--- title: The Last MPEG-4 Visual Patent Has Expired | daily.dev description: The last remaining MPEG-4 Part 2 (MPEG-4 Visual) patent, held in Brazil under BRPI0109962B1, expired on July 19, 2026. While US and EU patents had already... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-last-mpeg-4-visual-patent-has-expired-wszwcqvts twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The Last MPEG-4 Visual Patent Has Expired | daily.dev og:description: The last remaining MPEG-4 Part 2 (MPEG-4 Visual) patent, held in Brazil under BRPI0109962B1, expired on July 19, 2026. While US and EU patents had already... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-last-mpeg-4-visual-patent-has-expired-wszwcqvts og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/WSzWCqvts.png og:image:alt: The Last MPEG-4 Visual Patent Has Expired og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The Last MPEG-4 Visual Patent Has Expired **[Phoronix](https://daily.dev/sources/phoronix)** · 1 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The last remaining MPEG-4 Part 2 (MPEG-4 Visual) patent, held in Brazil under BRPI0109962B1, expired on July 19, 2026. While US and EU patents had already expired in prior years, this Brazilian patent was the final holdout. VIA Licensing Alliance confirmed it was the last active MPEG-4 Visual patent. The expiration means MPEG-4 Part 2 is now fully patent-free worldwide. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Has the last MPEG-4 Part 2 patent expired? Yes, the final MPEG-4 Part 2 Visual patent expired on 19 July 2026. It was a Brazilian patent, BRPI0109962B1, titled 'process for storing and processing image information from successive images over time.' The US and EU patents for MPEG-4 Part 2 had already expired in prior years, and the VIA Licensing Alliance confirmed this was the last active patent worldwide. _Developers tracking codec licensing changes can follow patent milestones like this one on daily.dev._ ### Which patent was the last one covering MPEG-4 Part 2 video, and where was it active? The last active MPEG-4 Part 2 patent was BRPI0109962B1, held in Brazil, covering a process for storing and processing image information from successive images over time. While US and EU equivalents had already lapsed, this Brazilian patent remained in force until it expired on 19 July 2026, as confirmed by the VIA Licensing Alliance. _Anyone weighing codec licensing risk can keep up with patent expirations like this via daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [A 25-year-old Brazilian video patent just expired, ending a lingering legal headache for Linux](https://daily.dev/posts/a-25-year-old-brazilian-video-patent-just-expired-ending-a-lingering-legal-headache-for-linux-wp2xsad1s) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [MPEG-4 Patent Expiration, RADV On Windows, Open-Source AI & Other July Highlights](https://daily.dev/posts/mpeg-4-patent-expiration-radv-on-windows-open-source-ai-other-july-highlights-h5wldrlnj) · Phoronix · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [The Last Of The Dolby Digital Plus "E-AC3" Patents Might Now Be Expired](https://daily.dev/posts/the-last-of-the-dolby-digital-plus-e-ac3-patents-might-now-be-expired-8z0dxsdkj) · Phoronix · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Firm quietly boosts H.264 streaming license fees from $100,000 up to staggering $4.5 million — backbone codec of the internet gets meteoric increase, AVC hikes follow disastrous H.265 licensing increa](https://daily.dev/posts/firm-quietly-boosts-h-264-streaming-license-fees-from-100-000-up-to-staggering-4-5-million-backb-nsgz8pl6z) · Hacker News · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/the-last-mpeg-4-visual-patent-has-expired-wszwcqvts) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"The Last MPEG-4 Visual Patent Has Expired","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-last-mpeg-4-visual-patent-has-expired-wszwcqvts","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-last-mpeg-4-visual-patent-has-expired-wszwcqvts"},"datePublished":"2026-07-19T14:35:13.723Z","dateModified":"2026-09-13T20:41:45.553Z","description":"The last remaining MPEG-4 Part 2 (MPEG-4 Visual) patent, held in Brazil under BRPI0109962B1, expired on July 19, 2026. 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