MPEG LA Sues DVD Video Disc Manufacturer Regency Media Pty Ltd., of Australia for Breach of MPEG-2 License Agreement

MPEG LA, LLC today announced that it has sued DVD video disc
manufacturer Regency Media Pty Ltd. of Australia for breach of its
MPEG-2 Patent Portfolio License ("Contract") with MPEG LA. The suit
also names related entities AAV Regency Pty Ltd. and AAV Regency
Management Pty Ltd. According to the complaint filed in the United
States District Court for the District of Colorado, Regency repeatedly
has breached its contractual obligations to MPEG LA by failing to
report the manufacture and sale of MPEG-2 Royalty Products and pay
royalties as required by the Contract. MPEG LA seeks, among other
things, monetary damages and an accounting of all products subject to
the Contract, as well as injunctive relief prohibiting Regency from
the manufacture or sale of MPEG-2 Royalty Products.

The MPEG-2 Standard is the core technology underlying the
efficient creation, transmission, storage and display of digitized
moving images and sound tracks on which DVD and other digital
technologies are based; and the DVD-Video Standard (DVD Specifications
for Read-Only Disc, Part 3: VIDEO SPECIFICATIONS) requires DVD Video
discs to contain information formatted in accordance with the MPEG-2
Standard.

MPEG LA, LLC

MPEG LA is the world leader in alternative technology licenses,
enabling users to acquire worldwide patent rights necessary for a
technology standard or platform from multiple patent holders in a
single transaction as an alternative to negotiating separate licenses.
Wherever an independently administered one-stop patent license would
provide a convenient marketplace alternative to assist users with
implementation of their technology choices, the licensing model
pioneered and employed by MPEG LA may provide a solution. Among MPEG
LA's licenses is one for MPEG-2 digital video compression that has
helped produce the most widely employed standard in consumer
electronics history. The MPEG-2 Patent Portfolio License, which
includes more than 825 MPEG-2 essential patents in 57 countries, has
approximately 1200 licensees accounting for most MPEG-2 products,
including an estimated 90% of all DVD discs, in the current world
market. MPEG LA is an independent licensing administrator; it is not
related to any standards agency and is not an affiliate of any patent
holder. For more information, please refer to http://www.mpegla.com.