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Via Licensing Alliance (also known as Via LA<ref>{{Cite web |last=Weber |first=Liz |date=2023-04-20 |title=Via Licensing and MPEG LA Unite to Form Via Licensing Alliance, the Largest Patent Pool Administrator in the Consumer Electronics Industry |url=https://www.via-la.com/via-licensing-and-mpeg-la/ |access-date=2023-05-02 |website=ViaLa |language=en-US}}</ref>) is the collaborative licensing leader, dedicated to accelerating global technology adoption, fostering participation, and generating return on innovation with balanced licensing solutions for innovators and manufacturers of all sizes around the globe.
'''MPEG LA''' is an American company based in ], ] that licenses ]s covering ]s required for use of the ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ] and ] standards.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mpegla.com/main/Pages/About.aspx|title=Revolutionizing Intellectual Property Rights Management|access-date=2011-04-13}}</ref><ref>{{citation |url=https://www.osnews.com/story/23299/Why_Our_Civilization_s_Video_Art_and_Culture_is_Threatened_by_the_MPEG-LA |title=Why Our Civilization's Video Art and Culture is Threatened by the MPEG-LA |first=Eugen |last=Loli |date=2011-05-01 |publisher=OSNews}}</ref><ref>{{citation |url=https://www.eetimes.com/hideArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=WHQGCDCQAPPDCQSNDLOSKH0CJUNN2JVN?articleID=197801379 |date=2007-03-12 |first=Nike |last=Cleanse |title=Chinese set-top box makers, MPEG LA face off over patent fees |publisher=]}}</ref>


==History== ==About Via LA==
The headquarters of Via LA is located in San Francisco, with additional offices in Denver, London, Shanghai, Tokyo, and Washington D.C. The company is an independently managed company, owned by industry-leading participants who have over 25 years of IP licensing experience.
MPEG LA started operations in July 1997 immediately after receiving a ] Business Review Letter.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.justice.gov/atr/public/busreview/215742.htm|title=MPEG LA Business Review Letter|access-date=2013-05-13}}</ref> During formation of the ] standard, a working group of companies that participated in the formation of the ] standard recognized that the biggest challenge to adoption was efficient access to essential patents owned by many patent owners. That ultimately led to a group of various ] patent owners to form MPEG LA, which in turn created the first modern-day ] as a solution. The majority of patents underlying MPEG-2 technology were owned by three companies: ] (311 patents), ] (198 patents) and ] (119 patents).<ref>{{cite web |title=MPEG-2 Patent List |url=https://www.mpegla.com/wp-content/uploads/m2-att1.pdf |website=MPEG LA |access-date=7 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=MPEG-2 Patent Portfolio License Program |url=https://www.mpegla.com/programs/mpeg-2/ |website=MPEG LA |access-date=29 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529164538/https://www.mpegla.com/programs/mpeg-2/ |archive-date=29 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>


Via LA has operated dozens of licensing programs for various technologies consisting of nearly 50,000 patents in over 130 countries with more than 500 patent holders and nearly 10,000 licensees. The patent pools cover a broad range of technologies including several audio/video encoding and decoding codecs.
In June 2012, MPEG LA announced a call for patents essential to the ] standard.<ref>{{Cite press release |url=http://www.mpegla.com/Lists/MPEG%20LA%20News%20List/Attachments/82/n-12-06-26.pdf |title=MPEG LA Announces Call for Patents Essential to High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) |publisher=MPEG LA |location=Denver, CO |date=2012-06-26 |access-date=2013-05-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514055624/http://www.mpegla.com/Lists/MPEG%20LA%20News%20List/Attachments/82/n-12-06-26.pdf |archive-date=2013-05-14 }}</ref>


Via LA combines the expertise, infrastructure, and relationships of two of the industry’s most successful patent pool administrators: MPEG LA and Via Licensing; thereby creating a new collaborative licensing organization with a rich portfolio of patents and intellectual property licensing programs, hundreds of licensors, and thousands of licensees.  
In September 2012, MPEG LA launched Librassay, which makes diagnostic patent rights from some of the world's leading research institutions available to everyone through a single license. Organizations which have included patents in Librassay include ]; ]; ]; ] (NIH); ]; The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University; The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania; ]; and ] (WARF).<ref>{{Cite press release |url=http://www.mpegla.com/Lists/MPEG%20LA%20News%20List/Attachments/83/n-12-09-27.pdf|title=MPEG LA's Librassay® Removes Patent Barriers to Diagnostics for Personalized Medicine |publisher=MPEG LA |location=Denver, CO |date=2012-09-27 |access-date=2013-05-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite press release |url=http://www.mpegla.com/Lists/MPEG%20LA%20News%20List/Attachments/87/n-13-02-21.pdf|title=MPEG LA Continues to Expand Librassay® with Addition of WARF |publisher=MPEG LA |location=Denver, CO |date=2013-02-21 |access-date=2013-05-13}}</ref>


