> 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

> 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"