Google shores up WebM standard against patent claims

Iain Thomson
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Company adds 16 allies to WebM Community Cross-License group

Google has set up a patent pooling organisation to help protect its WebM video standard against legal attack. The WebM Community Cross-License (CCL) group includes Google and 16 other participan...

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