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Via Adds MPEG-D DRC To Advanced Audio Coding Patent Pool
Essential AAC patents added to portfolio at no additional cost SAN FRANCISCO, October 2, 2018 – Via Licensing Corporation, a leading world-wide intellectual property solutions provider, today announced the availability of patent license rights for the MPEG-D DRC standard in its Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) patent pool. MPEG-D DRC is a new, innovative audio solution…
Read MoreTNO and Innovative Sonic Join Via’s W-CDMA Program
Via Welcomes New Companies Into Its Global Industry-Leading Patent Pool SAN FRANCISCO, July 30, 2018 — Via Licensing Corporation today announced that TNO and Innovative Sonic have joined an extensive group of companies as the newest licensors in Via’s W-CDMA patent licensing program. Via’s W-CDMA program offers the industry the rights to use patents essential…
Read MoreVia Expands LTE Patent Pool License Coverage to Include LTE-Advanced Pro
Advanced technology for many mobile applications added to license with no increase in royalties SAN FRANCISCO, June 20, 2018 — Via Licensing Corporation today announced the expansion of its groundbreaking LTE (Long-Term Evolution) patent pool to include the LTE-Advanced Pro standard technologies with no change in the program’s royalty rate. By enhancing its offering to…
Read MoreFraunhofer’s Updated FDK Library Brings xHE-AAC and MPEG-D DRC to the Next Version of Android
ERLANGEN, Germany – With the release of the Android P Developer Preview 3 (Beta 2), Fraunhofer IIS announces a new version of the popular FDK library which has been a part of Android since 2012. The FDK2 version will bring several new technologies to Android OEMs, service providers and developers, including xHE-AAC for video and…
Read MoreFive Members of Via Licensing Leadership Named World’s Top IP Strategists
SAN FRANCISCO, June 11, 2018 — Five members of Via Licensing’s senior leadership team were named last week to the coveted “IAM Strategy 300: The World’s Top IP Strategists” by the intellectual property industry’s leading business journal, Intellectual Asset Management. Selected by research teams based in Washington, D.C., London and Hong Kong, those cited as the world’s…
Read MoreVia Names Tim Crean as Head of Patent Strategy
Fraunhofer and IP Bridge Join LTE Pool, Further Expanding International Impact of Via’s Collaborative Licensing Patent Program
Read MoreInnovative Sonic Joins Via Licensing’s LTE Patent Pool
Wireless technology leader added to growing roster of global companies in Via’s program SAN FRANCISCO, April 3, 2018 – Via Licensing Corporation today announced that Innovative Sonic has joined an extensive pool of companies as the newest licensor in Via’s industry-leading LTE (Long Term Evolution) wireless licensing program. Via’s LTE licensing program offers the industry a…
Read MoreVia Sponsors University of California’s Asia IP Project
New Platform Supports Via’s Deepening Relationships with Chinese Partners SAN FRANCISCO, March 26, 2018 – Via Licensing today announced its sponsorship of the Asia Intellectual Property (IP) Project, a new initiative from the renowned Berkeley Center for Law & Technology (BCLT) at the University of California, Berkeley. The Asia IP Project brings together leading companies, academics,…
Read MoreVia Licensing Announces New Multi-Generational Wireless Program
Program Offers a License to Patents Essential to Multiple Standards, Including 3G and 4G SAN FRANCISCO, February 26, 2018 —Via Licensing, the leading provider of intellectual property solutions, announced today that it is launching a new multi-generational licensing program for wireless technologies. The program offers one of the largest combined cellular standard-essential patent portfolios for licensing…
Read MoreSiemens Joins Via Licensing’s LTE Patent Pool
Program Offers a License to Patents Essential to Multiple Standards, Including 3G and 4G SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 19, 2018 — Via Licensing Corporation today announced that global technology leader Siemens AG has joined an impressive pool of innovative companies as the newest licensor in Via’s industry-leading LTE (Long Term Evolution) wireless licensing program. Via’s LTE…
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