Comments on: Trying to kill Theora – MPEG LA extends royalty free use of H.264 for Internet streaming http://blog.christophersmart.com/2010/02/04/trying-to-kill-theora-mpeg-la-extends-royalty-free-use-of-h-264-for-internet-streaming/ Fortiter Et Recte Sat, 18 May 2013 13:34:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Chris http://blog.christophersmart.com/2010/02/04/trying-to-kill-theora-mpeg-la-extends-royalty-free-use-of-h-264-for-internet-streaming/comment-page-1/#comment-6260 Chris Fri, 05 Feb 2010 02:26:38 +0000 http://blog.christophersmart.com/?p=2077#comment-6260 Just quoting what I’ve read elsewhere, I assume that there are some components (not all of it) which might have only been patented in 2008, hence 2028 is legitimate. Some further research might clarify this, but I’m on holidays atm :-)

]]> By: John http://blog.christophersmart.com/2010/02/04/trying-to-kill-theora-mpeg-la-extends-royalty-free-use-of-h-264-for-internet-streaming/comment-page-1/#comment-6257 John Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:25:20 +0000 http://blog.christophersmart.com/?p=2077#comment-6257 Chris

According to Section 67 of the Patents Act 1990

“The term of a standard patent is 20 years from the date of the patent.”

That might make the quoted expiry date of 2028 a bit of a stretch

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