SEP Licensing in the Video Streaming Industry
Changing industry dynamics or IP licensor landgrab? This webinar will consider the increase in SEP litigation in the streaming industry related to video codecs (H.264, H.265, HEVC), how licensing practices may differ from cellular and the role of patent pools in video codec licensing (VIA-LA, Access Advance, Avanci, Others), and productive way to resolve video codec licensing.
MODERATOR: Mike Lasinski, Partner, HKA
SPEAKERS:
Dylan Zhou, EVP and Head of Asia Licensing, Access Advance
John Dubiansky, Senior Director, Intellectual Property and Standards Policy, Dolby Laboratories
Scott Hayden, VP of Intellectual Property, Amazon
Ashleigh Landis, Vice President, Legal, Litigation for Warner Bros. Discovery
Mathias Hellman, VP, Head of IPR Strategy & Value, Ericsson
One more webinar is planned for March 10 on IOT and then a final session will take place in-person in Dublin at LESI2026, www.lesi2026.org