It's going to the sound of a battle between codec MPEG LA and Google. In fact, the association that protects the H.264 has formally announced that it will collect any patents that may also be part of the format that Google intends to use in the future, that is WebMate. In particular, the association MPEG LA has targeted the VP8 codec, what is the heart of its WebMate.
VP8 was acquired by Google after the acquisition of Mountain View On2 Technologies, the company that had managed the development. Just after this acquisition, Google has released WebMate in open source, so as to open the project in collaboration with the worldwide web. Following that MPEG LA has suggested that Google does not have all the rights necessary to release in open source version of the codec and invited all the work is suitable to report any patents present in the standard but WebMate registered by third parties.
Based on the results of this initiative, the association will decide accordingly the strategy to be adopted, based on what Google will want to do, whether to pay fees or not. 
VP8 was acquired by Google after the acquisition of Mountain View On2 Technologies, the company that had managed the development. Just after this acquisition, Google has released WebMate in open source, so as to open the project in collaboration with the worldwide web. Following that MPEG LA has suggested that Google does not have all the rights necessary to release in open source version of the codec and invited all the work is suitable to report any patents present in the standard but WebMate registered by third parties.
Based on the results of this initiative, the association will decide accordingly the strategy to be adopted, based on what Google will want to do, whether to pay fees or not.
- MPEG-LA targets Google's VP8 Video Codec (14/02/2011)
- Scaremongering Against Google - Not Technical Advantage - the Strategy of MPEG-LA and Microsoft (13/02/2011)
- Is MPEG LA's "Call for Patents" for Google's VP8 a sign of weakness? (12/02/2011)
- MPEG-LA Follows Through On Its Promise To Go After Google For Daring To Offer Patent-Free Video (14/02/2011)
- Is MPEG LA Gunning for Google's WebM in Video Format Battle? (11/02/2011)
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