Licensing (Patents, Royalties, …) News

MPEG LA Reduces MPEG-2 Royalty Rates
Jul 6, 2009 – MPEG LA has announced the offering of a new MPEG-2 Patent Portfolio License that will provide uninterrupted coverage for the life of the MPEG-2 essential patents at reduced royalty rates beginning January 1, 2010.
News categories: MPEG LA, Digital TV, DVD, Licensing, Patent, Set Top Box, Smart TV

ARM Provides Technology For LG Electronics Digital TVs
Jun 22, 2009 – ARM (LSE: ARM; Nasdaq: ARMH) has announced that LG Electronics (KSE: 066570.KS) has licensed the ARM11™ MPCore™ multicore processor and ARM Mali™-200 and Mali-400 MP graphics processors to power its digital TV (DTV) development revolution.
News categories: ARM, LG Electronics, Licensing, Semiconductor, Silicon IP, Smart TV

Celestial Semiconductors selects S&T MHEG technology
Jun 16, 2009 – Strategy & Technology has licensed its RedKey™ 2 MHEG solution to Celestial Semiconductors of China. The libraries are being integrated into Celestial's software for markets such as Australia, Hong Kong and New Zealand, as well as UK HD Freeview.
News categories: Strategy & Technology, Celestial Semiconductors, Digital TV, DVR, Licensing, MHEG-5, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart TV

China to Set Up CMMB Patent Pool
May 25, 2009 – China's State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television (SARFT) China Mobile Multimedia Broadcasting (CMMB) Workgroup is planning the establishment of an industrial alliance to manage CMMB patent licensing.
News categories: SARFT, China, Licensing, Mobile, Patent

Sorenson Spark Video Decoder Licensed by Qualcomm for Mobile Video
Apr 29, 2009 – Sorenson Media has announced that its Sorenson Spark video decoder has been licensed by Qualcomm (Nasdaq: QCOM) for chipsets targeted at the next generation of multimedia-rich mobile phones, mobile computing devices, and other consumer products.
News categories: Sorenson, Qualcomm, Digital TV, Licensing, Media Player, Mobile, Semiconductor, Streaming

NDS Joins Macrovision's EPG Patent Licensing Program
Apr 27, 2009 – Macrovision (NASDAQ: MVSN) has announced that NDS has entered into a license agreement for its Gemstar EPG patents. The agreement allows NDS to offer licensed EPGs to its pay-TV platform operator customers in specified countries.
News categories: Macrovision, NDS, Digital TV, Licensing, Middleware, Patent, Set Top Box

Haier Licenses MIPS32 Cores for DTV and Set-top Box ICs
Apr 27, 2009 – MIPS Technologies (NasdaqGS: MIPS) has announced that Haier (Beijing) IC Design is leveraging high-performance, low-power MIPS32® processor cores to power DTV and set-top box (STB) SoC designs.
News categories: MIPS Technologies, Haier, China, Licensing, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Silicon IP, Smart TV

Panasonic, Philips and Sony to establish One Stop Shop product license for Blu-ray Disc™
Feb 25, 2009 – Panasonic (Tokyo:6752; NYSE:PC), Philips (AEX: PHI; NYSE: PHG) and Sony (Tokyo: 6758; NYSE: SNE) are currently working with other Blu-ray Disc™ patent holders to establish a one-stop-shop license for Blu-ray Disc™ products.
News categories: Sony Corp, Royal Philips Electronics, Panasonic, Blu-ray, Digital TV, DVD, Licensing, Optical Disc Recorder, Patent

MPEG LA Updates AVC Patent Portfolio License
Feb 2, 2009 – MPEG LA has announced that the coverage of its AVC Patent Portfolio License has been updated to conform with recent revisions to the AVC/H.264 Standard as defined in ISO/IEC 14496-10:2008, 4th Edition (2008-09-15).
News categories: MPEG LA, Digital TV, Licensing, Patent