MPEG LA announced today that DVD replicators ODS Optical Disc
Service GmbH, Dassow, Germany, ("ODS"), as well as the ODS Business
Services Group companies ("ODS Business Services") ODS Optical Disc
Replication GmbH, Dassow, Germany, ODS Business Service Srl (just
renamed to ODS Optical Disc Service Srl), Milano, Italy, ODS Optical
Disc Service SAS, Quincy, France and the new affiliate ODS Optical
Disc Replication Limited, Swindon, UK, have entered into the MPEG-2
Patent Portfolio License offered by MPEG LA. This also concludes
actions in courts in the Federal Republic of Germany and elsewhere.
"MPEG LA looks forward to a cooperative relationship with ODS and
ODS Business Services, in which they join over 1,200 licensees
including the world's leading DVD video disc replicators, as licensees
to MPEG LA's MPEG-2 Patent Portfolio License, which has helped enable
the most widely employed standard in consumer electronics history,"
said MPEG LA CEO Larry Horn.
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 approximately 800 MPEG-2 essential patents in 57 countries,
has more than 1000 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.
