Motorola licensed under MPEG-2 licence

Business Wire via ITWeb,

Denver, 04 Feb 2014

MPEG LA announced today that Motorola Mobility ("Motorola") became licensed for its MPEG-2 products under the MPEG-2 Patent Portfolio Licence offered by MPEG LA.

As a result, companies that licence their essential MPEG-2 patents through MPEG LA agreed to dismiss patent infringement actions brought against Motorola in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

(http://www.mpegla.com/Lists/MPEG%20LA%20Legal%20Action%20List/Attachments/52/n-13-08-02.pdf).

MPEG LA

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