[opendtv] Re: 8VSB Patents running out?
- From: "Allen Le Roy Limberg" <allimberg@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 16:26:13 -0400
The scuttlebutt is there is a tying arrangement that taking a license under
8VSB patents & EVSB entails agreement to take EVSB license until end of
their term. In my opinion that is an illegal tying arrangement.
Al Limberg
>
> http://www.tvtechnology.com/dailynews/one.php?id=2952
>
> "Not exactly, said Richard Lewis, senior vice president of technology for
> Zenith. Lewis said Zenith is offering the use of E-VSB for free with any
> 8-VSB license, (8-VSB demodulators are necessary for digital over-the-air
> reception). When the 8-VSB patent portfolio expires in 2016, the E-VSB
> licensing program would then kick in. Lewis said E-VSB patents are
pending,
> but "if and when they are" awarded, they would run to about 2022. "
>
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