diff --git a/LICENSE.md b/LICENSE.md
index ca74eaf483b6772614a49c5025aa865a357e063e..21616d00deb55d678a5ed477119d38700456cab8 100755
--- a/LICENSE.md
+++ b/LICENSE.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /******************************************************************************************************
 
-   (C) 2022-2025 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
+   (C) 2022-2026 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
    Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Huawei Technologies Co. LTD.,
    Koninklijke Philips N.V., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Nokia Technologies Oy, Orange,
    Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., VoiceAge Corporation, and other
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 50926ab0630d4bf21421d56ef6c697efd89bf160..0c4e211bd0e136d5ecc9ca1dfd36c2f2b986eb85 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 \*\*\*\*<!---
 
-(C) 2022-2025 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
+(C) 2022-2026 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
 Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Huawei Technologies Co. LTD.,
 Koninklijke Philips N.V., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Nokia Technologies Oy, Orange,
 Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., VoiceAge Corporation, and other
diff --git a/generate_test_selection.py b/generate_test_selection.py
index bad7daa854bbb9b049952421a76d321235f9e4f9..2caf7daa57894ad2ce6eafba1c1ecb4f2e486304 100755
--- a/generate_test_selection.py
+++ b/generate_test_selection.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #! /usr/bin/env python3
 
 #
-#  (C) 2022-2025 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
+#  (C) 2022-2026 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
 #  Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Huawei Technologies Co. LTD.,
 #  Koninklijke Philips N.V., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Nokia Technologies Oy, Orange,
 #  Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., VoiceAge Corporation, and other
diff --git a/ivas_processing_scripts/__init__.py b/ivas_processing_scripts/__init__.py
index 243ac32b672fe210b9260fd203850d248af32a30..e0235bcae105d825f4f22a7fffeb99c726860675 100755
--- a/ivas_processing_scripts/__init__.py
+++ b/ivas_processing_scripts/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 #
-#  (C) 2022-2025 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
+#  (C) 2022-2026 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
 #  Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Huawei Technologies Co. LTD.,
 #  Koninklijke Philips N.V., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Nokia Technologies Oy, Orange,
 #  Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., VoiceAge Corporation, and other
diff --git a/ivas_processing_scripts/__main__.py b/ivas_processing_scripts/__main__.py
index 7b79f3de091557821409d7a8a4429d115ae92a1b..42d6e76f5ca3985d725fe8dc57bcb3b16bf91f18 100755
--- a/ivas_processing_scripts/__main__.py
+++ b/ivas_processing_scripts/__main__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 #
-#  (C) 2022-2025 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
+#  (C) 2022-2026 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
 #  Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Huawei Technologies Co. LTD.,
 #  Koninklijke Philips N.V., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Nokia Technologies Oy, Orange,
 #  Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., VoiceAge Corporation, and other
diff --git a/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/EFAP.py b/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/EFAP.py
index 92f0a9be21f4ff6dd3e1a47a24a434d666f33063..83fd00c0abb20c42a235af22e88283cbdb7f22fc 100755
--- a/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/EFAP.py
+++ b/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/EFAP.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 #
-#  (C) 2022-2025 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
+#  (C) 2022-2026 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
 #  Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Huawei Technologies Co. LTD.,
 #  Koninklijke Philips N.V., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Nokia Technologies Oy, Orange,
 #  Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., VoiceAge Corporation, and other
diff --git a/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/__init__.py b/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/__init__.py
index 7470e784ff09bf362b0dccf289577056f8a33cf9..2b824bf32316b6d6e7a8cf3454ea3659842057b0 100755
--- a/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/__init__.py
+++ b/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 #
-#  (C) 2022-2025 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
+#  (C) 2022-2026 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
 #  Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Huawei Technologies Co. LTD.,
 #  Koninklijke Philips N.V., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Nokia Technologies Oy, Orange,
 #  Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., VoiceAge Corporation, and other
diff --git a/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/__main__.py b/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/__main__.py
index 8af3f06ea5f147ac5ebec9a12bf50e41711e91ce..3b54e1ead73eccff14306fbc4f9c562195dc3783 100755
--- a/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/__main__.py
+++ b/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/__main__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 #
-#  (C) 2022-2025 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
+#  (C) 2022-2026 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
