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This appears to be two different systemic failures stacked one atop the other. * According to the European Patent Convention, programs for computers should not
by Kim_Bruning 3y ago
This appears to be two different systemic failures stacked one atop the other.
* According to the European Patent Convention, programs for computers should not be patentable. (But it turns out that the EPO has a novel interpretation whereby software can still be patented)
* There's an H.265 patent pool that is supposed to cover all the patents essential to H. 265. (But somehow this patent wasn't in it)
- pgeorgi 3y ago> There's an H.265 patent pool that is supposed to cover all the patents essential to H. 265. Pool operators like to pretend that this is how it works (unless you ask pointed questions), but it already failed with the first popular codec patent pool, Thomson's MP3 pool - where devices were collected on trade fairs by customs because there were some additional patents from Sisvel that spontaneously appeared. Also note: pool operators don't guarantee that they provide customers with a full set of licenses. From the horse's mouth (https://www.via-la.com/licensing-2/hevc/hevc-faq/ https://www.via-la.com/licensing-2/hevc/hevc-faq/): "no assurance is or can be made that the License includes every essential patent"