Mpeg La LLC

MPEG LA offers various alternative technology license programs to clients. MPEG LA's MPEG-2 patent portfolio license provides access to essential video and systems patents owned by patent holders as an alternative to negotiating licenses. The program's licensees make set-top boxes, encoders, file servers, multiplexers, consumer electronics, personal computer and packaged medium products. The license includes patents owned by Alcatel Lucent, British Telecommunications, Canon, Columbia University, France Telecom, Fujitsu, General Instrument, GE Technology Development, Hitachi, Samsung, Sanyo Electric, Sharp, Sony, Thomson Licensing and Toshiba. The company s other licensing programs include MPEG-4 Systems, VC-1 and DVB-T.