Following is a list of licensors of patents included in the MPEG-4 Visual Patent Portfolio License. Any party that believes it has patents which are essential to the MPEG-4 Visual Standard, and wishes to participate in the MPEG-4 Visual Patent Portfolio License upon successful evaluation, is invited to submit them for evaluation and inclusion. Click here to obtain terms and procedures governing the patent submission process.
British Telecommunications plc
CableTelevision Laboratories, Inc.
Calmare Therapeutics Incorporated
Canon Inc.
CIF Licensing, LLC
Dolby International AB
Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
Fujitsu Limited
GE Technology Development, Inc.
Google LLC
Hitachi, Ltd.
JVCKENWOOD Corporation (formerly Victor Company of Japan, Limited)
KDDI Corporation
Koninklijke Philips N.V.
LG Electronics Inc.
Microsoft Corporation
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
Orange
Panasonic Holdings Corporation
Pantech Inc.
Robert Bosch GmbH
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.*
SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
Sharp Corporation
Siemens AG
Sony Group Corporation
Sun Patent Trust
Telenor ASA
Toshiba Corporation
ZTE Corporation
*Terminated. For as long as they continue to be a Licensee, those Licensees who entered the MPEG-4 Visual Patent Portfolio License before a Licensor’s termination are covered under all MPEG-4 Visual Essential Patents that the terminated Licensor and its Affiliates presently or in the future has the right to license or sublicense, but coverage is not available to Licensees who enter the MPEG-4 Visual Patent Portfolio License after the Licensor’s termination date. Please see the addendum to the Attachment 1 (Click here) for specific termination dates.