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Re:Munich court tells Netflix to stop using H.265 video codi... by stoobs on Monday November 13, 2023 @08:56AM (#38250136)
Broadcom aren't on the list of HEVC licensors, so they haven't patented HEVC itself, but some related process of handling HEVC video...

Which begs the question, if it's an essential patent, why is it not part of the pool from MPEG-LA?

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Re:Munich court tells Netflix to stop using H.265 video codi... by pgeorgi on Monday November 13, 2023 @11:11AM (#38251821)
> why is it not part of the pool from MPEG-LA?

Maybe Broadcom didn't feel like joining the extortionist pool but preferred to extort the format into uselessness all on its own?

There are precious few ways to mandate licensing of a patent of a third party, and MPEG-LA (now Via LA) license pools aren't one of those ways.

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Re:Munich court tells Netflix to stop using H.265 video codi... by SAI_Peregrinus on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @11:49AM (#38265818)
There's no guaranteed way to find all essential patents, so when MPEG-LA made the standard they just missed (at least) one. MPEG-LA isn't a government, they can't require anyone to license patents to them for their standards.
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