Broadcom aren't on the list of HEVC licensors, so they haven't patented HEVC itself, but some related process of handling HEVC video...
Which begs the question, if it's an essential patent, why is it not part of the pool from MPEG-LA?
Which begs the question, if it's an essential patent, why is it not part of the pool from MPEG-LA?
Maybe Broadcom didn't feel like joining the extortionist pool but preferred to extort the format into uselessness all on its own?
There are precious few ways to mandate licensing of a patent of a third party, and MPEG-LA (now Via LA) license pools aren't one of those ways.