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Access Advance defends SEP pool as Dolby sues Snap over video patents

By Melissa Ritti ( March 24, 2026, 18:49 GMT | Comment) -- A whitepaper made public on Monday posits that the Access Advance (AA) Video Distribution Pool's proposed royalty rates qualify as fair, reasonable and nondiscriminatory. The same day, Dolby Laboratories — a pool member and AA cofounder — sued Snap for infringement in the US and Brazil, in the first assertion of AV1-related standard essential patents against a streaming platform.With licensee coordination garnering a second look by the US Department of Justice, standard essential patent (SEP) pools are looking to formalize their pricing frameworks with economics — and enforcement....

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