INTRODUCTION

MPEG LA's 1394 Patent Portfolio License provides fair, reasonable, nondiscriminatory access to patents that are essential for implementing certain international standards relating to the IEEE 1394 high speed transfer digital interface, as an alternative to negotiating separate licenses with individual patent owners. (For more information about IEEE 1394, visit www.1394ta.com)

The 1394 Patent Portfolio License includes essential patents owned by Apple Inc., Canon, Inc., Hitachi, Ltd., Koninklijke Philips Electronics, N.V., LG Electronics Inc., Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (Panasonic), Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Sony Corporation, STMicroelectronics and Toshiba Corporation.