USTR Publishes Intellectual Property Rights Report

The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced it has published its annual Special 301 Report, which provides the agency’s opinion of the adequacy and effectiveness of the protection of intellectual property rights by U.S. trading partners.

HEVC Advance Adds Four More Patent Licensors

HEVC Advance announced JVCKenwood, NEC, Intellectual Discovery and Korean Patent Investment Corporation are joining its High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC)/H.265 patent pool.