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Re: [rtcweb] Google VP8 Patent Grant for third parties [Was Re:Proposal for H.263 baseline codec]

Harald Alvestrand <harald@alvestrand.no> Wed, 04 April 2012 22:08 UTC

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Subject: Re: [rtcweb] Google VP8 Patent Grant for third parties [Was Re:Proposal for H.263 baseline codec]
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On 04/04/2012 07:23 AM, Paul E. Jones wrote:
> I would have a high degree of confidence that I could identify all H.264 IPR
> holders.
Question .... how would you do that?
I'm genuinely curious. The subject has come up in other discussions, 
including in ISO in connection with the WebVC and IVC projects.

The database in question is an ISO database, not an ITU database, and 
the format is most un-database-like; it is here:

http://isotc.iso.org/livelink/livelink/fetch/2000/2122/3770791/JTC1_Patents_database.html?nodeid=3777806&vernum=-2 
<http://isotc.iso.org/livelink/livelink/fetch/2000/2122/3770791/JTC1_Patents_database.html?nodeid=3777806&vernum=-2>

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