 #  Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Huawei Technologies Co. LTD.,
 #  Koninklijke Philips N.V., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Nokia Technologies Oy, Orange,
 #  Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., VoiceAge Corporation, and other
diff --git a/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/audio.py b/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/audio.py
index 6c03d9b6fe2534eef966087f06f99f6fb0dbde64..a4f87b32b0900399d1958773968c892eb864b205 100755
--- a/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/audio.py
+++ b/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/audio.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 #
-#  (C) 2022-2025 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
+#  (C) 2022-2026 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
 #  Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Huawei Technologies Co. LTD.,
 #  Koninklijke Philips N.V., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Nokia Technologies Oy, Orange,
 #  Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., VoiceAge Corporation, and other
diff --git a/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/audioarray.py b/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/audioarray.py
index 62c30d19bab694aa83b05972eaa91185e9b724a9..fbad28099ca9f290d79d4a119edc038b2c7edb50 100755
--- a/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/audioarray.py
+++ b/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/audioarray.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 #
-#  (C) 2022-2025 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
+#  (C) 2022-2026 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
 #  Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Huawei Technologies Co. LTD.,
 #  Koninklijke Philips N.V., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Nokia Technologies Oy, Orange,
 #  Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., VoiceAge Corporation, and other
diff --git a/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/audiofile.py b/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/audiofile.py
index 46f040a5ac60576e96b1eff733527a435ed4b8c1..aab3b793b9f225d447d7704ec8ca731e65fba88d 100755
--- a/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/audiofile.py
+++ b/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/audiofile.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 #
-#  (C) 2022-2025 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
+#  (C) 2022-2026 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
 #  Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Huawei Technologies Co. LTD.,
 #  Koninklijke Philips N.V., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Nokia Technologies Oy, Orange,
 #  Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., VoiceAge Corporation, and other
diff --git a/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/binaural_datasets/__init__.py b/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/binaural_datasets/__init__.py
index efde7e0a5b7b104eb952d4d78560e0ccc0b16325..2092a07535fec93ace9f20b2527f82e5301e7715 100755
--- a/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/binaural_datasets/__init__.py
+++ b/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/binaural_datasets/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 #
-#  (C) 2022-2025 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
+#  (C) 2022-2026 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
 #  Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Huawei Technologies Co. LTD.,
 #  Koninklijke Philips N.V., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Nokia Technologies Oy, Orange,
 #  Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., VoiceAge Corporation, and other
diff --git a/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/binaural_datasets/binaural_dataset.py b/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/binaural_datasets/binaural_dataset.py
index d92709f511f498a3d8b84aa6f64a7fc80303d126..ae93ef7a1d2698e097cb996e1345894867588b38 100755
--- a/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/binaural_datasets/binaural_dataset.py
+++ b/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/binaural_datasets/binaural_dataset.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 #
-#  (C) 2022-2025 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
+#  (C) 2022-2026 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
 #  Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Huawei Technologies Co. LTD.,
 #  Koninklijke Philips N.V., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Nokia Technologies Oy, Orange,
 #  Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., VoiceAge Corporation, and other
diff --git a/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/binauralobjectrenderer.py b/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/binauralobjectrenderer.py
index 276e36a387bae1873c32252ef2fa24f2b22fa7a8..cbdf69c2e098fc171c179be113efa112b52c1e66 100755
--- a/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/binauralobjectrenderer.py
+++ b/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/binauralobjectrenderer.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 #
-#  (C) 2022-2025 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
+#  (C) 2022-2026 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
 #  Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Huawei Technologies Co. LTD.,
 #  Koninklijke Philips N.V., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Nokia Technologies Oy, Orange,
 #  Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., VoiceAge Corporation, and other
diff --git a/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/constants.py b/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/constants.py