The Via LA company is led by President Heath Hoglund who was previously the president at Via Licensing; while Larry Horn serves as an advisor after retiring as CEO of MPEG LA.
On September 29, 2014, the MPEG LA announced their HEVC license which covers the patents from 23 companies.<ref name=MPEGLAHEVCSeptember2014Yahoo>{{cite news |title=MPEG LA Offers HEVC Patent Portfolio License |publisher=Yahoo Finance |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/mpeg-la-offers-hevc-patent-182200249.html |date=2014-09-29 |access-date=2014-09-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006113009/http://finance.yahoo.com/news/mpeg-la-offers-hevc-patent-182200249.html |archive-date=2014-10-06 }}</ref> The license is US$0.20 per HEVC product after the first 100,000 units each year with an annual cap.<ref name=MPEGLAHEVCLicensePDFSeptember2014>{{cite news |title=HEVC Patent Portfolio License Briefing |publisher=MPEG LA |url=http://www.mpegla.com/main/programs/HEVC/Documents/HEVCweb.pdf |date=2014-09-29 |access-date=2014-09-29 |archive-date=2014-10-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006091331/http://www.mpegla.com/main/programs/HEVC/Documents/HEVCweb.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> The license has been expanded to include the profiles in version 2 of the HEVC standard.<ref name=MPEGLAV2HEVCMarch2015Yahoo>{{cite news |title=MPEG LA Expands HEVC License Coverage |publisher=Yahoo Finance |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/mpeg-la-expands-hevc-license-153700468.html |date=2015-03-19 |access-date=2015-03-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402104550/http://finance.yahoo.com/news/mpeg-la-expands-hevc-license-153700468.html |archive-date=2015-04-02 }}</ref>

On March 5, 2015, the MPEG LA announced their ] license which is US$0.20 per DisplayPort product.<ref name=DisplayPortMPEGLicenseMarch2015>{{cite news |title=MPEG LA Introduces License for DisplayPort |publisher=] |url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150305006071/en/MPEG-LA-Introduces-License-DisplayPort |date=March 5, 2015 |access-date=March 5, 2015}}</ref>

