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BOSTON, Aug. 17, 2020 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/--

-- Mas Elektronik becomes HEVC Advance Patent Pool Licensee

HEVC Advance ("Advance") today announced that certain patent owners in the HEVC

Advance HEVC/H.265 Patent Pool have filed separate patent infringement

proceedings in the Düsseldorf Regional Court in Germany against Vestel Germany

GmbH ("Vestel") and Xiaomi Technology Germany GmbH, Xiaomi Technology

Netherlands B.V., Xiaomi Technology France S.A.S., and Xiaomi Inc. ("Xiaomi")

for infringing patents essential to the HEVC/H.265 digital video coding

standard.  According to the complaints, Vestel offers television and

set-top-boxes in Germany which incorporate HEVC/H.265 technology, and Xiaomi

offers mobile products in Germany which incorporate HEVC/H.265 technology.

Advance further announces that MAS Elektronik Aktiengesellschaft ("MAS") has

become a licensee in the HEVC Advance Patent Pool.  This follows the recent

favorable judgments and granted injunctions received by HEVC Advance Licensors'

GE Video Compression, LLC, Dolby International AB and Koninklijke Philips N.V.

in patent infringement proceedings brought before the Düsseldorf Regional Court

in Germany against MAS for infringing patents essential to the HEVC/H.265

digital video coding standard.  The Court found that all the asserted patents

were infringed by MAS'  offering HEVC/H.265 compliant products (Set-top boxes,

TVs, and tablet computers), and, importantly, the Court also found that the

Advance license terms and royalty rates offered to MAS were fair, reasonable,

and non-discriminatory ("FRAND").  As a result of MAS becoming a licensee, all

legal disputes related to patent infringement proceedings brought by the three

plaintiffs have been resolved.

About HEVC Advance

HEVC Advance LLC is an independent licensing administrator company formed to

lead the development, administration, and management of patent pools for

licensing essential patents of the most important standards-based video codec

technologies. Advance provides a transparent and efficient licensing mechanism

for both patent owners and patent implementers. For more information about

Advance, visit: www.hevcadvance.com.

Contact: press@hevcadvance.com

SOURCE:  HEVC Advance