Access Advance, an independent licensing authority, recently announced that Microsoft has joined the HEVC Advance patent pool as a licensor and licensee.
As a licensor, all of Microsoft's HEVC/H.265 essential patents are now included in the HEVC Advance patent pool. As a licensee, Microsoft has access to more than 16,500 global patents necessary to implement the HEVC/H.265 video codec standard.
Peter Moller, CEO of Access Advance, said: "We are very pleased to welcome Microsoft, one of the world's most recognized and respected companies and innovation leaders, to our HEVC Advance program. Microsoft's emergence as licensee, and the licensor's licensing of its H.265/HEVC base patents through the HEVC Advance patent pool, further demonstrates the value of our HEVC Advance pool licensing. ”
Access Advance LLC (formerly HEVC Advance LLC) is an independent licensing management company that aims to lead the development, management, and management of patent pools to license the necessary patents for the most important standards-based video codec technologies. Access Advance provides a transparent and efficient licensing mechanism for patent owners and practitioners. Access Advance currently manages the HEVC Advance patent pool for licensing the necessary patents for H.265/HEVC technology, and the VVC Advance patent pool for licensing the necessary patents for VVC/H.266 technology.
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