The Last MPEG-4 Visual Patent Has Expired
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Brazil Patent)
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If you are looking for a reason to celebrate today, the last of the MPEG-4 Part 2 patents expired today.
While the US and EU patents around MPEG-4 Part 2 expired in recent years, until today there remained one patent still active in Brazil. This final patent was [1]BRPI0109962B1 - "process for storing and processing image information from successive images over time" .
The [2]VIA Licensing Alliance confirmed that this was the final MPEG-4 Visual patent and indeed expiring today, 19 July 2026.
Great to see this day finally realized given the prevalence of MPEG-4.
[1] https://patents.google.com/patent/BRPI0109962/en
[2] https://www.via-la.com/licensing-programs/mpeg-4-visual/#patent-list
While the US and EU patents around MPEG-4 Part 2 expired in recent years, until today there remained one patent still active in Brazil. This final patent was [1]BRPI0109962B1 - "process for storing and processing image information from successive images over time" .
The [2]VIA Licensing Alliance confirmed that this was the final MPEG-4 Visual patent and indeed expiring today, 19 July 2026.
Great to see this day finally realized given the prevalence of MPEG-4.
[1] https://patents.google.com/patent/BRPI0109962/en
[2] https://www.via-la.com/licensing-programs/mpeg-4-visual/#patent-list