MPEG LA, LLC announced that the November 2007 action brought by MPEG LA against Alcatel Lucent, Lucent Technologies Inc. and Multimedia Patent Trust in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware was settled last week.
MPEG LA, LLC announced that several patent holders in MPEG LA’s MPEG-2 Patent Portfolio License have filed separate patent enforcement actions in Landgericht Düsseldorf, Germany against Aldi Nord GmbH & Co. oHG (Aldi Nord) and Aldi Süd GmbH & Co. oHG (Aldi Süd), as well as Lidl Stiftung & Co. KG and Lidl Dienstleistung GmbH …
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MPEG LA, LLC announced that the Dusseldorf Appeals Court, Germany (Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf) recently pronounced its decision dismissing all 12 appeals filed by Greek DVD-Video disc replicator Digital Press Hellas S.A., formerly known as Odeon Cineplex S.A.
MPEG LA announced that its AVC Patent Portfolio License will continue not to charge royalties for internet video that is free to end users (known as Internet Broadcast AVC Video) during the next License term, from January 1, 2011, to December 31, 2015. Products and services other than Internet Broadcast AVC Video continue to be …
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MPEG LA announced that Shinco Electronics Group Co., Ltd. (Shinco Electronics) entered into MPEG LA’s MPEG-2 Patent Portfolio License during 2009.
MPEG LA announced that the Supreme Court of the State of New York has denied a motion by Audiovox to renew/reargue MPEG LA’s motion for partial summary judgment, granting MPEG LA the right to audit Audiovox’s books in accordance with the terms of MPEG LA’s MPEG-2 and 1394 license agreements.
It takes more than just imagination and hard work to put together a Blu-ray video disc. Outside of the usual authoring mechanics, content owners and publishers must not only make physical production decisions but also contend with numerous legal and financial obligations to the technology, patent, trademark, and other intellectual property holders.
Whether we acknowledge, like, or even understand them, we all have obligations. Traditionally, legal responsibilities for videographers, photographers, filmmakers, and service bureaus fall along the lines of managing copyright interests as well as privacy and publicity rights. Distributing digital audio, video, text, and still images, either electronically or on physical media, often involves equally important …