==Criticism==
MPEG LA has claimed that ]s such as ]<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.streamingmedia.com/Articles/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=65782 |title=Ogg, MPEG LA, and Submarine Patents |first=Jan |last=Ozer |date=2010-03-04 |publisher=StreamingMedia.com}}</ref><ref>{{citation |url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/04/30/steve_jobs_claims_ogg_theora_attack/ |title=Steve Jobs: mystery patent pool to attack Ogg Theora |date=2010-04-30 |first=Cade |last=Metz |publisher=The Register}}</ref><ref>{{citation |url=http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/behind-the-open-codec-fud-attack/6393 |title=Behind the open codec FUD attack |date=2010-05-02 |publisher=ZDNet |first=Dana |last=Blankenhorn}}</ref> and ]<ref>{{citation |url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/05/20/google_confident_on_vp8_and_patents/ |title=Google backs open codec against patent trolls |date=2010-05-20 |publisher=The Register |first=Cade |last=Metz}}</ref><ref>{{citation |url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/05/21/mpegla_mulls_patent_license_for_webm/ |title=Google open video codec may face patent clash |date=2010-05-21 |publisher=The Register |first=Cade |last=Metz}}</ref><ref>{{citation |url=http://www.betanews.com/article/Patent-pool-may-be-in-the-works-for-free-VP8-codec/1274466745 |title=Patent pool may be in the works for 'free' VP8 codec |publisher=Betanews |date=2010-05-21 |first=Scott M. |last=Fulton}}</ref> infringe on patents owned by its licensors, without disclosing the affected patent or patents.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/fud-pushing-back-hard-against-google-webm/6548 |title=FUD pushing back hard against Google WebM |date=2010-05-24 |publisher=ZDNet |first=Dana |last=Blankenhorn}}</ref> They then called out for “any party that believes it has patents that are essential to the VP8 video codec”.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.mpegla.com/main/pid/vp8/default.aspx |title=MPEG LA Announces Call for Patents Essential to VP8 Video Codec |publisher=MPEG LA |location=Denver, CO |date=2011-02-10 |access-date=2010-02-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110211203638/http://www.mpegla.com/main/pid/vp8/default.aspx |archive-date=2011-02-11 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In April 2013, Google and MPEG LA announced an agreement covering the VP8 video format.<ref>{{Cite press release |url=http://www.mpegla.com/Lists/MPEG%20LA%20News%20List/Attachments/88/n-13-03-07.pdf |title=Google and MPEG LA Announce Agreement Covering VP8 Video Format |publisher=MPEG LA |location=Denver, CO |date=2013-03-07 |access-date=2013-05-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305123623/http://www.mpegla.com/Lists/MPEG%20LA%20News%20List/Attachments/88/n-13-03-07.pdf |archive-date=2016-03-05 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In May 2010, ] filed an ] against MPEG LA, claiming it "unlawfully extended its patent pools by adding non-essential patents to the MPEG-2 patent pool" and has been inconsistent in charging royalty fees.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.osnews.com/story/23346/Nero_Files_Antitrust_Case_Against_MPEG-LA |title=Nero Files Antitrust Case Against MPEG-LA |publisher=OSNews |first=Thom |last=Holwerda |date=2010-05-24}}</ref> The ] dismissed the suit with ] on November 29, 2010.<ref>{{citation |url=http://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/california/cacdce/2:2010cv03672/472817/31 |title=NERO AG v. MPEG LA, L.L.C.
|publisher=United States District Court for the Central District of California |format=PDF |date=2010-11-24 |access-date=2013-06-05}}</ref>

David Balto, who is a former policy director at the ], has used the MPEG-2 patent pool as an example of why patent pools need more scrutiny so that they do not suppress innovation.<ref name=MPEG2PatentPoolCompetitionMay2013BusinessWire>{{cite news |title=Patent Pools May Create Anticompetitive Effects, New Report Finds |author=David Balto |publisher=Business Wire |url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20130509005972/en/Patent-Pools-Create-Anticompetitive-Effects-Report-Finds |date=2013-05-09 |access-date=2013-07-03}}</ref><ref name=MPEG2PatentPoolCompetitionMay2013LawOffices>{{cite news |title=Barriers to Competition on the Innovation Superhighway: How the Lack of Antitrust Scrutiny of Patent Pools Deters Competition |author=David Balto |publisher=The Law Offices of David A. Balto PLLC |url=http://dcantitrustlaw.com/patent%20pools%20-5%209%20pdf.pdf |access-date=2013-07-03}}</ref>

The MPEG-2 patent pool began with 100 patents in 1997 and since then additional patents were added.<ref name=MPEG2IPManagement>{{cite news |title=Alternative approaches to IP management: One-stop technology platform licensing |author=Larry Horn |publisher=] |url=http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jcb/journal/v9/n2/pdf/3040017a.pdf |date=2002-08-19 |access-date=2013-06-23}}</ref><ref name=MPEG2PatentList1997>{{cite news |title=Attachment 1 |publisher=MPEG LA |url=http://www.mpegla.com/main/programs/M2/Documents/m2-att1-July8-1997.pdf |date=1997-06-08 |access-date=2013-06-23}}</ref> The MPEG-2 license agreement states that if possible the license fee will not increase when new patents are added.<ref name=MPEG2PublicPolicyPatentPools>{{cite news |title=Public Policy toward Patent Pools |author1=Josh Lerner |author2=Jean Tirole |publisher=] |url=https://www.nber.org/chapters/c5304.pdf |date=2008-04-01 |access-date=2013-06-23}}</ref> The MPEG-2 license agreement stated that MPEG-2 royalties must be paid when there is one or more active patents in either the country of manufacture or the country of sale.<ref name=MPEG2PatentPoolFullLicense>{{cite news |title=MPEG-2 License Agreement |publisher=MPEG LA |url=http://www.mpegla.com/main/programs/M2/Pages/License.aspx |access-date=2013-06-26}}</ref> The original MPEG-2 license rate was US$4 for a decoding license, US$4 for an encoding license and US$6.00 for encode-decode consumer product.<ref name=MPEG2LicensingBasicsEETimes>{{cite news |title=MPEG licensing basics |author=Franklin Douglas |publisher=] |url=http://www.eetimes.com/design/other/4012977/MPEG-licensing-basics?pageNumber=3 |date=2005-03-18 |access-date=2013-06-23}}</ref>

