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All of those are quite old sources, and patent claims were refuted. Is there anything newer?


https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-and-mpeg-la-settle-long...

So far as I can see, that's the final state. Google ended up having to get a license from the MPEG-LA VP8 patent pool.


from your link:

> Google's Serge Lachapelle notes that today's agreement is "not an acknowledgment" that VP8 infringes on any of the patents claimed by MPEG LA

https://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/rtcweb/current/msg0663...


Bad for Google, but it's not a proof that they require a license. The court didn't rule on it, so it just shows that they didn't want to fight the troll further.




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