INTRODUCTION

MPEG LA's MPEG-2 Systems Patent Portfolio License provides fair, reasonable, nondiscriminatory access to essential MPEG-2 Systems (ISO documents IS 13818-1 (including annexes C, D, F, J and K)) patents in products without licensed MPEG-2 video encoders or decoders. The MPEG-2 Systems Standard defines how to format the various components of multiplexer programs and combine them into a single program or transport stream.

The MPEG-2 Systems Patent Portfolio License includes essential patents owned by Alcatel Lucent, GE Technology Development, Inc., Hitachi, Ltd.*, Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Mitsubishi, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Scientific Atlanta, and Thomson Licensing.