A criticism of the ] is that even though the number of patents decreased from 1,048 to 416 by June 2013 the license fee did not decrease with the expiration rate of MPEG-2 patents.<ref name=MPEG2PatentPoolMay2013Business>{{cite news |title=Patent Pools May Create Anticompetitive Effects, New Report Finds |publisher=] |url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20130509005972/en/Patent-Pools-Create-Anticompetitive-Effects-Report-Finds |date=2013-05-09 |access-date=2013-06-06}}</ref><ref name=MPEG2PatentPoolJanuary2013Forbes>{{cite news |title=MPEG-LA Shows Need to Rebuild IP Foundations |author=Bret Swanson |work=] |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/bretswanson/2013/04/30/mpeg-la-shows-need-to-rebuild-ip-foundations/ |date=2013-04-30 |access-date=2013-05-19}}</ref><ref name=MPEG2PatentPoolJanuary2013FoxNews>{{cite news |title=America's patent system is all wrong for today's high-tech world |author=Steve Forbes |publisher=] |url=http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2013/03/18/america-patent-system-is-all-wrong-for-todays-high-tech-world/|date=2013-03-18 |access-date=2013-06-05}}</ref>
For products from January 1, 2002, through December 31, 2009 royalties were US$2.50 for a decoding license, US$2.50 for an encoding license and US$2.50 for encode-decode consumer product license.<ref name=MPEG2PatentPoolLicense>{{cite news |title=MPEG-2 License Agreement |publisher=MPEG LA |url=http://www.mpegla.com/main/programs/M2/Pages/Agreement.aspx |date=2013-05-13 |access-date=2013-05-19}}</ref> Since January 1, 2010, MPEG-2 patent pool royalties were US$2.00 for a decoding license, US$2.00 for an encoding license and US$2.00 for encode-decode consumer product.<ref name=MPEG2PatentPoolLicense/>

== H.264/MPEG-4 AVC licensors ==
{{Dynamic list}}
<section begin="AVC patents"/>
The following organizations hold one or more patents in MPEG LA's ] patent pool.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ H.264/AVC patent holders ({{as of|December 2022|lc=on}})<ref name=AVCAtt/>
|-
! Organization<ref name=H264PatentPool2013>{{cite news |title=AVC/H.264 Licensors |publisher=MPEG-LA |url=http://www.mpegla.com/main/programs/AVC/Pages/Licensors.aspx |access-date=2013-05-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150530040919/http://www.mpegla.com/main/programs/AVC/Pages/Licensors.aspx |archive-date=2015-05-30 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
! Active patents
! Expired patents
! Total patents<ref name=AVCAtt>{{cite web |title=AVC/H.264 {{ndash}} Patent List |url=https://www.mpegla.com/wp-content/uploads/avc-att1.pdf |website=MPEG LA |access-date=22 December 2022}}</ref>
|-
| ]
| 1,054
| 416
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:1054+416}}|}}
|-
| Godo Kaisha IP Bridge
| 1,033
| 267
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:1033+267}}|}}
|-
|]
| 871
| 130
|{{#expr:871+130}}
|-
|]
| 1014
| 414
|{{#expr:(1014+414)}}
|-
|]
| 59
| 336
|{{#expr:59+336}}
|-
|]
| 95
| 145
|{{#expr:95+145}}
|-
|] (including ])
| 234
| 4
|{{#expr:234+4}}
|-
|]
| 77
| 77
|{{#expr:77+77}}
|-
|]
| 208
| 16
|{{#expr:208+16}}
|-
|]
| 5
| 134
|{{#expr:5+134}}
|-
|] Video Compression
| 136
| 0
| 136
|-
|]
| 92
| 14
|{{#expr:92+14}}
|-
|]
| 44
| 56
|{{#expr:44+56}}
|-
| Tagivan II LLC
| 82
| 0
| 82
|-
|]
| 17
| 46
|{{#expr:17+46}}
|-
|]
| 54
| 2
|{{#expr:54+2}}
|-
|]
| 6
| 41
|{{#expr:6+41}}
|-
|]
| 41
| 2
|{{#expr:41+2}}
|-
|]
| 1
| 33
| 34
|-
|] (ETRI) of Korea
| 10
| 25
| 35
|- <section end="AVC patents"/>
|]
| 12
| 39
|{{#expr:12+39}}
|-
| The Trustees of ] in ]
| 0
| 26
| 26
|-
|]
| 2
| 20
|{{#expr:2+20}}
|-
|]
| 0
| 22
| 22
|-
| ]
| 7
| 2
| 9
|-
|]
| 3
| 5
|{{#expr:3+5}}
|-
|]
| 13
| 7
| 20
|-
|]
| 5
| 0
| 5
|-
|]
| 1
| 4
|{{#expr:1+4}}
|-
| ]
| 3
| 1
| 4
|-
|]
| 0
| 2
| 2
|-
| Cisco Technology
| 1
| 0
| 1
|-
| ]
| 0
| 1
| 1
|-
| ]
| 0
| 1
| 1
|-
| Beijing ] Mobile Software Co.
| 5
| 1
| 6
|-
| B1 Institute of Image Technology
| 6
| 0
| 6
|-
| Newracom, Inc.
| 0
| 1
| 1
|-
| ]
| 5
| 1
| 6
|-
| Vestel Elektronik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S.
| 1
| 0
| 1
|-
|'''Total (All Manufacturers)'''
|5197
|2291
|'''7488'''
|}

