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ipas@kista.re.kr□ AUDIO
STANDARD RATE STRUCTURE
① Worldwide Rates
| Volume (per unit*/annual reset) | Per Unit Fee |
For the first 1 to 500,000 units | $0.98 | |
For units 500,001 to 1,000,000 | $0.78 | |
For units 1,000,001 to 2,000,000 | $0.68 | |
For units 2,000,001 to 5,000,000 | $0.45 | |
For units 5,000,001 to 10,000,000 | $0.42 | |
For units 10,000,001 to 20,000,000 | $0.22 | |
For units 20,000,001 to 50,000,000 | $0.20 | |
For units 50,000,001 to 75,000,000 | $0.15 | |
For units 75,000,001 and more | $0.10 | |
* Consumer Products with more than two Channels count as 1.5 units. |
② ALTERNATIVE RATE STRUCTURE
Region-Based Rates
R1 Rate Table:
| Volume (per unit*/annual reset) | Per Unit Fee |
For the first 1 to 500,000 units | $ 0.98 | |
For units 500,001 to 1,000,000 | $ 0.78 | |
For units 1,000,001 to 2,000,000 | $ 0.68 | |
For units 2,000,001 to 5,000,000 | $ 0.45 | |
For units 5,000,001 to 10,000,000 | $ 0.42 | |
For units 10,000,001 to 20,000,000 | $ 0.22 | |
For units 20,000,001 to 50,000,000 | $ 0.20 | |
For units 50,000,001 to 75,000,000 | $ 0.15 | |
For units 75,000,001 and more | $ 0.10 | |
* Consumer Products with more than two Channels count as 1.5 units. | ||
| R1 Under the Alternative Rate Structure, Licensed Products Sold, or Sold for use, in the following countries/regions must be reported and paid for under the R1 rate table.
Andorra, American, Samoa, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bermuda, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guam, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Ireland, Japan, Latvia, Lichtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, San Marino, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States and its Territories, United States Virgin Islands |
R2 Rate Table:
| Volume (per unit*/annual reset) | Per Unit Fee |
For the first 1 to 500,000 units | $ 0.64 | |
For units 500,001 to 1,000,000 | $ 0.51 | |
For units 1,000,001 to 2,000,000 | $ 0.44 | |
For units 2,000,001 to 5,000,000 | $ 0.29 | |
For units 5,000,001 to 10,000,000 | $ 0.27 | |
For units 10,000,001 to 20,000,000 | $ 0.14 | |
For units 20,000,001 to 50,000,000 | $ 0.13 | |
For units 50,000,001 to 75,000,000 | $ 0.10 | |
For units 75,000,001 and more | $ 0.07 | |
* Consumer Products with more than two Channels count as 1.5 units. | ||
| R2 R2 is defined as all countries/regions NOT INCLUDED in the R1 list, above. Under the Alternative Rate Structure, Licensees must report and pay for Licensed Products that are Sold in, and for use in, R2 countries/regions under the R2 rate table. |
○ MPEG-H 3D Audio
Standard MPEG-H 3D Audio License Fees:
| Volume (per unit/annual reset) | Per unit fee* |
For the first 1 - 500,000 units | US$0.70 | |
For units 500,001 - 1,000,000 | US$0.60 | |
For units 1,000,001 - 2,000,000 | US$0.52 | |
For units 2,000,001 - 5,000,000 | US$0.46 | |
For units 5,000,001 - 10,000,000 | US$0.40 | |
For units 10,000,001 - 20,000,000 | US$0.35 | |
For units 20,000,001 - 50,000,000 | US$0.30 | |
For units 50,000,001 and more + | US$0.25 | |
*LICENSE FEES TO BE CAPPED AT US$20,000,000 PER YEAR (ONLY FOR COMPLIANT LICENSEES). |
Committed Volume Options are available as follows (only for compliant licensees):
| Annual committed volume (number of units) | Annual committed payment amount | Fee per excess unit* |
500,000 units | US$300,000.00 | US$0.60 | |
1,000,000 | US$520,000.00 | US$0.52 | |
2,000,000 | US$920,000.00 | US$0.46 | |
5,000,000 | US$2,000,000.00 | US$0.40 | |
10,000,000 | US$3,500,000.00 | US$0.35 | |
20,000,000 | US$6,000,000.00 | US$0.30 | |
50,000,000 | US$12,500,000.00 | US$0.25 | |
75,000,000 | US$16,500,000.00 | US$0.22 | |
100,000,000 | US$20,000,000.00 | US$0.20 | |
*LICENSE FEES TO BE CAPPED AT US$20,000,000 PER YEAR (ONLY FOR COMPLIANT LICENSEES). |
○ Voice Codec
| Rate Type | License Fee |
Standard Rate | $0.60 per unit (USD) |
□ VIDEO
○ HEVC/VVC
HEVC/VVC Products Sold to End Users by a Licensee with (a) ownership/control of the brand name or (b) if the HEVC/VVC Product bears no brand name, with discretion over decision to Sell
| Volume (per unit / annual reset) | Per Unit Fee |
For the first 1 to 100,000 units | No Royalty* | |
For units 100,001 and more | $ 0.20 ea. | |
Maximum annual royalty payable by an Enterprise (Legal Entity and Affiliates): | $25,000,000 | |
| * available to one Legal Entity in an affiliated group |
Coverage is provided, and royalties are payable, for HEVC and VVC products from May 1, 2013, forward.
