Company Profile for S.I.SV.EL S.P.A.

"Licensing" has been SISVEL's main activity since 1982, when it was incorporated. Since then, SISVEL has granted licenses to all the major consumer-electronics manufacturers and has developed a unique experience in licensing the intellectual property rights of third parties, particularly in the field of consumer electronics. In particular, SISVEL has the capability to set up, manage, and assist patent holders in every aspect of licensing: legal, technical, and financial.

Moreover, SISVEL is the exclusive licensor for a group of patents relevant to the Audio portion of the MPEG (Moving Pictures Experts Group) An ISO/ITU standard for compressing digital video. Pronounced "em-peg," it is the universal standard for digital terrestrial, cable and satellite TV, DVDs and digital video recorders (DVRs). standard (including the popular MP3 format) and of the entire patent portfolio owned by the German laboratories IRT IRT Item Response Theory
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SISVEL has its headquarters in Northern Italy Northern Italy comprises of two areas belonging to NUTS level 1:

North-West (Nord-Ovest): Aosta Valley, Piedmont, Lombardy, Liguria
North-East (Nord-Est): Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Veneto, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Emilia-Romagna

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Company:                S.I.SV.EL S.P.A.

   Headquarters Address:   via Castagnole, 59
                           None, Torino 10060
                           Italy

   Main Telephone:         +39 - 011 - 9904114

   Website:                www.sisvel.com

   Type of Organization:   Private

   Industry:               Technology

   Key Executives:         managing director: Paolo D'Amato

   Public Relations
     Contact:              Alexandra Roesch
     Email:                segreteria@sisvel.it

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