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For Immediate Release
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MPEG LA, LLC
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MPEG LA to Hold MPEG-4 License Information Meeting at Shilla Seoul on 12 February

(Denver, Colorado, US – 5 February 2003) – On Wednesday 12 February 2003, MPEG LA will hold a public information meeting concerning the MPEG-4 Visual and Systems Patent Portfolio Licenses in the Ruby Room of the Shilla Seoul.

The information sessions will be organized according to the following schedule.

09:15 - 09:45 am Introduction/Overview

09:45 - 10:30 am MPEG-4 Visual Unique Use and Consumer Recorded Video

10:45 - 11:30 am MPEG-4 Visual Internet Video

11:45 - 12:30 pm MPEG-4 Visual Stored Video

12:30 - 14:00 pm Lunch on own

14:00 -14:45 pm MPEG-4 Visual Mobile Video

15:00 - 15:45 pm MPEG-4 Systems

15:45 -16:00 pm Enterprise Licenses



All parties with an interest in using the MPEG-4 Visual and Systems standards are invited to attend any or all of these sessions. Mr. Larry Horn, MPEG LA Vice President of Licensing and Business Development, will conduct the individual sessions and review the licensing programs.

During the last year, there has been substantial interest in the MPEG-4 patent licensing terms. MPEG LA received feedback across the different business sectors that will utilize MPEG-4 and marshaled 20 MPEG-4 Visual and 7 MPEG-4 Systems essential patent holders to consensus enabling MPEG LA to issue one-stop licenses that are responsive to marketplace needs.

The MPEG-4 Visual Patent Portfolio License, which was issued on 25 November 2002, provides fair, reasonable, nondiscriminatory access under a single license to essential patents owned by Canon Inc.; Curitel Communications, Inc.; France Télécom, société anonyme; Fujitsu Limited; GE Technology Development, Inc.; General Instrument Corporation; Hitachi, Ltd.; KDDI Corporation; Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.; Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.; Microsoft Corporation; Mitsubishi Electric Corporation; Oki Electric Industry Co.; Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.; SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.; Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha; Sony Corporation; Telenor Communication II AS; Toshiba Corporation; and Victor Company of Japan, Limited.

The MPEG-4 Systems License, which was issued on 4 February 2003, includes essential patents owned by Apple Computer, Inc.; Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI); France Télécom S.A.; Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.; Mitsubishi Electric Corporation; Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.; and Sun Microsystems, Inc.

MPEG LA, LLC
MPEG LA successfully pioneered one-stop technology standards licensing beginning with a portfolio of essential patents for the international digital video compression standard known as MPEG-2, which it began licensing in 1997. One-stop technology standards licensing enables widespread technological implementation, interoperability and use of fundamental technologies covered by many patents owned by many patent holders. MPEG LA provides users with fair, reasonable, nondiscriminatory access to these essential patents on a worldwide basis under a single license. For more information, please refer to http://www.mpegla.com, http://www.1394la.com and http://www.dvbla.com.