[MPEGIF Discuss] MPEG LA Announces Terms of Joint H.264/MPEG-4 AVCPatent License

[Rob Koenen (MPEGIF)]

Iain,
I'll answer for what I know and understand today.
1) Via Licensing's website states that their proposed terms cover "use of
Baseline, Main, and Extended Profiles". MPEG LA's announcement states "These
terms cover the entire AVC Standard regardless of which Profile(s) are
used". I think that gives you the answer.
2) Good question, and one that gets asked a lot. The way I understand it now
is that there are two pools with only partly overlapping participants.
Assuming that all patents in either of these pools are essential, you could
conclude you'd need a license from both. (although if I understand this
correctly, you may then be paying twice for at least some patents)
Competition is good. True competition would exist if there were multiple
agents, with each of them covering all required patents, competing on terms.
But that is not the situation we have today. 
Best,
Rob 
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From: i.g.richardson rgu.ac.uk [mailto:i.g.richardson rgu.ac.uk] 
Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2023 10:45
To: rob.koenen mpegif.org; discuss lists.mpegif.org
Subject: RE: [MPEGIF Discuss] MPEG LA Announces Terms of Joint H.264/MPEG-4
AVCPatent License
Hello Rob
Two questions related to this announcement:
(1) Does this mean that the goal of a royalty-free Baseline Profile is not
going to happen ?
(2) What happens if the other agent proposes different terms ? (I appreciate
you may not be in a position to answer this !)
Regards
Iain Richardson
www.vcodex.com
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