Royalty paid for HEVC and VVC Licensed Product sublicense (referred to above) includes right to use encoders/decoders for HEVC and VVC content
○ AVC/H.264
SECTION 1 – CODEC MANUFACTURE AND SALES
PRODUCTS SOLD TO END USERS AND OEMS FOR PCS (EXCEPT FOR PRODUCTS THAT ARE PART OF A PERSONAL COMPUTER’S OPERATING SYSTEM)
Decoder, encoder or product consisting of one decoder and one encoder = “unit”.
| Volume (per unit / annual reset) | Per Unit Fee |
For the first 1 to 100,000 units | No Royalty* | |
For units 100,001 to 5,000,000 | $ 0.20 ea. | |
For units 5,000,001 and more | $ 0.10 ea. | |
*Available to one legal entity in an affiliated group. | ||
Enterprise cap: $3.5M per year 2005 to 2006 $4.25M per year 2007 to 2008 $5M per year 2009 to 2010 $6.5M per year 2011 to 2015 $8.125M in 2016 $9.75M per year in 2017 through 2025 |
PRODUCTS INCORPORATED INTO A PERSONAL COMPUTER’S OPERATING SYSTEM AT THE TIME OF SALE
Decoder, encoder or product consisting of one decoder and one encoder = “unit”.
| Volume (per unit / annual reset) | Per Unit Fee |
For the first 1 to 100,000 units | No Royalty* | |
For units 100,001 to 5,000,000 | $ 0.20 ea. | |
For units 5,000,001 and more | $ 0.10 ea. | |
*Available to one legal entity in an affiliated group. | ||
Enterprise cap: $3.5M per year 2005 to 2006 $4.25M per year 2007 to 2008 $5M per year 2009 to 2010 $6.5M per year 2011 to 2015 $8.125M in 2016 $9.75M per year in 2017 through 2025 |
Includes right to manufacture and sell AVC encoders and decoders with the right of End Users to use them for personal and consumer (including internal business) purposes without remuneration but not for other uses.
