Wilson Sonsini Advises Via on Its Acquisition of MPEG LA

Client Highlights

May 5, 2023

On May 2, 2023, collaborative licensing leader Via Licensing Corporation (Via) announced its acquisition of MPEG LA forming Via Licensing Alliance LLC (Via LA). The deal created the largest patent pool administrator in the consumer electronics industry. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati advised Via on the deal.

Patent pools support the consumer electronics industry by streamlining the highly complex, dispersed patent licensing process. Via LA combines the expertise, infrastructure, and relationships of two of the industry’s pioneers and creates new economies of scale to further streamline intellectual property distribution for innovators and technology implementers.

Via LA will continue to be an independently managed subsidiary of Dolby Laboratories, Inc. and will be headquartered in San Francisco, with offices in Denver, London, Shanghai, Tokyo, and Washington, DC.

The Wilson Sonsini team that advised Via includes:

Mergers & Acquisitions
Michael Russell
Todd Cleary
Emma Sarkisyan
Andrew Lombardo
Ryan Cooper
Imani Ivery

Corporate
Mark Baudler
Lillian Jenks
Annie Giomi

Corporate (UK)
Ross Davies
Sarahanne Jackson

Delaware Corporate
Adrian Broderick
Allurie Kephart
Tiphanie Cascella
Jane Trueper
Jason Schoenberg

Technology Transactions
James Clessuras
Barath Chari
Michael Murphy
Stefan Geirhofer
Allegra Sachs
Christopher Murray
Sean Withall

Privacy and Cybersecurity
Matt Staples
Daniel Chen
Michael O’Brien
Diya Jajal

Employee Benefits and Compensation
John Aguirre
Jessica Bliss
Michael Klippert
Lois Howey
Peg Friel

Employment Litigation
Rebecca Stuart
Quinn Christie

Antitrust and Competition
Laurine Daïnesi Signoret

National Security
Joshua Gruenspecht
Mike Casey
Seth Cowell
Jonathan Davey
Kara Millard

Regulatory
Josephine Aiello LeBeau
Anne Seymour