Tag: mpeg la

Patent troll grabs Nokia patents, sues Apple for 12.5 cents for every iPhone sold

Tuesday, October 10, 2017 4:33 pmTuesday, October 10, 20175 Comments

Last year, a Delaware federal jury found that Apple’s iPhone infringed a MobileMedia patent and ordered Apple to pay…

Google admits its WebM (VP8) codec infringes MPEG H.264 patents; agrees to license technology

Friday, March 8, 2013 11:16 am15 Comments

Almost three years after Google released its WebM video encoding technology….

Google’s latest H.264 royalty demand is still hundreds of times the pool rate

Thursday, June 21, 2012 3:15 pmThursday, June 21, 20126 Comments

The very first indication that Google (Motorola) didn’t really mean this offer to be acceptable is that…

Mozilla considers supporting H.264 after poor WebM uptake

Wednesday, March 14, 2012 5:01 pmWednesday, March 14, 201215 Comments

The move would let HTML5 pages use the video tag for in-page H.264…

Google’s WebM (VP8) allegedly infringes the rights of at least 12 patent holders

Friday, July 29, 2011 1:26 pmFriday, July 29, 201113 Comments

Google’s claims of WebM being ‘royalty-free’ are…

RUMOR: Apple prepping YouTube competitor

Wednesday, April 20, 2011 12:31 pmWednesday, April 20, 201136 Comments

Apple’s $1 billion data center will be at least five times the size of Apple’s largest current server facility…

US DOJ investigates MPEG LA over claims of stifling Google’s VP8 video codec

Friday, March 4, 2011 8:50 am40 Comments

The Justice Department is investigating whether a group representing some top technology firms…