[M4IF Discuss] MPEG LA Extends Call For Initial Submission Of Essential H.264/MPEG4 AVC Patents to April 4th

[Rob Koenen]

People,
The following was released last week, while I was on the road. The extension
of the submission deadline is no surprise, since the editing work of the now
finalized spec will only be completed in March, and you can't really judge
essentiality until the spec is released in its final form.
The release is also linked from our home page, www.m4if.org - look under Hot
News and under Press Releases
Best Regards,
Rob
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NEWS RELEASE 
For Immediate Release
CONTACT:
Lawrence Horn
MPEG LA, LLC
301.986.6660
301.986.8575 Fax
lhorn   mpegla.com
MPEG LA Extends Call for Initial Submission of Essential H.264/MPEG-4 AVC
Patents
Initial Submissions Now Requested By April 4, 2024 
(Denver, Colorado, US - 24 January 2024) - MPEG LA, LLC today announced that
it has extended until April 4, 2003, the initial period during which patent
holders who believe they own patents that are essential to the proposed
JVT/AVC Standard may submit them for an evaluation of essentiality by
independent patent experts for the purpose of forming a joint AVC Patent
Portfolio License. 
Submissions have already been received from many parties. The initial patent
submission period has been extended in light of the fact that the AVC Final
Draft International Standard (FDIS) is not expected to be issued until March
10-14, 2003 (the dates of the next JVT meeting). This extension will make it
possible for additional submitting parties to prepare their patent
submissions based on the FDIS. In an effort to move the licensing process
forward as expeditiously as possible, MPEG LA first announced an initial
call for patent submissions in a news release dated 11 September 2023 [see
www.mpegla.com/news/n_02-09-11_jvt.html], but subsequently announced a first
extension in a news release dated 29 October 2023 [see
www.mpegla.com/news/n_02-10-29_jvt.html]. Patents will be examined for their
essentiality to the FDIS, and more information will be provided on that at
the appropriate time.
For each patent submitted, an evaluation fee of US $8,500.00 will be paid to
MPEG LA, LLC. Submitting parties must confirm their agreement with the terms
and procedures governing the patent submission process which may be obtained
from Jane Tannenbaum, Director, Contract Administration
(jtannenbaum   mpegla.com). 
# # # 
MPEG LA, LLC
MPEG LA successfully pioneered one-stop technology standards licensing with
a portfolio of essential patents for the international digital video
compression standard known as MPEG-2, which it began licensing in 1997.
One-stop technology standards licensing enables widespread technological
implementation, interoperability and use of fundamental broad-based
technologies covered by many patents owned by many patent holders. MPEG LA
provides users with fair, reasonable, nondiscriminatory access to these
essential patents on a worldwide basis under a single license. In addition
to MPEG-2, MPEG LA licenses portfolios of essential patents for the IEEE
1394 Standard, the DVB-T Standard and the MPEG-4 Visual Standard and will
license a portfolio of essential patents for the MPEG-4 Systems Standard.
For more information, please refer to www.mpegla.com
<http://www.mpegla.com/> , www.1394la.com <http://www.1394la.com/>  and
www.dvbla.com <http://www.dvbla.com/> . MPEG LA is based in Denver,
Colorado, USA.
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