HTC has been able to fend off one of the codec directed against the V8 and the open video format WebM patent lawsuits by Nokia. A chamber of the Landgericht Mannheim has ruled that HTC’s Android devices do not infringe the patent EP 1186177. The patent describes a method for reducing artifacts in a video image.
Nokia is the decision of the Court is not expected to agree and will consider further steps. “Good news from Germany,” reads the other hand, in the reaction of the WebM project behind the Google stands. WebM is to be established as an open video standard for the Internet. The format combines the Vorbis audio codec and video codecs in a V8/V9 based on Matroska multimedia container. The parties have mutually granted licenses for the relevant patents.
While Google has substantial video patents secured by a license agreement with the administrator MPEG LA, Nokia comes with its own patents in Germany and in the U.S. trade authorities ITC against the format. In Mannheim held two patents against Nokia and HTC V8 into the field. In the second method for EP 1206881, the decision is still pending. The Court has found a violation of representation of process observer Florian Mueller, but is still examining whether the patent may be invalid and whether revocation proceedings before the Federal Patent Court should be awaited.
Google had acquired the developer of the On2 VP8 codec in September 2009 and found the codec under a free license, which was enthusiastically received not only in the open source scene. To WebM and Mozilla and Opera are involved, support the fledgling standard in their browsers. The supporters want WebM establish itself as a royalty-free alternative to the MPEG-H.264 standard, which is also provided as part of WebRTC as the default codec for video in HTML5. MPEG LA wants to make sure no license costs claimed. (VBR)
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