SECTION 2 – PARTICIPATION FEES
WHERE END USER PAYS FOR AVC VIDEO
Subscription (Not limited by title)
| Volume (per subscription) | Annual Fee |
For the first 1 to 100,000 | No Royalty | |
For subscription 100,001 to 250,000 | $ 25,000 | |
For subscription 250,001 to 500,000 | $ 50,000 | |
For subscription 500,001 to 1,000,000 | $ 75,000 | |
For subscription 1,000,001 and more | $ 100,000 |
Title-by-Title
| Volume (per title) | Fee |
12 minutes or less | No Royalty | |
Longer than 12 minutes | Lower of (a) 2% of the remuneration paid in licensee’s first arm’s-length sale or (b) $ 0.02 per title |
WHERE REMUNERATION IS FROM OTHER SOURCES
| Volume (per title) | Fee | |
For Free Television | (a) one-time $2,500 per transmission encoder or (b) Annual fee depending on the size of the broadcast market measured in number of households (“HH”). | ||
Broadcast market size (in HH) | Annual Fee | ||
For HH under 100,000 | No Royalty | ||
For HH 100,000 to 499,999 | $2,500 | ||
For HH 500,000 to 999,999 | $5,000 | ||
For HH 1,000,000 and more | $10,000 | ||
Internet Broadcast AVC Video (not title-by-title, not subscription) | No royalty for life of the AVC Patent Portfolio License |
Enterprise cap (applies cumulatively across all participation fee categories from 2006):
$3.5M per year 2006 to 2007
$4.25M per year 2008 to 2009
$5M per year in 2010
$6.5M per year 2011 to 2015
$8.125M in 2016
$9.75M per year in 2017 through 2025
○ VC-1
SECTION 1– CODEC MANUFACTURE AND SALES
PRODUCTS SOLD TO END USERS AND OEMS (EXCEPT FOR PRODUCTS THAT ARE PART OF A PERSONAL COMPUTER’S OPERATING SYSTEM)
Decoder, encoder or product consisting of one decoder and one encoder = “unit”.
| Volume (per unit / annual reset) | Per Unit Fee |
For the first 1 to 100,000 units | No Royalty* | |
For units 100,001 to 5,000,000 | $ 0.20 | |
For units 5,000,001 and more | $ 0.10 | |
*Available to one legal entity in an affiliated group. |
Enterprise cap:
$5 million/year 2006-2012
$5.5 million/year 2013-2027
PRODUCTS INCORPORATED INTO A PERSONAL COMPUTER’S OPERATING SYSTEM AT THE TIME OF SALE
Decoder, encoder or product consisting of one decoder and one encoder = “unit”.
| Volume (per unit / annual reset) | Per Unit Fee |
For the first 1 to 100,000 units | No Royalty* | |
For units 100,001 to 5,000,000 | $ 0.20 | |
For units 5,000,001 and more | $ 0.10 | |
*Available to one legal entity in an affiliated group. | | |
Enterprise cap: $8 million/year 2006-2012 $8.8 million/year 2013-2027 |
Includes right to make and sell VC-1 encoders and decoders with the right of End Users to use them for personal and consumer (including internal business) purposes without remuneration but not for other uses.
SECTION 2– PARTICIPATION FEES
WHERE END USER PAYS FOR VC-1 VIDEO
Subscription (Not limited by title)
| Volume (per subscription) | Annual Fee |
For the first 1 to 100,000 subscriptions | No Royalty | |
For subscription 100,001 to 250,000 | $ 25,000 | |
For subscription 250,001 to 500,000 | $ 50,000 | |
For subscription 500,001 to 1,000,000 | $ 75,000 | |
For subscription 1,000,001 and more | $ 100,000 |
Title-by-Title
| Length (per title) | Fee |
12 minutes or less | No Royalty | |
Longer than 12 minutes | Lower of (a) 2% of the remuneration paid in licensee’s first arm’s-length sale or (b) $ 0.02 per title |
WHERE REMUNERATION IS FROM OTHER SOURCES
| Description | Royalty | |
Free Internet Broadcast (not Title-by-Title, not Subscription) | No royalty for life of the VC-1 Patent Portfolio License | ||
For Free Television | (a) one-time $2,500 per transmission encoder or (b) Annual fee depending on the size of the broadcast market measured in households (“HH”) | ||
Broadcast market size (in HH) | Annual Fee | ||
For the first 1 to 99,999 HH | No Royalty | ||
For HH 100,000 to 499,999 | $2,500 | ||
For HH 500,000 to 999,999 | $5,000 | ||
For HH 1,000,000 and more | $10,000 |
