ViewSonic enters into MPEG LA's MPEG-2 and ATSC licences

Business Wire via ITWeb,

Denver, 18 Jun 2014

MPEG LA announced today that ViewSonic (alternatively named ViewSonic Display Co.) ("ViewSonic") has become a licensee to MPEG LA's MPEG-2 Patent Portfolio Licence ("MPEG-2 Licence") and ATSC Patent Portfolio Licence ("ATSC License").

As a result of these agreements, companies that licence their essential MPEG-2 and ATSC patents through MPEG LA have agreed to dismiss their patent infringement actions against ViewSonic. See http://www.mpegla.com/Lists/MPEG%20LA%20Legal%20Action%20List/Attachments/51/n-13-08-01.pdf; and http://www.mpegla.com/Lists/MPEG%20LA%20Legal%20Action%20List/Attachments/50/n-13-06-05.pdf.

Patent infringement actions against Curtis International and Craig Electronics were settled recently when each company became a licensee to MPEG LA's MPEG-2 Licence and ATSC Licence. See http://www.mpegla.com/Lists/MPEG%20LA%20Legal%20Action%20List/Attachments/53/n-14-01-28.pdf; and http://www.mpegla.com/Lists/MPEG%20LA%20Legal%20Action%20List/Attachments/55/n-14-03-03.pdf.

MPEG LA

MPEG LA is the world leader in alternative technology licences. By assisting users with convenient access to patent rights for their technology choices, MPEG LA offers licensing solutions that create opportunities for wide adoption and fuel innovation. MPEG LA's pioneering MPEG-2 licensing program helped produce the most widely employed standard in consumer electronics history and has become the template for addressing numerous other technologies. Today MPEG LA manages licensing programs consisting of more than 9 000 patents in 74 countries with 163 licensors and some 5 800 licensees. For more information, please refer to http://www.mpegla.com.

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