MPEG LA has announced that a license under the Wireless Mesh Patent Portfolio of inventions owned by SIPCO, LLC and Intus^IQ (formerly known as IPCO, LLC) is now available through MPEG LA (see http://www.mpegla.com/Lists/MPEG%20LA%20News%20List/Attachments/241/n-12-03-06.pdf).

Continuing MPEG LA’s record of offering licenses that enable the market to produce innovative products of benefit to consumers, the Wireless Mesh Patent Portfolio includes essential wireless networking technologies used in ZigBee, Z-Wave, IEEE 802.15.4, WirelessHART, EnOcean, 6LoWPAN, proprietary mesh network and other applications in a variety of areas. These include Smart Grid, building automation, industrial controls, network backhaul, smart vehicles, home appliances, home automation, home entertainment, sensor monitoring and Internet service provisioning.

For more information about the Wireless Mesh Patent Portfolio or to discuss a license with a representative of MPEG LA, please visit http://www.mpegla.com/main/programs/wirelessmesh.

MPEG LA, LLC

MPEG LA is the world leader in alternative technology licenses. By assisting users with implementation of their technology choices, MPEG LA offers licensing solutions that create opportunities for wide adoption and fuel innovation. MPEG LA’s pioneering MPEG-2 licensing program, which helped produce the most widely employed standard in consumer electronics history, has become the template for addressing numerous other technologies. Today MPEG LA manages licensing programs consisting of 6000 patents in 74 countries with 159 licensors and some 5000 licensees. For more information, please refer to http://www.mpegla.com.