Sisvel News

Aigo has acquired a patent license for the use of the MPEG Audio technology from SISVEL S.p.A. and in doing so, has joined over 800 other companies that are licensed on those patents for MP3/MP4 players and other products using MPEG Audio compression technology.

Sisvel Spa, a multinational company with headquarters in Italy specialised in the protection and exploitation of intellectual property rights, announced the opening in Tokyo of SISVEL JAPAN, KK.

SanDisk Corporation has acquired a patent license for the use of the MPEG Audio technology from SISVEL S.p.A and its U.S. subsidiary, Audio MPEG, Inc. Under the license, SanDisk is licensed to sell products using the patented MPEG Audio compression technology developed by France Telecom, Telediffusion De France, Philips Electronics, and the Institut fur Rundfunktechnik (the Research and Development laboratory of the German speaking Broadcasters). In light of the license agreement, the parties have agreed to dismiss the litigation and administrative proceedings pending between them.

Sisvel S.p.A. reports that, pursuant to an order of the Criminal Court of Vicenza in northern Italy, yesterday the Italian Fiscal Police seized SanDisk MP3 players at an Italian outlet of the French retailer Auchan. Additional seizures are expected in the coming days. Meanwhile SanDisk is launching yet more MP3 player models.

Microsoft Corporation has acquired a patent license from SISVEL S.p.A. and its U.S. subsidiary Audio MPEG, Inc. to the MP3 and MPEG2 audio compression patents owned by France Telecom, TDF, IRT, and Philips. Under this agreement, Microsoft is licensed to sell products using the patented MP3 and MPEG2 audio compression technology.