Via-LA is an American company based in San Francisco, California that licenses patent pools covering essential patents.
Via Licensing Corp acquired MPEG-LA in April 2023 and formed a new patent pool administration company called Via Licensing Alliance.
History In April 2023, in what is thought to be the first time that two pool administrators have merged into one, Via Licensing Corp acquired MPEG-LA and formed a new patent pool administrator called Via Licensing Alliance. Via President Heath Hoglund will serve as president of the new company. MPEG-LA CEO Larry Horn will serve as a Via-LA advisor.
In April 2025, three licensors of the Via LA HEVC Patent Pool (M&K Holdings, Gensquare, and Tagivan II) filed a patent infringement suit against Microsoft in a German court, alleging unlicensed use of High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) technology in several Microsoft products.
H.265/HEVC licensors This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.
The following organizations hold one or more patents in the Via-LA H.265/HEVC patent pool, this list does not include patents that have been removed from the patent pool. +H.265/HEVC patent holders (as of November 23 2023)OrganizationActive patentsExpired patentsTotal patentsGENSQUARE LLC1469301499Canon Inc.1011591070M&K Holdings105511056KT Corp5950595Tagivan II31148359Fujitsu1481149Apple7253125IdeaHub Inc.1200120Maxell641074Orange S.A.58563IBEX PT Holdings62062Vidyo43043HUMAX Holdings34034Siemens101929Industry-Academy Cooperation Foundation of Sejong University 27229B1 Institute of Image Technology, INC 26026British Broadcasting Corporation22022Funai Electric Co., Ltd 17017The Trustees of Columbia University in New York City01616Hangzhou Boyun Technology Co., Ltd 12012Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology11011SungKyunKwan University Research & Business Foundation 11011Nippon Hoso Kyokai (NHK)707Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd066SK Planet505Sky Media Tech, Inc.404Reef LLC303Digital Insights Inc.202Korea Electronics Technology Institute 101Alpha Digitech101Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)101ARRIS Enterprises, LLC, a CommScope Company 101Newracom Inc. (Newratek)011Total (All Manufacturers)52032515454
H.264/MPEG-4 AVC licensors This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.
The following organizations hold one or more patents in Via-LA's H.264/AVC patent pool. +H.264/AVC patent holders (as of September 20 2026)OrganizationActive patentsExpired patentsTotal patentsDolby Laboratories7828391621Panasonic Corporation20513931598Godo Kaisha IP Bridge3312651298LG Electronics15984999Toshiba6389395Fraunhofer Society137121258Microsoft4237241Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (including NTT Docomo)2236238Sony38193231Google1139140GE Video Compression0136136Fujitsu0106106Mitsubishi Electric397100Tagivan II LLC18283B1 Institute of Image Technology68068Samsung Electronics06363Maxell05656Siemens44751Koninklijke Philips N.V 24749Vidyo40343Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) of Korea23335Ericsson03535The Trustees of Columbia University in New York City02626Robert Bosch GmbH02323Polycom12021Orange S.A.31720JVC Kenwood10818Apple099Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co.066NEC066Sharp Corporation415Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute and Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) 145Cisco Systems134ZTE Corporation022Cisco Technology101Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.011Hewlett-Packard Company011Newracom, Inc.011Vestel Elektronik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S.101Total (All Manufacturers)136566297994
VC-1 licensors This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.
The following organizations hold one or more patents in the Via-LA VC-1 patent pool. LG has now removed their 1 remaining patent (US8428141) from the pool but it has been kept listed in the table below as it is still a valid patent and expires on 2028-08-24. +VC-1 patent holders (as of September 19 2026)OrganizationActive patentsExpired patentsTotal patentsMicrosoft36436472Panasonic1121122LG Electronics19596Samsung Electronics09696Dolby Laboratories3102105Philips07777Hitachi06060Mitsubishi Electric05252Sony02828JVC Kenwood02525Toshiba02121Fujitsu02020Telenor01919Siemens01818AT&T Intellectual Property01616Sun Patent Trust01212Sharp Corporation088Orange S.A.077Nippon Telegraph and Telephone044Pantech044ZTE011Total (All Manufacturers)4112221263
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