HEVC Patent Pools: where do we stand?
summary
Three competing HEVC patent pools exist: MPEG LA with 3,300 patents, 37 licensors and a $0.20 per‑unit royalty after 100,000 free units (cap $25M/yr); HEVC Advance with ~2,000 patents, nine licensors, device fees from $0.40–$1.60 per unit and content fees like 2.5¢ per title or disk and a subscription ramp to 2.5¢/user/month; and Velos Media (Ericsson, Panasonic, Qualcomm, Sharp, Sony) with no public rates yet. Combined royalties can exceed $65M/year for high‑volume products; independent licensors such as Technicolor and assertions over VP9/AV1 add more risk.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:23HEVC Patent Pools
- 2:48HEVC Advance - Royalties
- 4:15HEVC Advance - Licensors
- 4:48Velos media
- 5:48Summary
- 7:38Additional Issues
- 9:19Questions?
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