index eed72ecf261b4a0746b5a86dcd9800cadfa7225e..87e4cb151e6486af609286fc12340217084554b3 100755
--- a/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/constants.py
+++ b/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/constants.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 #
-#  (C) 2022-2025 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
+#  (C) 2022-2026 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
 #  Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Huawei Technologies Co. LTD.,
 #  Koninklijke Philips N.V., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Nokia Technologies Oy, Orange,
 #  Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., VoiceAge Corporation, and other
diff --git a/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/convert/__init__.py b/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/convert/__init__.py
index 7a7235ce2dc5bc256116a79b41d0560f81f5a307..f8610c28418f155aacda030cc24abc77ebe8eb73 100755
--- a/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/convert/__init__.py
+++ b/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/convert/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 #
-#  (C) 2022-2025 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
+#  (C) 2022-2026 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
 #  Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Huawei Technologies Co. LTD.,
 #  Koninklijke Philips N.V., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Nokia Technologies Oy, Orange,
 #  Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., VoiceAge Corporation, and other
diff --git a/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/convert/binaural.py b/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/convert/binaural.py
index ab002ab7914e7f67cf3cd3811899818ba6ac517a..b2baa6e7aabcd4277dd11c2f8d9b1bf529b1db6c 100755
--- a/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/convert/binaural.py
+++ b/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/convert/binaural.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 #
-#  (C) 2022-2025 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
+#  (C) 2022-2026 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
 #  Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Huawei Technologies Co. LTD.,
 #  Koninklijke Philips N.V., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Nokia Technologies Oy, Orange,
 #  Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., VoiceAge Corporation, and other
diff --git a/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/convert/channelbased.py b/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/convert/channelbased.py
index b4e4730ce5c03e4a1b4c40488cd548b2e8628539..cbefdb078aa89d30a61a3b1526e47d844307f39d 100755
--- a/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/convert/channelbased.py
+++ b/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/convert/channelbased.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 #
-#  (C) 2022-2025 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
+#  (C) 2022-2026 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
 #  Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Huawei Technologies Co. LTD.,
 #  Koninklijke Philips N.V., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Nokia Technologies Oy, Orange,
 #  Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., VoiceAge Corporation, and other
diff --git a/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/convert/masa.py b/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/convert/masa.py
index 6f872f5eb5a7772d6beee636d5d7ac19e2a4bafe..45e6fbed16f84a57a5494975570db68a7f148980 100755
--- a/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/convert/masa.py
+++ b/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/convert/masa.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 #
-#  (C) 2022-2025 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
+#  (C) 2022-2026 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
 #  Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Huawei Technologies Co. LTD.,
 #  Koninklijke Philips N.V., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Nokia Technologies Oy, Orange,
 #  Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., VoiceAge Corporation, and other
diff --git a/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/convert/objectbased.py b/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/convert/objectbased.py
index bd0d6846005b0af3daa5a9b8935fe59a74a57cc6..e2cb93a162d14b2acf9924c4b728880061746cf0 100755
--- a/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/convert/objectbased.py
+++ b/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/convert/objectbased.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 #
-#  (C) 2022-2025 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
+#  (C) 2022-2026 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
 #  Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Huawei Technologies Co. LTD.,
 #  Koninklijke Philips N.V., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Nokia Technologies Oy, Orange,
 #  Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., VoiceAge Corporation, and other
diff --git a/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/convert/omasa.py b/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/convert/omasa.py
index 9df3782959bc140b0daf8c508f5ac543de12e113..626ee1a2850fcdf361924d9d4972564cf3fd726d 100644
--- a/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/convert/omasa.py
+++ b/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/convert/omasa.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 #
-#  (C) 2022-2025 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
+#  (C) 2022-2026 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
