VIA LICENSING ALLIANCE


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Locations: SAN FRANCISCO, CA, US, RELIANCE, LA

TCL Joins Via Licensing Alliance’s ATSC 3.0 Broadcasting Patent Pool

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Monday, September 18, 2023
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SAN FRANCISCO and HUIZHOU, China, Sept. 18, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Via Licensing Alliance (“Via LA”), the collaborative licensing leader, and TCL®, one of the world’s best-selling consumer electronics brands and leading technology companies, today announced that TCL has joined Via LA’s ATSC 3.0 patent pool.

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  • SAN FRANCISCO and HUIZHOU, China, Sept. 18, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Via Licensing Alliance (“Via LA”), the collaborative licensing leader, and TCL®, one of the world’s best-selling consumer electronics brands and leading technology companies, today announced that TCL has joined Via LA’s ATSC 3.0 patent pool.
  • “We are delighted to join Via LA’s ATSC 3.0 patent pool at standard FRAND terms and incorporate the many innovations available in this pool that our customers want in our award-winning TVs,” said Victor YANG, General Counsel of TCL Group.
  • Via LA’s ATSC 3.0 patent pool provides product manufacturers a fair, transparent license to 14 licensors’ ATSC 3.0 standard essential patent portfolios.
  • These patents cover many core technologies that apply to the key specifications related to ATSC 3.0 innovations.

Reliance Joins Via LA’s Advanced Audio Coding Patent Pool

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Thursday, June 22, 2023
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SAN FRANCISCO, June 22, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Via Licensing Alliance, the collaborative licensing leader, today announced that Reliance, India’s largest retailer, has signed a new worldwide agreement for Via LA’s Advanced Audio Coding patent pool.

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  • SAN FRANCISCO, June 22, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Via Licensing Alliance, the collaborative licensing leader, today announced that Reliance, India’s largest retailer, has signed a new worldwide agreement for Via LA’s Advanced Audio Coding patent pool.
  • Advanced Audio Coding is defined by a set of International Standards from ISO/IEC.
  • Nearly 1,000 companies around the world are licensed to this audio compression standard through the patent pool administered by Via Licensing Alliance.
  • “Via LA happily welcomes Reliance into the AAC patent pool and we appreciate their respect for the many innovations that continue to advance this leading audio format,” said Heath Hoglund, President, Via Licensing Alliance.

Via Licensing Alliance Appoints Three New Members to its Board of Directors

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Tuesday, May 2, 2023
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SAN FRANCISCO, May 02, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Via Licensing Alliance LLC (Via LA), the collaborative licensing leader, announced today the appointment of three new members to its Board of Directors: Patrick Patnode, President of GE Licensing, an affiliate of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE); Jako Eleveld, Vice President and Head of IP Licensing at Koninklijke Philips N.V. (NYSE: PHG); and Keiko Higuchi, Senior Manager and Head of Patent Pools in the Corporate Licensing Division of the Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TSE: 6503).

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  • SAN FRANCISCO, May 02, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Via Licensing Alliance LLC (Via LA), the collaborative licensing leader, announced today the appointment of three new members to its Board of Directors: Patrick Patnode, President of GE Licensing, an affiliate of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE); Jako Eleveld, Vice President and Head of IP Licensing at Koninklijke Philips N.V. (NYSE: PHG); and Keiko Higuchi, Senior Manager and Head of Patent Pools in the Corporate Licensing Division of the Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TSE: 6503).
  • Their appointment follows the conversion of partial ownership in MPEG LA to an ownership stake in Via LA by affiliates of GE, Philips, and Mitsubishi Electric in connection with the recent combination of Via Licensing Corporation and MPEG LA, L.L.C.
  • “I’m delighted to welcome Patrick, Jako, and Keiko to the Via LA Board,” said Andy Sherman, Chair of Via LA’s Board of Directors.
  • The new appointees will help the Via LA Board oversee the fulfillment of that mission.

Via Licensing and MPEG LA Unite to Form Via Licensing Alliance, the Largest Patent Pool Administrator in the Consumer Electronics Industry

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Tuesday, May 2, 2023
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(MPEG LA) today announced they have united to form Via Licensing Alliance LLC (Via LA), a new collaborative licensing organization with a rich portfolio of patents and intellectual property licensing programs, hundreds of licensors, and thousands of licensees.

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  • (MPEG LA) today announced they have united to form Via Licensing Alliance LLC (Via LA), a new collaborative licensing organization with a rich portfolio of patents and intellectual property licensing programs, hundreds of licensors, and thousands of licensees.
  • Via LA combines the expertise, infrastructure, and relationships of two of the industry’s most successful patent pool administrators.
  • MPEG LA’s MPEG-2 licensing program established the modern patent pool industry and helped produce one of the most widely employed standards in consumer electronics history, and Via’s AAC pool has continued to advance inclusive and efficient new patent licensing since launching its first pool over 20 years ago.
  • Larry Horn is retiring as CEO of MPEG LA but will continue to serve as an advisor to Via LA.