MPEG LA, LLC announced that Lidl Stiftung & Co. KG, Lidl Dienstleistung GmbH & Co. KG and affiliates (Lidl) have entered into the MPEG-2 patent portfolio license offered by MPEG LA.

According to the statement, under the license with MPEG LA, Lidl is responsible for paying royalties on its own branded MPEG-2 products. As a result of this agreement, several companies that license their MPEG-2 patents through MPEG LA have withdrawn patent enforcement actions pending before the District Court Düsseldorf, Germany.

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