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Broadcom aren't on the list of HEVC licensors, so they haven't patented HEVC itself, but some related process of handling HEVC video... Which begs the question

by stoobs 3y ago

Broadcom aren't on the list of HEVC licensors, so they haven't patented HEVC itself, but some related process of handling HEVC video... Which begs the question, if it's an essential patent, why is it not part of the pool from MPEG-LA?

pgeorgi 3y ago
> why is it not part of the pool from MPEG-LA? Maybe Broadcom didn't feel like joining the extortionist pool but preferred to extort the format into uselessness all on its own? There are precious few ways to mandate licensing of a patent of a third party, and MPEG-LA (now Via LA) license pools aren't one of those ways.
SAI_Peregrinus 3y ago
There's no guaranteed way to find all essential patents, so when MPEG-LA made the standard they just missed (at least) one. MPEG-LA isn't a government, they can't require anyone to license patents to them for their standards.