 #  Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Huawei Technologies Co. LTD.,
 #  Koninklijke Philips N.V., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Nokia Technologies Oy, Orange,
 #  Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., VoiceAge Corporation, and other
diff --git a/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/convert/osba.py b/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/convert/osba.py
index f97329b3c94dac616f07d6f79b39c9658a131729..21d4e9fe99ef0f345ac59c1bd334d598e3922277 100644
--- a/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/convert/osba.py
+++ b/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/convert/osba.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 #
-#  (C) 2022-2025 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
+#  (C) 2022-2026 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
 #  Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Huawei Technologies Co. LTD.,
 #  Koninklijke Philips N.V., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Nokia Technologies Oy, Orange,
 #  Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., VoiceAge Corporation, and other
diff --git a/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/convert/scenebased.py b/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/convert/scenebased.py
index 1967dc3209a4dfc3a0cb6169d5be90d1b6f54ad8..ddec28d742ada260b7d0401e653cf1f3a5f63b19 100755
--- a/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/convert/scenebased.py
+++ b/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/convert/scenebased.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 #
-#  (C) 2022-2025 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
+#  (C) 2022-2026 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
 #  Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Huawei Technologies Co. LTD.,
 #  Koninklijke Philips N.V., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Nokia Technologies Oy, Orange,
 #  Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., VoiceAge Corporation, and other
diff --git a/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/metadata.py b/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/metadata.py
index 021400c74175b967bf726ebe48a8ee0afcbda15e..ffc3041f71ce87bab05291f43e606937e576d49e 100755
--- a/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/metadata.py
+++ b/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/metadata.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 #
-#  (C) 2022-2025 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
+#  (C) 2022-2026 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
 #  Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Huawei Technologies Co. LTD.,
 #  Koninklijke Philips N.V., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Nokia Technologies Oy, Orange,
 #  Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., VoiceAge Corporation, and other
diff --git a/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/rotation.py b/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/rotation.py
index 9d1ac94282dccf3e538ba371ddb6de83a3e5f541..3a054f06d4f586ae8ee7d8ca2759056b236173a3 100755
--- a/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/rotation.py
+++ b/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/rotation.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 #
-#  (C) 2022-2025 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
+#  (C) 2022-2026 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
 #  Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Huawei Technologies Co. LTD.,
 #  Koninklijke Philips N.V., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Nokia Technologies Oy, Orange,
 #  Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., VoiceAge Corporation, and other
diff --git a/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/utils.py b/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/utils.py
index b5c0c093f919a2eb724fe8311b66e2b2a4bccd39..c5e5b3e28a79401ba8edd4cd403e1be4eceebfd6 100755
--- a/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/utils.py
+++ b/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/utils.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 #
-#  (C) 2022-2025 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
+#  (C) 2022-2026 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
 #  Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Huawei Technologies Co. LTD.,
 #  Koninklijke Philips N.V., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Nokia Technologies Oy, Orange,
 #  Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., VoiceAge Corporation, and other
diff --git a/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/wrappers/__init__.py b/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/wrappers/__init__.py
index efde7e0a5b7b104eb952d4d78560e0ccc0b16325..2092a07535fec93ace9f20b2527f82e5301e7715 100755
--- a/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/wrappers/__init__.py
+++ b/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/wrappers/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 #
-#  (C) 2022-2025 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
+#  (C) 2022-2026 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
 #  Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Huawei Technologies Co. LTD.,
 #  Koninklijke Philips N.V., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Nokia Technologies Oy, Orange,
 #  Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., VoiceAge Corporation, and other
diff --git a/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/wrappers/bs1770.py b/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/wrappers/bs1770.py
index f282158f0dfc82313f16c173590e75cc205b11e2..e6b1b09cd292215317c5c236ebb7398d212ffd0b 100755
--- a/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/wrappers/bs1770.py
