[Mp4-tech] H.263 licensing issues

[Robert Bleidt]

As far as I know, no one asserts patents against H.263. There is no formal 
patent pool. Up until now, the "H" series standards have always been 
royalty-free. That will change, of course, with H.264/AVC.
As a practical matter, I suspect H.263 has never been employed in 
applications where there is enough revenue to warrant establishing a 
licensing program. Of course, I could also argue that the "G" series 
standards have established programs to cover many of the same markets.
This is just my casual opinion, and I would welcome the comments of others 
on this list.
At 03:02 AM 10/8/2003, you wrote:
>hi,
>
>Can anybody please let me know what are the licensing issues surrounding 
>H.263.
>Does H.263 licensing also come under the purview of MPEG LA?
>
>thanks
>
>reeja
>
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Robert Bleidt
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