , USA |
| management | Larry Horn |
| Branch | License administrator |
| Website | www.mpegla.com |
The MPEG Licensing Administration ( MPEG LA for short , also called "MPEG LA, LLC ") is a US company that manages patent pools in the areas of multimedia , consumer electronics and WLAN . These pools include a. Technologies like FireWire / IEEE 1394 , MPEG-2 , MPEG-4 , VC-1 and H.264 . A patent pool for LTE is in progress.
Rights holders are u. a. Apple , France Télécom , Fraunhofer Society for the Promotion of Applied Research eV, Mitsubishi Electric , Scientific-Atlanta, Sony , US Philips , Victor Company of Japan and Microsoft . MPEG LA is headquartered in Denver , Colorado ( United States ) and has offices in Washington, DC , London , Tokyo and Shanghai .
Web links
- MPEG LA (English) - official website
- MPEG-4: Everything about license rights - Article at www.video-flash.de , from December 15, 2008
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dell Charged with Patent Infringement - Macwelt article , December 13, 2001
- ↑ MPEG LA's New MPEG-2 License Agreement Offers Better Coverage at Reduced Fees - Business Wire Article , July 6, 2009
- ↑ MPEG LA offers collective license for MPEG-4 - Article at Golem.de , from November 26, 2002