Licensing (Patents, Royalties, …) News

SENSIO Signs a Licensing Contract for the Sale of its New Software Decoder: The S3D
Jan 28, 2009 – SENSIO Technologies (TSX VENTURE:SIO) has licensed its new S3D, or SENSIO Stereoscopic Software Decoder, product to ArcSoft. The S3D decoder is a software version of the SENSIO® 3D decoder that is already being sold on the consumer electronic market.
News categories: SENSIO, ArcSoft, Blu-ray, Digital TV, DVD, Licensing, Media Player, Metaverse, Streaming

SISVEL Announces Development of DVB-T2 Joint Patent Licensing Program
Jan 28, 2009 – SISVEL has announced that it is acting as the facilitator for the creation of a DVB-T2 joint patent licensing program and is issuing a call for patents and patent applications that are essential to the DVB-T2 Standard.
News categories: SISVEL, Digital TV, DVB-T2, Licensing, Patent, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

DivX Announces Licensing Agreement with Sigma Designs That Includes Next-Generation DivX Plus™ Certification
Jan 7, 2009 – DivX (Nasdaq: DIVX) has announced a broad licensing agreement with Sigma Designs (Nasdaq: SIGM). Under the agreement, DivX will incorporate its technology in a range of integrated circuit (IC) solutions from Sigma for CE products.
News categories: DivX, Sigma Designs, Licensing, Media Player, Semiconductor, Streaming

AAC Joint Patent Licensing Program Update
Jan 5, 2009 – Via Licensing has updated its Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) patent licensing program to enable licensees to secure rights to MPEG-2 AAC, MPEG-4 AAC, MPEG-4 High Efficiency AAC (HE AAC), and for the first time, HE AAC v.2, all under a single license.
News categories: Via Licensing, CES2025, Licensing, Mobile, Patent, Set Top Box, Smart TV

CHDA Announces Plan for CBHD Patent License
Nov 17, 2008 – CHDA (China High-definition DVD Industry Association) has announced that it is issuing a call for patents that are essential to CBHD (China Blue High-definition Disc) Standard for one-stop technology standard patent licensing.
News categories: China High-definition DVD Industry Association, China, Digital TV, DVD, Licensing, Patent

Verimatrix Awarded Key Patents for VideoMark Forensic Watermarking
Oct 27, 2008 – Verimatrix has announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued patent number 7,430,302 for unique features in VideoMark™, Verimatrix's user-specific, forensic watermarking technology.
News categories: Verimatrix, Content Protection, Patent, USA, Watermarking

Newport Media Signs Qualcomm Software License Agreement
Sep 10, 2008 – Newport Media has announced that it will license MediaFLO™ service layer client software from Qualcomm (Nasdaq: QCOM), enabling it to integrate the software into its FLO™ ASIC and protocol stack for MediaFLO device manufacturers.
News categories: Newport Media, Qualcomm, Licensing, Mobile, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Software

DVD6C Announces Royalty Reduction for DVD Decoder and DVD Encoder
Sep 4, 2008 – The DVD6C Licensing Group has announced that, from July 1, 2008, it has revised its worldwide patent licensing program, including offering a new license agreement offering reduced royalty rates on DVD Decoder and DVD Encoder products.
News categories: DVD6C, Digital TV, DVD, Licensing, Optical Disc Recorder, Patent

Customs Agents Raid IFA Trade Fair
Aug 29, 2008 – German customs agents raided the IFA show shortly after it opened on Friday looking for companies who have avoided royalty payments for TV sets, DVB-T receivers and MP3 players.
News categories: Digital TV, IFABerlin, Patent, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Tablet, Terrestrial