BrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 3 days agoFirm quietly boosts H.264 streaming license fees from $100,000 up to staggering $4.5 millionwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square52linkfedilinkarrow-up1237arrow-down11file-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldhackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
arrow-up1236arrow-down1external-linkFirm quietly boosts H.264 streaming license fees from $100,000 up to staggering $4.5 millionwww.tomshardware.comBrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square52linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldhackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
minus-squareRedSnt ♾️🦋♂️👓🖥️@feddit.dklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·3 days agoAV1 has recently gotten involved in a lawsuit by Dolby saying that they’re breaking like 5 4 of their patent, so there’s some issues there as well: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/03/av1s-open-royalty-free-promise-in-question-as-dolby-sues-snapchat-over-codec/
minus-squareVibeSurgeon@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·3 days agoThese things always happen because of how dumb software patents are. There’s no guarantee the lawsuit will stick, nor do I necessarily expect it to
minus-squaredeadbeef79000@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·2 days agoIt’s even worse than that: the USPO abrogated their responsibility to evaluate patents for prior art and conflict with other patents to the courts. So they just issue patents willy nilly and expect courts to decide which ones ‘win’.
AV1 has recently gotten involved in a lawsuit by Dolby saying that they’re breaking like
54 of their patent, so there’s some issues there as well: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/03/av1s-open-royalty-free-promise-in-question-as-dolby-sues-snapchat-over-codec/These things always happen because of how dumb software patents are. There’s no guarantee the lawsuit will stick, nor do I necessarily expect it to
It’s even worse than that: the USPO abrogated their responsibility to evaluate patents for prior art and conflict with other patents to the courts.
So they just issue patents willy nilly and expect courts to decide which ones ‘win’.