Enterprise cap (applies cumulatively across the participation fee categories in this Section 2):
$4.25 M/year 2006-08
$5M/year 2009-2012
$5.5M/year 2013-2022
○ MPEG-4 Visual
SECTION 1– DECODERS AND ENCODERSDECODERS SOLD TO END USERS (INCLUDING FULLY FUNCTIONING COMPONENTS FOR PCS)
| Volume (per decoder / annual reset) | Per Decoder Fee |
For the first 1 to 50,000 decoders | No Royalty* | |
For decoders 50,001 and more | $ 0.25** | |
| | |
Annual cap per Legal Entity after December 31, 2010 | $1.25M | |
* Available to one legal entity in an affiliated group. | ||
** A licensee may elect to pay US $0.24 for every product whether or not manufactured or sold in a patent country without reporting country of manufacture and country of sale |
ENCODERS SOLD TO END USERS (INCLUDING FULLY FUNCTIONING COMPONENTS FOR PCS)
| Volume (per encoder / annual reset) | Per Encoder Fee |
For the first 1 to 50,000 encoders | No Royalty* | |
For encoders 50,001 and more | $ 0.25** | |
| | |
Annual cap per Legal Entity after December 31, 2010 | $1.25M | |
* Available to one legal entity in an affiliated group. | ||
** A licensee may elect to pay US $0.24 for every product whether or not manufactured or sold in a patent country without reporting country of manufacture and country of sale |
Enterprise cap:
$3M per year prior to 2009;
$3.3M in 2009;
$3.6M in 2010;
$3.75M after December 31, 2010
SECTION 2- PARTICIPATION FEES
WHERE END USER PAYS FOR MPEG-4 VIDEO
Subscription (Not Title-by-Title)
| Volume (per subscription) | Annual Fee |
For the first 1 to 100,000 subscriptions | No Royalty | |
For subscription 100,001 to 250,000 | $ 25,000 | |
For subscription 250,001 to 500,000 | $ 50,000 | |
For subscription 500,001 to 1,000,000 | $ 75,000 | |
For subscription 1,000,001 to 5,000,000 | $ 100,000 | |
For subscription 5,000,001 to 25,000,000 | $ 200,000 | |
For subscription 25,000,001 and more | $ 300,000 |
Title-by-Title
| Length (per title) | Fee |
12 minutes or less | No Royalty | |
Longer than 12 minutes | Lower of (a) 2% of remuneration paid in licensee’s first Arm’s-Length Sale or (b) $0.02 per title. |
WHERE REMUNERATION IS FROM OTHER SOURCES
| Description | Fee |
Free Internet Broadcast (not Title-by-Title, not Subscription) | No royalty through December 31, 2023 | |
Free Television (not Title-by-Title, Subscription or Free Internet Broadcast) | One-time fee of $2,500 per transmission encoder |
Enterprise cap (applies cumulatively across the participation fee categories in this Section 2):
$3M per year prior to 2009;
$3.3M in 2009;
$3.6M in 2010;
$3.75M after December 31, 2010
○ DisplayPort
| Description | Fee/unit |
DisplayPort Product (without regard to number of DP applications in a single product) | $0.20 | |
Maximum royalty/year/legal entity | $7,000,000 |
○ MPEG-2
MPEG-2 Decoders, MPEG-2 Encoders and MPEG-2 Consumer Products
| Period | Per unit Fee |
From January 1, 2016 | $0.35 ea. |
MPEG-2 License Terms Summary
MPEG-2 Decoders and Encoders - $2.50 per unit from Jan. 1, 2002 ($4.00 per unit before Jan. 1, 2002), but $2.00 from later of January 1, 2010 or execution of license through December 31, 2015
Consumer Products - $2.50 from Jan. 1, 2002 ($6.00 per unit before Jan. 1, 2002), but $2.00 from later of January 1, 2010 or execution of license through December 31, 2015
From January 1, 2016 through December 31, 2017, royalty rates for MPEG-2 Decoders, MPEG-2 Encoders and MPEG-2 Consumer Products are $0.50 per unit
From January 1, 2018 forward, royalty rates for MPEG-2 Decoders, MPEG-2 Encoders and MPEG-2 Consumer Products are $0.35 per unit
MPEG-2 Packaged Medium: From January 1, 2016 forward, Licensees in full compliance with the MPEG-2 Patent Portfolio License through 2015 will be deemed to have paid-up coverage without additional royalty if Licensee continues to be in full compliance.
Currently, patents are only active in Malaysia.