== HEVC licensors ==
{{See also|HEVC Advance}}

{{Dynamic list}}

The following organizations hold one or more patents in the ] patent pool.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ HEVC patent holders ({{as of|July 2019|lc=on}})<ref name=HEVCAtt/>
|-
! Organization<ref name="HEVC licensors">{{cite web|url=http://www.mpegla.com/Lists/MPEG%20LA%20News%20List/Attachments/91/n-14-09-29.pdf|title=MPEG LA Offers HEVC Patent Portfolio License|publisher=MPEG LA|access-date=2014-10-15}}</ref>
! Active patents
! Expired patents
! Total patents<ref name=HEVCAtt>{{cite web |title=HEVC: Patent List |url=https://www.mpegla.com/wp-content/uploads/hevc-att1.pdf |website=MPEG LA |access-date=6 July 2019}}</ref>
|-
| ]
| 3,550
| 4
| 3,554
|-
| M&K Holdings<ref>{{cite web |title=M&K Holdings: Private Company Information |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapid=251969161 |website=] |access-date=6 July 2019}}</ref>
| 907
| 0
| 907
|-
| ] (including ])
| {{#expr:16+862}}
| 2
| {{#expr:16+862+2}}
|-
| ] Corporation
| 628
| 0
| 628
|-
| Infobridge Pte. Ltd.<ref>{{cite web |title=INFOBRIDGE PTE. LTD. |url=https://www.sgpbusiness.com/company/Infobridge-Pte-Ltd |website=Singapore Business Directory |access-date=6 July 2019}}</ref>
| 572
| 0
| 572
|-
| ] (including ])
| {{#expr:377+3}}
| 0
| {{#expr:377+3}}
|-
| ]
| 289
| 0
| 289
|-
| ] Corporation
| 219
| 0
| 219
|-
| ] (ETRI) of Korea
| 208
| 0
| 208
|-
| ]
| 180
| 0
| 180
|-
| Tagivan II
| 162
| 0
| 162
|-
| ]
| 144
| 1
| 145
|-
| ]
| {{#expr:80+16+7}}
| 0
| {{#expr:80+16+7}}
|-
| ]
| 69
| 0
| 69
|-
| Intellectual Discovery Co.
| 67
| 0
| 67
|-
| ]
| 60
| 0
| 60
|-
| IBEX PT Holdings
| 58
| 0
| 58
|-
| ]
| 41
| 0
| 41
|-
| ]
| {{#expr:18+20}}
| 0
| {{#expr:18+20}}
|-
| ]
| 32
| 0
| 32
|-
| ]
| {{#expr:7+16+1}}
| 0
| {{#expr:7+16+1}}
|-
| ]
| 13
| 8
| 21
|-
| ]
| 20
| 0
| 20
|-
| ]
| 20
| 0
| 20
|-
| ]
| 19
| 0
| 19
|-
| The Trustees of ] in ]
| 0
| 16
| 16
|-
| ]
| {{#expr:7+5+1}}
| 0
| {{#expr:7+5+1}}
|-
| ]
| 12
| 0
| 12
|-
| ]
| 10
| 0
| 10
|-
| ]
| 8
| 0
| 8
|-
| ]
| 7
| 0
| 7
|-
| Sky Media Tech, Inc.
| 3
| 0
| 3
|-
| Digital Insights Inc.
| 2
| 0
| 2
|-
| Alpha Digitech
| 1
| 0
| 1
|-
| ]
| 1
| 0
| 1
|-
| Newracom (Newratek)
| 0
| 1
| 1
|-
|'''Total (All Manufacturers)'''
|8738
|32
|'''8770'''
|}

