It further provides for sublicensing those VP8 techniques in one next-generation VPx video codec.
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Google says it did due diligence on the VP8 format and believes it does not violate patents.
As a result of the agreements, MPEG LA will discontinue its effort to form a VP8 patent pool.
ENGADGET: Google and MPEG LA settle up, free VP8 video codec for the world wide web
Google and Mozilla use the VP8 (royalty free) codec, whereas Microsoft and (I assume) Apple are behind H.264.
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Google has proposed its VP8 codec, a program that codes and decodes video, be a core part of WebM.
His contention is that VP8 could not have been made without infringing on some of the patents that protect H.264.
But Nokia says it owns key patents that define parts of VP8 and has filed an official objection to Google's plan.
It said it was "not prepared" to license any of the 64 patents and 22 pending patent applications that apply to VP8.
However, Nokia has sent a submission to the Internet Engineering Task Force saying it owns patents for innovations VP8 depends upon.
Interestingly, Skype primarily uses VP8, but added H.264 support for iOS devices.
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Google wants its video coding program, called VP8, to be a core part of the WebM project that is making web-centred video production tools.
Google's VP8 offered "no advantages" over existing technologies, the representative said.
The agreements also grant Google the right to sublicense those techniques to any user of VP8, whether the VP8 implementation is by Google or another entity.
ENGADGET: Google and MPEG LA settle up, free VP8 video codec for the world wide web
"This is a significant milestone in Google's efforts to establish VP8 as a widely-deployed web video format, " said Allen Lo, Google's deputy general counsel for patents.
ENGADGET: Google and MPEG LA settle up, free VP8 video codec for the world wide web
"We are pleased for the opportunity to facilitate agreements with Google to make VP8 widely available to users, " said MPEG LA President and CEO Larry Horn.
ENGADGET: Google and MPEG LA settle up, free VP8 video codec for the world wide web
It was taking this "unusual step" because it believed Google was trying to get VP8 adopted over other, better, alternatives, a Nokia representative told the Foss Patents blog.
DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Google Inc. and MPEG LA, LLC announced today that they have entered into agreements granting Google a license to techniques that may be essential to VP8 and earlier-generation VPx video compression technologies under patents owned by 11 patent holders.
ENGADGET: Google and MPEG LA settle up, free VP8 video codec for the world wide web
Why would it help proliferate VP8?
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