If some patent troll decides H.264 violates a patent, they must go to court with MPEG LA, not individual licensees. This is incorrect in multiple ways: - The

If some patent troll decides H.264 violates a patent, they must go to court with MPEG LA, not individual licensees. This is incorrect in multiple ways: - The MPEG-LA is a licensing body, so it's extremely unlikely to be practicing the patent in question. Therefore it would be hard to sue them directly for infringement. It'd also be very difficult to sue them for inducing infringement due to the following point. - The H.264 license explicitly disclaims warranty that the license provided by the MPEG-LA covers all essential patents to practice H.264. This is also mention in the public FAQ: http://www.mpegla.com/main/programs/AVC/Pages/FAQ.aspx http://www.mpegla.com/main/programs/AVC/Pages/FAQ.aspx Like most people on the internet, I Am Not A Lawyer.