== VC-1 licensors ==
{{Dynamic list}}
The following organizations hold one or more patents in the ] patent pool ({{as of|2023|04|30|lc=on|df=US}}).<ref name=VC1PatentPool2013>{{cite news |title=VC-1 Licensors |publisher=MPEG-LA |url=http://www.mpegla.com/main/programs/Vc1/Pages/Licensors.aspx |access-date=2013-05-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120206045754/http://www.mpegla.com/main/programs/VC1/Pages/Licensors.aspx |archive-date=2012-02-06 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=VC1Att/>
<section begin="VC-1 patents"/>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Organization
!Active patents
!Expired patents
!Total patents<ref name=VC1Att>{{cite web |title=VC-1 Patent List|url=https://www.mpegla.com/wp-content/uploads/vc-1-att1.pdf |website=MPEG LA |access-date=11 July 2019}}</ref>
|-
|]
|268
|198
|466
|-
|]
|8
|114
|122
|-
|]
|11
|85
|96
|-
|]
|8
|88
|96
|-
|]
|22
|82
|104
|-
|]
|0
|77
|77
|-
|]
|0
|60
|60
|-
|]
|2
|50
|52
|-
|]
|0
|28
|28
|-
|]
|0
|25
|25
|-
|]
|0
|21
|21
|-
|]
|0
|20
|20
|-
|]
|0
|19
|19
|-
|]
|2
|16
|18
|-
|]
|0
|16
|16
|-
|Sun Patent Trust
|0
|12
|12
|-
|]
|0
|8
|8
|-
|]
|0
|7
|7
|-
|]
|0
|4
|4
|-
|]
|0
|4
|4
|-
|]
|0
|1
|1
|-
|'''Total (All Manufacturers)'''
|321
|935
|'''1256'''
|} <section end="VC-1 patents"/>

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Patent licensing company
Via Licensing Alliance LLC (Via LA)
MPEG LA logo
Company typePrivate
IndustryLicensing administration
HeadquartersSan Francisco, California
Key peopleHeath Hoglund
ProductsPatent licenses
Websitewww.via-la.com

Via Licensing Alliance (also known as Via LA) is the collaborative licensing leader, dedicated to accelerating global technology adoption, fostering participation, and generating return on innovation with balanced licensing solutions for innovators and manufacturers of all sizes around the globe.

About Via LA

The headquarters of Via LA is located in San Francisco, with additional offices in Denver, London, Shanghai, Tokyo, and Washington D.C. The company is an independently managed company, owned by industry-leading participants who have over 25 years of IP licensing experience.

Via LA has operated dozens of licensing programs for various technologies consisting of nearly 50,000 patents in over 130 countries with more than 500 patent holders and nearly 10,000 licensees. The patent pools cover a broad range of technologies including several audio/video encoding and decoding codecs.

Via LA combines the expertise, infrastructure, and relationships of two of the industry’s most successful patent pool administrators: MPEG LA and Via Licensing; thereby creating a new collaborative licensing organization with a rich portfolio of patents and intellectual property licensing programs, hundreds of licensors, and thousands of licensees.  

The Via LA company is led by President Heath Hoglund who was previously the president at Via Licensing; while Larry Horn serves as an advisor after retiring as CEO of MPEG LA.

References

  1. Weber, Liz (2023-04-20). "Via Licensing and MPEG LA Unite to Form Via Licensing Alliance, the Largest Patent Pool Administrator in the Consumer Electronics Industry". ViaLa. Retrieved 2023-05-02.

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