HEIC is defined as HEVC in a HEIF container. So yes, it's patent encumbered. Edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Efficiency_Image_File_Format#HEIC:_HEVC_i

HEIC is defined as HEVC in a HEIF container. So yes, it's patent encumbered. Edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Efficiency_Image_File_Format#HEIC:_HEVC_in_HEIF https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Efficiency_Image_File_For...