+++ b/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/wrappers/bs1770.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 #
-#  (C) 2022-2025 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
+#  (C) 2022-2026 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
 #  Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Huawei Technologies Co. LTD.,
 #  Koninklijke Philips N.V., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Nokia Technologies Oy, Orange,
 #  Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., VoiceAge Corporation, and other
diff --git a/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/wrappers/dlyerr_2_errpat.py b/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/wrappers/dlyerr_2_errpat.py
index ea900a068bcf52e64c0749447e45c168f6edc8ea..b1f5516cf93de509f1173e6620e7d4fe10721517 100644
--- a/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/wrappers/dlyerr_2_errpat.py
+++ b/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/wrappers/dlyerr_2_errpat.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 #
-#  (C) 2022-2025 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
+#  (C) 2022-2026 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
 #  Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Huawei Technologies Co. LTD.,
 #  Koninklijke Philips N.V., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Nokia Technologies Oy, Orange,
 #  Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., VoiceAge Corporation, and other
diff --git a/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/wrappers/eid_xor.py b/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/wrappers/eid_xor.py
index 95b053d522e54b28a9ce96f0ff987cdde9d64a71..a8f96be8a0d1456d3499f276c3aacc05abf95df8 100644
--- a/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/wrappers/eid_xor.py
+++ b/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/wrappers/eid_xor.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 #
-#  (C) 2022-2025 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
+#  (C) 2022-2026 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
 #  Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Huawei Technologies Co. LTD.,
 #  Koninklijke Philips N.V., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Nokia Technologies Oy, Orange,
 #  Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., VoiceAge Corporation, and other
diff --git a/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/wrappers/esdru.py b/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/wrappers/esdru.py
index 6396991577de7027b0e39d87fb6d76175540bfc5..82700996b1bb447b457aa52f33c061aaf97e1915 100755
--- a/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/wrappers/esdru.py
+++ b/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/wrappers/esdru.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 #
-#  (C) 2022-2025 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
+#  (C) 2022-2026 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
 #  Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Huawei Technologies Co. LTD.,
 #  Koninklijke Philips N.V., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Nokia Technologies Oy, Orange,
 #  Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., VoiceAge Corporation, and other
diff --git a/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/wrappers/filter.py b/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/wrappers/filter.py
index 7c6e592cf5e4999bbccbf4c4c15b54fdc2ee2a87..aaae6727f4197023296a4c49ac260e49e68cf490 100755
--- a/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/wrappers/filter.py
+++ b/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/wrappers/filter.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 #
-#  (C) 2022-2025 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
+#  (C) 2022-2026 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
 #  Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Huawei Technologies Co. LTD.,
 #  Koninklijke Philips N.V., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Nokia Technologies Oy, Orange,
 #  Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., VoiceAge Corporation, and other
diff --git a/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/wrappers/gen_patt.py b/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/wrappers/gen_patt.py
index 34e9ad212b66ca9218a832c7c9f526e31bcde7f5..c465298f179f82b87be09d4dbaa4c84a1548f4b5 100644
--- a/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/wrappers/gen_patt.py
+++ b/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/wrappers/gen_patt.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 #
-#  (C) 2022-2025 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
+#  (C) 2022-2026 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
 #  Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Huawei Technologies Co. LTD.,
 #  Koninklijke Philips N.V., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Nokia Technologies Oy, Orange,
 #  Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., VoiceAge Corporation, and other
diff --git a/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/wrappers/masaAnalyzer.py b/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/wrappers/masaAnalyzer.py
index 26310bc1c76d7fae5f44e554265e95a3b388fc24..fe79bbe50f8aa609e775f80a51e537b19b126584 100644
--- a/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/wrappers/masaAnalyzer.py
+++ b/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/wrappers/masaAnalyzer.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 #
-#  (C) 2022-2025 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
+#  (C) 2022-2026 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
