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Please email any questions you have to our
Q&A
Department.
Q:What does the MPEG-2 Systems Patent Portfolio License cover?
A: The MPEG-2 Systems Patent Portfolio License provides coverage
under the MPEG-2 Systems Patent Portfolio Patents for the MPEG-2 Systems
standard as specified in ISO documents IS 13818-1 (including annexes C, D, F, J
and K) in products without licensed MPEG-2 video encoders or decoders.
Q: What is the current Term of the MPEG-2 Systems Patent Portfolio
License?
A: The current term runs through December 31, 2015. The License is
renewable for successive five year periods for the useful life of any
Portfolio patent on reasonable terms and conditions.
Q: Who are the essential patent holders ("Licensors") to the
MPEG-2 Systems Patent Portfolio License?
A: Click here.
Q: Is there a limitation on the amount that royalty rates may
increase at each renewal?
A: If royalty rates were to increase for a specific sublicense, they
will not increase by more than 10% of the royalty rates for that
sublicense set forth in the License immediately prior to renewal.
Q: How is the MPEG-2 Systems Patent Portfolio License organized?
A: Please refer to the
License Agreement.
Q: What are the royalties for the MPEG-2 Systems Patent Portfolio
License and on which products are they payable?
A: The royalty is ¥20 per Mobile MPEG-2 Systems Signal Receiver and
$0.25 per product for all other MPEG-2 Systems Devices (see sections 1.9
and 3.1).
Q: What is the effect on Licensees when new patents are added to
the MPEG-2 Systems Patent Portfolio License?
A: New Licensors and new patents are added with no increase in
royalty rates during the current Term of the License. Licensees enjoy
coverage under such patents from the License effective date (January 1,
2006) forward.
Q: What are the obligations of the Licensors with regard to their
essential MPEG-2 Systems Essential patents?
A. Each Licensor is under an obligation to grant to MPEG LA a
worldwide, nonexclusive license under all MPEG-2 Systems Essential
Patents that it has the right to license or sublicense to allow MPEG LA
to grant worldwide, non-exclusive sublicenses under such patents under
terms of the MPEG-2 Systems Patent Portfolio License.
Q: How does MPEG LA ensure that sublicensing remains fair,
reasonable and non-discriminatory?
A: The patent portfolio license offered by MPEG LA has the same
terms and conditions for all licensees. Further, the license also
ensures a fair process of obtaining new MPEG-2 Systems essential patents
and for a licensee to license its own MPEG-2 Systems Essential Patents.
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