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Subodh Thali

Co-Founder

Psiverse Private Limited

Subodh is a co-founder at Psiverse Private Limited and leverages on 16+ years of experience in IP to provide patent research solutions to IP professionals.  He has supported clients on various strategic requirements across multiple phases of the IP life cycle which include R&D collaborations, patent prosecution, due diligence, litigation and monetization. Subodh has also worked extensively with various stakeholders on identification and analysis of patents essential to wireless technical standards. He has been a prominent speaker in IP conferences, seminars and workshops and has published multiple articles related to IP in various forums. Subodh holds a Masters’ degree in Telecommunications from La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia and a Bachelors’ degree in Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering from Goa University, India.

Recent Articles by Subodh Thali

Establishing the Impact of Standard-Documentation on SEP Validity

Standard-documentation from online sources maintained by standard setting organizations (SSOs) is usually an important source of relevant prior art. Such prior art can include technical specifications, technical reports, change requests, liasioning statements, work item descriptions, study documents, recommendations and RFCs. However, accessing this documentation available in SSO websites is often not easy.

The New Standard: Licensing Scenarios and Patented Technologies Relevant to Versatile Video Coding

Versatile video coding (VVC), also known as Future Video Coding (FVC) or H.266, is a video compression standard that was released on July 6 and is being positioned as the successor to High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC or H.265). CPA Global has reviewed the key aspects of the standard and factors which could impact its licensing and adoption and we have identified and analyzed the key patented technologies that have a possibility of being relevant to the VVC standard. The standard was in the process of being finalized at the time we conducted our analysis and we have therefore referred to Draft 8 of VVC, which was approved by JVET in the Brussels meeting from January 7-17, 2020.