 #  Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Huawei Technologies Co. LTD.,
 #  Koninklijke Philips N.V., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Nokia Technologies Oy, Orange,
 #  Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., VoiceAge Corporation, and other
diff --git a/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/wrappers/masaRenderer.py b/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/wrappers/masaRenderer.py
index b0f6f85336cbc5f30345ef4351632b6e1a8af0bb..2316602b6dd0f41a87f430dde5c34c80ed675e36 100755
--- a/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/wrappers/masaRenderer.py
+++ b/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/wrappers/masaRenderer.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 #
-#  (C) 2022-2025 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
+#  (C) 2022-2026 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
 #  Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Huawei Technologies Co. LTD.,
 #  Koninklijke Philips N.V., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Nokia Technologies Oy, Orange,
 #  Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., VoiceAge Corporation, and other
diff --git a/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/wrappers/networkSimulator.py b/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/wrappers/networkSimulator.py
index 08dda1afe27924c1bb58399bdc25d1901ffcc2bd..22b42a7a00b66727b8b43a07b88bc765ce559e91 100644
--- a/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/wrappers/networkSimulator.py
+++ b/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/wrappers/networkSimulator.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 #
-#  (C) 2022-2025 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
+#  (C) 2022-2026 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
 #  Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Huawei Technologies Co. LTD.,
 #  Koninklijke Philips N.V., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Nokia Technologies Oy, Orange,
 #  Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., VoiceAge Corporation, and other
diff --git a/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/wrappers/p50fbmnru.py b/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/wrappers/p50fbmnru.py
index e59d6818a2daef0f4b9d0171fe20a52d7761a41f..4d8db493957d03207269b101aeaacf7ef30ce433 100755
--- a/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/wrappers/p50fbmnru.py
+++ b/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/wrappers/p50fbmnru.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 #
-#  (C) 2022-2025 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
+#  (C) 2022-2026 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
 #  Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Huawei Technologies Co. LTD.,
 #  Koninklijke Philips N.V., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Nokia Technologies Oy, Orange,
 #  Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., VoiceAge Corporation, and other
diff --git a/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/wrappers/random_seed.py b/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/wrappers/random_seed.py
index 3f81686a1ccb51a3f28ae367164bc41893e5b341..6c93315c48a5ae826696d7df35030e15149c5ed2 100644
--- a/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/wrappers/random_seed.py
+++ b/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/wrappers/random_seed.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 #
-#  (C) 2022-2025 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
+#  (C) 2022-2026 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
 #  Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Huawei Technologies Co. LTD.,
 #  Koninklijke Philips N.V., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Nokia Technologies Oy, Orange,
 #  Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., VoiceAge Corporation, and other
diff --git a/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/wrappers/reverb.py b/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/wrappers/reverb.py
index 1628ee3ed3566ac7cf6e77b3800e81d0465581a6..1d59dd2264f28480e672270c3d3ca4686a7f9c63 100644
--- a/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/wrappers/reverb.py
+++ b/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/wrappers/reverb.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 #
-#  (C) 2022-2025 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
+#  (C) 2022-2026 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
 #  Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Huawei Technologies Co. LTD.,
 #  Koninklijke Philips N.V., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Nokia Technologies Oy, Orange,
 #  Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., VoiceAge Corporation, and other
diff --git a/ivas_processing_scripts/constants.py b/ivas_processing_scripts/constants.py
index 9aa40dd441ba68b208104cbe9400a93d6ccd9b8e..3a3eabb46dcb7f11c12d562bd408ccadb77b4702 100755
--- a/ivas_processing_scripts/constants.py
+++ b/ivas_processing_scripts/constants.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 #
-#  (C) 2022-2025 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
+#  (C) 2022-2026 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
 #  Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Huawei Technologies Co. LTD.,
 #  Koninklijke Philips N.V., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Nokia Technologies Oy, Orange,
 #  Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., VoiceAge Corporation, and other
diff --git a/ivas_processing_scripts/generation/__init__.py b/ivas_processing_scripts/generation/__init__.py
index 58c75189bee0be5dacd6edb7d9f23f4af7625e5d..743a07f8778d3001ebccd158f1aa2d5543414605 100755
--- a/ivas_processing_scripts/generation/__init__.py
+++ b/ivas_processing_scripts/generation/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 #
-#  (C) 2022-2025 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
