[M4IF Discuss] MPEG-4 License related issues

[Vikas Lekhi]

Hi
Iam Vikas working for a IT services ( Software )firm. I have gone thru the
license agreement documents but am still unclear about IPR related issues
wrto MPEG-4 Video Standards as applicable to Software firms.
Suppose we want to develop MPEG-4 Video Encoder software supporting Simple
Profile @ Level 3 and Core Profile @ Level-2 features and tools. The encoder
will be 	ISO/IEC 14496-2 standard compliant and uses H.263, MPEG algorithms
and few others.
Our Encoder will not use Audio and system standards
The market we look fwd is to sell to the OEM's.
In context of above information can you help me wrto following queries:
1) If we (Patni) develop an mpeg-4 encoder  based on the MPEG-4 Video
ISO standard, who owns the IP for the implementation?
2) Can we sell the source code to another vendor?
If yes, in order to make such a sale, do we need to obtain an IP,
registeration for our source code etc first.
3) Related to 1 - If we want to deploy the solution within a product
then do we need to pay any licensing fee to the original IP holder
(assuming we are not the IP holders) - who is it in this case, is it the
MPEG committee?
4)Similarly related to 2 - if we sell it, does the vendor need to pay
any licensing fee if he wants to deploy it somewhere.
For example if we want to sell the MPEG-4 Encoder to an OEM
(in the form of source code, design documentation etc),in order to make such
a sale, do we need to obtain an IP,registeration for our source code etc
first or does the responsibility lie with the OEM)
I will be grateful for any help provided in this regard
Regards
Vikas Lekhi