Real sells patents and next-gen-video codec to Intel

RealNetworks sells a large amount of patents to Intel, as well as its next-generation video software and codec, as the company has announced. The transfer is an amount of 120 million dollars involved.

Approximately 190 patents and 170 patent applications as part of the sale to Intel. Also the company sells next-generation video codec and related software to Intel, that also the team that is responsible inlijft. Total pay Intel 120 million dollars to RealNetworks.

Intel will be the sold video technology, along with RealNetworks continue to develop. RealNetworks has stipulated that certain rights reserves to the patents for its current and future products.

RealNetworks announced in February 2011 as 10 percent of its staff to dismiss. With the monetization of a part of his patentenportfolio, and the sale of its streaming-media-technologietak see the company’s capabilities to new markets and at the same time, the current activities to continue. So profiles the company is now more as a provider of cloud services and applications. In addition to the RealPlayer software offers, amongst other things, the stream media platform-Helix, the casual gamesplatform GameHouse and SuperPass.

It is not known which Intel for the patents and next-gen video codec from RealNetworks. Perhaps the patents referred to in order to be stronger in patentenrechtszaken.