+#  (C) 2022-2026 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
 #  Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Huawei Technologies Co. LTD.,
 #  Koninklijke Philips N.V., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Nokia Technologies Oy, Orange,
 #  Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., VoiceAge Corporation, and other
diff --git a/ivas_processing_scripts/generation/__main__.py b/ivas_processing_scripts/generation/__main__.py
index fe0f58aeb43d97dfa1c171eba81322d51f5bdd0f..a40766c9c880ec421d8c5038f3378146acf829aa 100755
--- a/ivas_processing_scripts/generation/__main__.py
+++ b/ivas_processing_scripts/generation/__main__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 #
-#  (C) 2022-2025 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
+#  (C) 2022-2026 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
 #  Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Huawei Technologies Co. LTD.,
 #  Koninklijke Philips N.V., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Nokia Technologies Oy, Orange,
 #  Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., VoiceAge Corporation, and other
diff --git a/ivas_processing_scripts/generation/config.py b/ivas_processing_scripts/generation/config.py
index 6533785e6915b8b3bd4cfe5124225ffc20377157..69c8e5a04178e7509906dbc1e460545018dd33b1 100644
--- a/ivas_processing_scripts/generation/config.py
+++ b/ivas_processing_scripts/generation/config.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 #
-#  (C) 2022-2025 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
+#  (C) 2022-2026 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
 #  Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Huawei Technologies Co. LTD.,
 #  Koninklijke Philips N.V., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Nokia Technologies Oy, Orange,
 #  Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., VoiceAge Corporation, and other
diff --git a/ivas_processing_scripts/generation/constants.py b/ivas_processing_scripts/generation/constants.py
index 3bc6b82d9ec6dd7deff8bb070f45a68780cd397b..d1a057f6657b84d8d9ec25de56d4840705ccff26 100644
--- a/ivas_processing_scripts/generation/constants.py
+++ b/ivas_processing_scripts/generation/constants.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 #
-#  (C) 2022-2025 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
+#  (C) 2022-2026 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
 #  Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Huawei Technologies Co. LTD.,
 #  Koninklijke Philips N.V., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Nokia Technologies Oy, Orange,
 #  Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., VoiceAge Corporation, and other
diff --git a/ivas_processing_scripts/generation/generate_ismN_items.py b/ivas_processing_scripts/generation/generate_ismN_items.py
index b7d134343d810a822cd592b23331ae0a190be281..2bdd93ed099498977360e57396ac19befaf84b28 100644
--- a/ivas_processing_scripts/generation/generate_ismN_items.py
+++ b/ivas_processing_scripts/generation/generate_ismN_items.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 #
-#  (C) 2022-2025 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
+#  (C) 2022-2026 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
 #  Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Huawei Technologies Co. LTD.,
 #  Koninklijke Philips N.V., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Nokia Technologies Oy, Orange,
 #  Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., VoiceAge Corporation, and other
diff --git a/ivas_processing_scripts/generation/generate_masa_items.py b/ivas_processing_scripts/generation/generate_masa_items.py
index 6788dacf79c54338e5b10eb05bbc82fd98a0f8cb..45275f35449e953da95760bad12e1e9f1fac5e2c 100644
--- a/ivas_processing_scripts/generation/generate_masa_items.py
+++ b/ivas_processing_scripts/generation/generate_masa_items.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 #
-#  (C) 2022-2025 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
+#  (C) 2022-2026 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
 #  Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Huawei Technologies Co. LTD.,
 #  Koninklijke Philips N.V., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Nokia Technologies Oy, Orange,
 #  Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., VoiceAge Corporation, and other
diff --git a/ivas_processing_scripts/generation/generate_mc_items.py b/ivas_processing_scripts/generation/generate_mc_items.py
index 1c869f156af4e6e4f8cbce6c402b8286d62e1751..14efc6ae9fe9a54b0a5f141f2702eee53a16c419 100644
--- a/ivas_processing_scripts/generation/generate_mc_items.py
+++ b/ivas_processing_scripts/generation/generate_mc_items.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 #
-#  (C) 2022-2025 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
+#  (C) 2022-2026 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
 #  Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Huawei Technologies Co. LTD.,
 #  Koninklijke Philips N.V., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Nokia Technologies Oy, Orange,
 #  Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., VoiceAge Corporation, and other
diff --git a/ivas_processing_scripts/generation/generate_omasa_items.py b/ivas_processing_scripts/generation/generate_omasa_items.py
index 698b966cb1cba055132ebbc82e6dd2d32334ca47..96448ff3e945bdc9791803285d263610727f35f6 100644
--- a/ivas_processing_scripts/generation/generate_omasa_items.py
+++ b/ivas_processing_scripts/generation/generate_omasa_items.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 #
-#  (C) 2022-2025 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
+#  (C) 2022-2026 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
