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`sugges ts HEVC
`roya l t ies shou ld be
`compa rab le to o r less
`than ra tes fo r AVC
`( / ins igh ts /20 19 / 1 /9 / independen t -
`econom ic -s tudy -
`sugges ts -hevc -
`roya l t ies -shou ld -be -
`compa rab le - to -o r -
`less - than - ra tes - fo r -
`avc )
`Un i f ied is p leased to announce the re lease o f i ts f i rs t
`comp rehens ive ob jec t ive econom ic eva lua t ion (OVAL )
`s tudy o f HEVC / H .265 s tanda rd -essen t ia l pa ten t roya l ty
`ra tes . The s tudy is a pa r t o f Un i f ied ’s
`V ideo Codec Zone
`(h t tps : / /www.un i f iedpa ten ts .com /sep /#v ideo -codec ) whose
`goa l is to p rov ide ob jec t ive , independen t ev idence
`re fu t ing unsubs tan t ia ted Standa rd Essen t ia l Pa ten ts (SEP )
`l icens ing demands . In con junc t ion w i th Un i f ied ’s
`Ob jec t ive
`Pa ten t Landscape (OPAL )
`(h t tps : / /www.un i f iedpa ten ts .com /opa l / ) , compan ies can
`now ob jec t ive ly eva lua te HEVC imp lemen ta t ion cos t and
`r isk . OPAL & OVAL a re in tended to ass is t a company ’s
`l i t iga t ion s t ra tegy and /o r nego t ia t ions based on good - fa i th
`Fa i r, Reasonab le , And Non -D isc r im ina to ry (FRAND )
`p r inc ip les .
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`The 35 -page repo r t demons t ra tes tha t HEVC ra tes shou ld
`be compa rab le to o r less than the cos t o f l icens ing the
`ma in pa ten t poo l fo r AVC (MPEGLA ) , HEVC ’s p redecesso r
`codec . I t conc ludes tha t the to ta l pe r un i t HEVC pa ten t
`roya l ty shou ld mos t l ike ly fa l l be tween $0.08 and $0.28
`pe r un i t , depend ing on use case and dev ice type . The
`repo r t takes in to accoun t HEVC ’s ma rg ina l imp rovemen t in
`comp ress ion bu t o f fse ts i t aga ins t fac to rs such as the
`d im in ish ing va lue o f s to rage and bandw id th .
`The ana lys is sugges ts tha t some l icenso rs a re subs tan t ia l ly
`ove rva lu ing HEVC , wh ich has resu l ted in , among o the r
`th ings , unsubs tan t ia ted roya l ty demands and roya l ty
`s tack ing ove r mu l t ip le poo ls . The repo r t su rveyed sub jec t -
`ma t te r expe r ts in a reas such as v ideo comp ress ion
`evo lu t ion , ma rke t adop t ion , and imp lemen ta t ion cos ts .
`The fu l l repo r t is ava i lab le to membe rs o f the
`V ideo Codec
`Zone (h t tps : / /www.un i f iedpa ten ts .com /sep /#v ideo -codec ) ,
`the on ly so lu t ion ava i lab le to p rov ide independen t means
`to eva lua te essen t ia l i ty, pa ten tab i l i ty, and cos ts fo r HEVC
`o r o the r codecs (such as AV 1 , VP9, and VVC / H .266 ) .
`H EVC L i c e n s i n g Tr a n s p a r e n c y Re p o r t
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`Un i f ied comm iss ioned D r. Ma r io A . Lopez f rom econom ic
`consu l t ing f i rm
`Edgewo r th Econom ics
`(h t tps : / /edgewo r theconom ics .com / ) and Ma r t in Bade r o f
`law f i rm Sheppa rd Mu l l in , to deve lop a me thodo logy
`g rounded in econom ic theo ry, rea l -wo r ld da ta , and recen t
`lega l dec is ions . The au tho rs o f th is repo r t have been
`invo lved in many SEP and FRAND ma t te rs ove r the pas t
`decade .
`H EVC Pa t e n t L i c e n s i n g L a n d s c a p e
`NOTE : Cha r t Upda ted f rom Jona tan Samue lsson (D iv ideon )
`(o r ig ina l ) .
`The repo r t found tha t each o f the th ree ma jo r l icenso rs a re
`ask ing fo r l icens ing ra tes tha t l ike ly exceed wha t the to ta l
`HEVC ra te shou ld be , bo th ind iv idua l ly and when taken
`toge the r. O f the ma jo r poo ls , MPEG -LA and HEVC
`Advance have pub l ic ly d isc losed ra tes f rom $0.20 to ove r
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`$ 1 .50 pe r un i t , w i th a yea r ly cap o f up to $40 m i l l ion .
`Ve los Med ia has no t d isc losed p r ic ing , bu t i ts ra tes a re
`rumo red to be ove r $ 1 .00 w i thou t any annua l cap [ 1 ] .
`Fo r po ten t ia l l icensees , these ra tes , when s tacked
`toge the r—w i thou t even tak ing in to accoun t o the r rumo red
`l icenso rs such as Nok ia and In te rd ig i ta l—amoun t to a ten -
`fo ld roya l ty ra te inc rease f rom the p redecesso r AVC
`s tanda rd .
`Un i f ied be l ieves th is repo r t p rov ides l icenso rs and
`imp lemen te rs an ob jec t ive , i l lum ina t ing means to he lp a l l
`to de te rm ine the app rop r ia te FRAND ra te and to ensu re
`tha t eve ryone is fu l ly and app rop r ia te ly compensa ted
`w i thou t de lay ing o r endange r ing adop t ion . L icenso rs a re
`u rged to p rov ide a fu l l me thodo logy fo r the i r p r ic ing in
`response , to he lp eve ryone in the ma rke t make be t te r
`dec is ions and to a l lev ia te conce rns tha t cu r ren t p roposed
`ra tes exceed FRAND ra tes .
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`Newe r Pos t
`Un i f ied seeks expe r ienced
`pa ten t a t to rneys to jo in i ts
`g row ing lega l team
`( / ins igh ts /20 19 / 1 / 1 1 /un i f ied -
`seeks -expe r ienced -pa ten t -
`a t to rneys - to -add - to - i ts -
`g row ing - lega l - team )
`O lde r Pos t
`Po r ta l Commun ica t ions
`(Dom in ion Ha rbo r ) pa ten t
`cha l lenged as l ike ly inva l id
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`commun ica t ions -dom in ion -
`ha rbo r -pa ten t -cha l lenged -
`as - l ike ly - inva l id )
`[1 ] Ve los does no t pub l ish the i r ra tes so i t is an es t ima te
`based on indus t ry da ta . HEVC Advance does no t p rov ide
`caps du r ing such pe r iod when a l icensee is in no t in
`comp l iance w i th the HEVC Advance Pa ten t Po r t fo l io
`L icense .
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