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MPEG LA, LLC is the world’s leading packager of patent pools for standards and other technology platforms used in consumer electronics, as well as chemical, eCommerce, education, energy, environment, healthcare and biotechnology, manufacturing and materials, transportation and wireless technology. We developed the pool market space.
Our "many-to-many licensing model" has revolutionized the way patent holders, developers and users think about the intellectual property market. Our model serves the entire community of participants – creating a market that balances reasonable access with reasonable return.
•Bringing together essential patents
•Enabling technology to be more widely used
•Making technology accessible
•Saving time
•Averting legal costs and concerns
•Allowing for investment in product and reinvestment in innovation
•MPEG LA is audited annually in accordance with SAS 70 Type II
Our Many-to-Many Licensing Model maximizes creativity, usage, profitability and affordability of products. Our goal is to provide a service that brings all parties together so that technical innovations can be made widely available at a reasonable price. Utilizing our collaborative approach, we help make markets for intellectual property that maximize profits for intellectual property owners and make utilization of intellectual property affordable for manufacturers, consumers and other users.
For more information, please visit our website at www.mpegla.com.
Our "many-to-many licensing model" has revolutionized the way patent holders, developers and users think about the intellectual property market. Our model serves the entire community of participants – creating a market that balances reasonable access with reasonable return.
•Bringing together essential patents
•Enabling technology to be more widely used
•Making technology accessible
•Saving time
•Averting legal costs and concerns
•Allowing for investment in product and reinvestment in innovation
•MPEG LA is audited annually in accordance with SAS 70 Type II
Our Many-to-Many Licensing Model maximizes creativity, usage, profitability and affordability of products. Our goal is to provide a service that brings all parties together so that technical innovations can be made widely available at a reasonable price. Utilizing our collaborative approach, we help make markets for intellectual property that maximize profits for intellectual property owners and make utilization of intellectual property affordable for manufacturers, consumers and other users.
For more information, please visit our website at www.mpegla.com.
Overview
Location
United States, Colorado, Denver
Employees
51-200
Founded date
1996
Mentions in press and media 28
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| Jul 24, 2015 | New patent group threatens to derail 4K HEVC video streaming | reader comments 194 with 116 posters participating Share this story Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Reddit A new industry group called HEVC Advance is threatening to demand royalties for the new HEVC video codec that could halve... |
| Jan 2, 2014 | Google’s VP9 Video Codec Gets Backing from ARM, Nvidia, Sony And Others, Gives 4K Video Streaming A Fighting Chance | Google’s VP9 video codec is getting a major boost today. While Mozilla, Google’s own Chrome browser and a few video players like FFmpeg started supporting VP9 over the course of the last year, what was mostly missing from Google’s ecosystem... |
| Jun 13, 2013 | Google Proposes Clever Video Codec License — But The Real Problem With Patent Pools Remains | A couple of years back, Techdirt wrote about Google’s laudable attempt to open source its VP8 video codec, based around technologies it had acquired with the On2 company in 2009. That was not simply a matter of releasing the code, though, b... |
| Mar 7, 2013 | Google And MPEG LA Sign Licensing Agreement Covering Google’s VP8 Video Codec, Clearing The Way For Wider Adoption | Google’s VP8 video compression format, which the company acquired from On2 Technologies, is an open standard and covered by a free patent license. That, however, didn’t stop MPEG LA, the guardians of the H.264 patent and license, from looki... |
| Mar 7, 2013 | Google, MPEG LA agree to royalty-free terms for VP8 video codec | reader comments 101 with 63 posters participating Share this story Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Reddit Google and MPEG LA have announced that they have come to an agreement over Google's VP8 video codec. 11 patent holder... |
| Jun 22, 2012 | Motorola claims it’s the victim in patent cases vs. Microsoft, Apple | opensourceway reader comments 161 with 55 posters participating Share this story Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Reddit Motorola Mobility, Google's new $12.5 billion acquisition, has been criticized in many corners for usin... |
| Mar 15, 2012 | Firefox, Chrome To Get 'Metro' Treatment for Windows 8 | News Firefox, Chrome To Get 'Metro' Treatment for Windows 8 By Kurt MackieMarch 15, 2012 Browser makers face an unfamiliar hurdle with Windows 8, but both Mozilla and Google said they are building browsers that will work with the ... |
| Mar 15, 2012 | Firefox, Chrome To Get 'Metro' Treatment for Windows 8 | News Firefox, Chrome To Get 'Metro' Treatment for Windows 8 By Kurt MackieMarch 15, 2012 Browser makers face an unfamiliar hurdle with Windows 8, but both Mozilla and Google said they are building browsers that will work with the ... |
| Jul 30, 2011 | Google Buys More Than 1,000 IBM Patents, Pads IP Portfolio | News Google Buys More Than 1,000 IBM Patents, Pads IP Portfolio By Kurt MackieJuly 30, 2011 Google has purchased 1,030 patents from IBM covering server and router architectures, chip fabrication and search technologies. The patent purchases... |
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FAQ about MPEG LA, LLC
When was MPEG LA, LLC founded?
MPEG LA, LLC was founded in 1996.
What has the press written about MPEG LA, LLC?
Parsers VC has collected 28 articles mentioning MPEG LA, LLC, among them “New patent group threatens to derail 4K HEVC video streaming” (Jul 24, 2015) and “Google’s VP9 Video Codec Gets Backing from ARM, Nvidia, Sony And Others, Gives 4K Video Streaming A Fighting Chance” (Jan 2, 2014).
Is MPEG LA, LLC still active?
Yes, MPEG LA, LLC is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Dec 24, 2016.