The funny thing about patent licensing alliances is that there's no guarantee that nobody else outside of the bloc will pop up and start suing people.

Basically, you can consider AOM to be a licensing alliances, where the fee is zero.

There is no proof that their patent claims over AV1 or VP9 are valid.

For now they try to bully some smaller companies with the threat of the big legal expenses that would be needed to fight these claims.

Seeking is not getting, not even close. Suggesting it is only supports their propaganda and adds momentum to their bogus race to a cash grab.