○ MPEG-2 Systems
| Product Type | Per Unit Fee |
For Mobile MPEG-2 Systems Signal Receiver* | ¥20 | |
For other MPEG-2 Systems devices without MPEG-2 video encoders and decoder | $ 0.25 | |
| *“Mobile MPEG-2 Systems Digital Receiver” shall mean a device that cannot receive an MPEG-2 Systems Standard compliant signal except via wireless communication according to a mobile wireless broadcast standard such as the ARIB Specifications for “1-segment” receivers (1seg), TIA-1099 (MediaFLO), TTAS.KO-07.0027 (S-DMB), ETSI TS 102 427 and ETSI TS 102 428 (T-DMB), Doc. A/153 ATSC-M/H Standard Parts 1-8, and ETSI EN 302 304 (DVB-H) standards. |
MPEG-2 Systems Patent Portfolio License covers devices in products that use the MPEG-2 Systems Standard without MPEG-2 video encoders and decoders
The present terms continue through expiration of the last MPEG-2 Systems Patent Portfolio Patent
Currently, patents are only active in Malaysia.
□ WIRESS & BROADCAST
○ ATSC 3.0
ATSC RECEIVER PRODUCT (ATSC 3.0 TR1)
| Volume | Per Unit Fee |
All units | $0.30 |
Companies that sign a license before October 30, 2023, may receive a 30% discount off Via LA’s standard royalty rate. This enables companies to obtain a single and cost-effective license to standard essential patents owned by 14 innovators at extremely competitive rates and lock in these terms. This opportunity is also available to companies that anticipate implementing, but have not yet implemented, the ASTC 3.0 Standard into their products.
□ POWER
○ Qi Wireless Power
Qi Receivers
| Volume (per product) | Per Product Fee |
For receivers capable of wireless transfer > 5 watts that is not a Power Accessory, Medical Device or Power Tool (as defined in Annex E of 23 Oct 2008 Wireless Power Consortium Charter) | No royalty during current term | |
For receivers capable of wireless transfer > 5 watts or a Power Accessory, Medical Device or Power Tool (as defined in Annex E of 23 Oct 2008 Wireless Power Consortium Charter) | $0.20 |
Qi Transmitters
For each Transmitter in a single assembly, one Receiver may be integrated into the same assembly at no additional royalty
| Volume (per product) | Per Product Fee |
For integrated assembly including up to three transmitters | $0.25 | |
For integrated assembly including four to six transmitters | $0.50 | |
For integrated assembly including seven to nine transmitters | $0.75 | |
For integrated assembly including ten or more transmitters | $0.85 |
· Royalty waived on first 25,000 units of all products sold annually
· Discounts from 10% to 40% for licensees electing annual committed volumes
○ EV Charging
EV-A
| Description | Fee/unit |
unit that includes EV Charging Equipment capable of receiving AC electric charging via wired connection(s) in a Road Electric Vehicle | $10 |
EV-D
| Description | Fee/unit |
unit that includes EV Charging Equipment capable of receiving (1) DC or (2) DC and AC electric charging via wired connection(s) in a Road Electric Vehicle | $40 |
AC EVSE
Equipment capable of providing AC electric charging via wired connection(s) to an EV-A
AV EVSE-1 (SAE Level 1,2; IEC Mode 2,3 but no HLC)
| Description | Fee |
For the first connection | $5.00 | |
For each incremental connection thereafter | $3.00 |
AC EVSE-2 (SAE Level 2; IEC Mode 2,3 with HLC)
| Description | Fee |
For the first connection | $10.00 | |
For each incremental connection thereafter | $5.00 |
DC-A EVSE
Equipment capable of providing (1) DC or (2) DC and AC electric charging via wired connection(s) to an EV-A and/or EV-D
| Description | Fee |
For the first connection capable of providing only DC charging | $40.00 | |
For each incremental DC connection thereafter | $20.00 |
| Description | Fee |
Per connection capable of providing only AC charging | $10.00 | |
For each incremental AC connection thereafter | $5.00 |
| Description | Fee |
Per connection capable of providing both DC and AC charging where DC and AC charging cannot be provided simultaneously | $40.00 | |
For each incremental connection thereafter | $20.00 |
Coverage is effective from the first date of usage of the EV Charging Standard in the market by the Licensee.
The back royalty date is January 1, 2019.
The actual License agreement provides the only definitive and reliable statement of license terms.