Dolby Laboratories has filed a lawsuit against Snap, the parent company of Snapchat, over its use of HEVC and the AV1 codec.

In addition to the financial burdens of HEVC licensing, the risk of lawsuits from patent holders can deter companies from ...

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On March 23, 2026, Dolby filed a lawsuit against Snap, the developer and operator of Snapchat, alleging that Snapchat's video conversion, encoding, and decoding processes infringe on Dolby's patents.

Access Advance LLC today announced that Sharp Corporation, CB Cline, SK Planet, and Telechips, Inc have joined the Access Advance Video Distribution Patent Pool (VDP Pool) as Licensors, further ...

Vivo has confirmed that the upcoming X300 Ultra will support the APV codec. This follows in the footsteps of the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra, which was the first device to support the feature. The APV ...

AV1 (AOMedia Video 1) is a new video codec in the media industry that is making waves for its efficiency. It has been developed by the Alliance for Open Media (AOMedia) — a consortium that includes ...

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While playing a video or audio, if you receive a Missing Codec Error 0xc004f011, on Windows 11/10, here is how you can fix the problem. Although this problem mainly ...

V-Nova, a provider of compression solutions, has announced its inaugural participation in a patent pool, joining the Access Advance HEVC Patent Pool. This strategic move showcases V-Nova’s commitment ...