Companies are claim-charting AV1, with AV2 already next
Multiple companies are actively establishing patent claims around the AV1 codec, indicating potential for future lawsuits. This patent assertion process is also commencing for the next-generation codec, AV2.
Key Takeaways
- AV1 is being actively claim-charted by a lot of companies right now.
- The article says lawsuits around AV1 are "almost certainly coming."
- The same patent-assertion process is already starting for AV2.
Why It Matters
The immediate implication is that AV1 is moving from a technical standard into a likely patent dispute zone, which raises legal risk for anyone shipping or relying on the codec. The same claim-charting process starting around AV2 shows this is not isolated to one format. For the streaming ecosystem, that matters because codec adoption decisions now sit alongside IP exposure. The concrete signal to watch is whether AV1 patent assertions turn into filed lawsuits, and whether AV2 sees the same pattern of claim activity.
Read full article at news.ycombinator.com
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