[opendtv] Re: US DTV Patent Royalties Range From $24 to $40
- From: Tom Barry <trbarry@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 08 Jun 2009 08:14:52 -0400
Allen Le Roy Limberg wrote:
> NTSC royalties were artificially low because the U. S. Justice Department
> anti-trust gang forced RCA into signing a consent decree in 1957 that swept
> away getting royalties on most of its patent estate. There was tremendous
> gloom and concern that the corporation would survive. But in a few years
> RCA rebuilt a sizable patent estate which became a principal source of
> revenue for the company and after RCA being bought by GE in 1986 continued
> to be licensed by GE for a number of years before Thomson took over.
>
>
That was back in the day, when the US Gov actually did something about
anti-trust issues. I suspect back then they might also have looked into
ATSC patent issues.
Things are different today.
- Tom
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