VVC专利池:然后有两个

这49位VVC IP拥有者由媒体编码产业论坛 (MC-IF) have chosen two patent pool administrators to form VVC-related pools: Access Advance和MPEG LA. 虽然这无疑是一个积极的举措, it's merely the first 一步 towards clarifying how much it will cost to license VVC.

正如前面报道, the 媒体编码产业论坛 (MC-IF) pursued patent fostering activities with 49 owners of patents relating to VVC. While the goal was to choose a single patent pool administrator, MC-IF最终选择了两个, Access Advance和MPEG LA. 在他们的声明, Jud卡里, MC-IF总裁, 说, “虽然这是一个MC-IF目标, 关于单一管理员的共识是难以捉摸的. 如果结果是两个池, this is better than the prospect of an implementer seeking out a license from each of the 49 holders of VVC-essential patents."

响应MC-IF的决定，MPEG LA 宣布 the "Development of VVC (Versatile Video Coding) Pool License," a 一步 Access Advance去年8月拍摄的照片.

这意味着什么?

Forming a pool involves several 一步s; identifying companies with patent rights relevant to VVC, hiring third-party examiners to confirm that the patents are "essential" to VVC, and—once a core group of companies join the pool—setting royalty terms. While we don't know how much progress Access Advance has made since August, 很明显，MPEG - LA才刚刚开始, 正如新闻稿所述, "To participate in the initial VVC license development meeting, parties that believe they have patents essential to the VVC standard are invited to submit them to MPEG LA in accordance with the submission procedures at http://www.mpegla.com/vvc/."

Note that two pools aren't necessarily a bad thing; many successful technology standards involve multiple pools. 然而, 不管Access Advance取得了多大的进展, potential licensees won't know total VVC royalty costs until both pools release their royalty terms. 这是, 因为池将包含不同的IP集合, companies implementing VVC will have to take a license from both pools. 此时此刻, it feels unlikely that we'll know royalty terms from both pools before the end of June 2021, 如果这种情况延续到2022年初，也不足为奇.

The other detail potential VVC implementors will be watching is how much of the VVC IP is contained in the two pools. If many IP owners don't join either pool, it will raise concerns that another pool may launch (一个拉 Velos), or that owners of substantial IP may seek royalties from large implementors directly like 诺基亚和苹果.

The bottom line is that the MC-IF decision is like the bell that starts a race, with the finish line being reasonable certainty as to what VVC IP owners will consider royalty-bearing (encoders? 解码器? content? 以上都是?)，以及VVC版税的成本. While the contestants can now start moving towards this finish line, at this point we don't know if we're looking at a quarter-mile sprint or an ultra-marathon. 在此期间, it remains to be seen if the lack of royalty certainty discourages companies from implementing VVC.

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