Open Mobile Alliance Clarifies Role in DRM License Pricing

Recently, MPEG LA announced that an initial group of companies reached a tentative agreement on the terms of a patent portfolio license to be offered by MPEG LA for use of the Open Mobile Alliance DRM 1.0 specification.

The subsequent reporting of the MPEG LA announcements implied that OMA is party to the proposed DRM 1.0 licensing structure.

OMA is chartered for the purpose of creating technical specifications and does not participate in patent portfolios or license pricing. OMA has no relationship with MPEG LA. The agreements discussed in the article published by Reuters and subsequently picked up by other publications, are entirely the product of MPEG LA and the companies partnering with MPEG LA. OMA does not claim the ability to determine the applicability of patent claims to the specification.

For specifications developed by OMA, member companies are governed by OMA's IPR policy and agree to grant a "non exclusive license to use any of its Essential IPR on fair, reasonable and non discriminatory terms and conditions."

Posted to the site on 7th March 2005