MPEG LA announced this week that they have filed a lawsuit against Amino
Communications. According to the MPEG LA's press release, Amino has infringed on patents essential to the MPEG-2 standard by offering
set-top boxes and other digital television delivery systems without the necessary licenses.
MPEG LA, LLC, world leader in
alternative one-stop patent licenses, today announced that several leading companies and a university have filed separate patent
enforcement actions in District Court Dusseldorf, Germany against Amino Communications Limited (“Amino”) for infringing patents essential
to the MPEG-2 digital video compression standard used worldwide in digital television broadcasting and DVD.
Plaintiffs in the
various lawsuits include: CIF Licensing, LLC; The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York; GE Technology Development,
Inc.; Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.; Mitsubishi Denki K.K.; Koninklijke Philips Electronics, N.V.; Samsung Electronics Co.,
Ltd.; Sony Corporation; Thomson Licensing S.A.; and Victor Company of Japan, Ltd.
MPEG LA is seeking monetary damages
as well as an injunction prohibiting Amino from using MPEG-2 patents in its products. Full details can be found here.
