“Under the original patent pool proposed by MPEG LA royalty rates for patents essential to digital rights management functionality would be $1 per device to be paid by product manufacturers while service providers would pay 1 percent of any transaction in which users pay for digital content.
That scheme, however, angered the GSM Association, suggesting the per-device fee touted by the MPEG LA was unreasonable and excessive, and that its members consider the per-transaction fee as unworkable in the market.
In response MPEG LA has revised its proposal with reduced handset and transaction licensing fees, the GSM Association said. However, the Association’s board has expressed serious disappointment with the revised terms
