Confusingly, there are two different MPEGs in this context. MPEG the standards group is organized by ISO and IEC, along with JPEG. The one you’re thinking of

Confusingly, there are two different MPEGs in this context. MPEG the standards group is organized by ISO and IEC, along with JPEG. The one you’re thinking of - MPEG LA, the licensing company - is a patent pool (which has since been subsumed by a different one[1]) that’s unaffiliated with MPEG the standards group. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Via-LA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Via-LA