 #  Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Huawei Technologies Co. LTD.,
 #  Koninklijke Philips N.V., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Nokia Technologies Oy, Orange,
 #  Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., VoiceAge Corporation, and other
diff --git a/ivas_processing_scripts/generation/generate_osba_items.py b/ivas_processing_scripts/generation/generate_osba_items.py
index 698d881d4ef1f26f00a7cd5f7e3cf5f2e8f79b64..538ce9855d01642105ed10e717a33ecc2400ed69 100644
--- a/ivas_processing_scripts/generation/generate_osba_items.py
+++ b/ivas_processing_scripts/generation/generate_osba_items.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 #
-#  (C) 2022-2025 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
+#  (C) 2022-2026 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
 #  Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Huawei Technologies Co. LTD.,
 #  Koninklijke Philips N.V., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Nokia Technologies Oy, Orange,
 #  Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., VoiceAge Corporation, and other
diff --git a/ivas_processing_scripts/generation/generate_sba_items.py b/ivas_processing_scripts/generation/generate_sba_items.py
index e521f7ab9721c5f0dff77ed037d4476de0ff1634..b84241fd320f21fab3e215011138ba7d41c89ef0 100644
--- a/ivas_processing_scripts/generation/generate_sba_items.py
+++ b/ivas_processing_scripts/generation/generate_sba_items.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 #
-#  (C) 2022-2025 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
+#  (C) 2022-2026 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
 #  Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Huawei Technologies Co. LTD.,
 #  Koninklijke Philips N.V., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Nokia Technologies Oy, Orange,
 #  Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., VoiceAge Corporation, and other
diff --git a/ivas_processing_scripts/generation/generate_stereo_items.py b/ivas_processing_scripts/generation/generate_stereo_items.py
index 41e93c5694a160853702b86e8bc0d538f81b8942..e8fe14242ee1b9256616c845364605fb2214f4c3 100644
--- a/ivas_processing_scripts/generation/generate_stereo_items.py
+++ b/ivas_processing_scripts/generation/generate_stereo_items.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 #
-#  (C) 2022-2025 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
+#  (C) 2022-2026 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
 #  Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Huawei Technologies Co. LTD.,
 #  Koninklijke Philips N.V., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Nokia Technologies Oy, Orange,
 #  Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., VoiceAge Corporation, and other
diff --git a/ivas_processing_scripts/processing/__init__.py b/ivas_processing_scripts/processing/__init__.py
index efde7e0a5b7b104eb952d4d78560e0ccc0b16325..2092a07535fec93ace9f20b2527f82e5301e7715 100755
--- a/ivas_processing_scripts/processing/__init__.py
+++ b/ivas_processing_scripts/processing/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 #
-#  (C) 2022-2025 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
+#  (C) 2022-2026 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
 #  Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Huawei Technologies Co. LTD.,
 #  Koninklijke Philips N.V., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Nokia Technologies Oy, Orange,
 #  Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., VoiceAge Corporation, and other
diff --git a/ivas_processing_scripts/processing/chains.py b/ivas_processing_scripts/processing/chains.py
index 1a48834d6c1c421767457f3f6c5407152532341c..874864de9d0e0ce17cc60992a4a24818d2d0a51a 100755
--- a/ivas_processing_scripts/processing/chains.py
+++ b/ivas_processing_scripts/processing/chains.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 #
-#  (C) 2022-2025 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
+#  (C) 2022-2026 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
 #  Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Huawei Technologies Co. LTD.,
 #  Koninklijke Philips N.V., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Nokia Technologies Oy, Orange,
 #  Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., VoiceAge Corporation, and other
diff --git a/ivas_processing_scripts/processing/config.py b/ivas_processing_scripts/processing/config.py
index 0e31f3172c9d180a154affc220d49cccbe81c40b..4b86fc3b13e516f2422e066d836172a60454e8a1 100755
--- a/ivas_processing_scripts/processing/config.py
+++ b/ivas_processing_scripts/processing/config.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 #
-#  (C) 2022-2025 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
+#  (C) 2022-2026 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
 #  Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Huawei Technologies Co. LTD.,
 #  Koninklijke Philips N.V., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Nokia Technologies Oy, Orange,
 #  Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., VoiceAge Corporation, and other
diff --git a/ivas_processing_scripts/processing/evs.py b/ivas_processing_scripts/processing/evs.py
index ea0a4a52710b3705e921106cee2cce06128eb5cc..6358054605f29568a457583400aa1e1a50efd974 100755
--- a/ivas_processing_scripts/processing/evs.py
+++ b/ivas_processing_scripts/processing/evs.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 #
-#  (C) 2022-2025 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
+#  (C) 2022-2026 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
 #  Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Huawei Technologies Co. LTD.,
 #  Koninklijke Philips N.V., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Nokia Technologies Oy, Orange,
 #  Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., VoiceAge Corporation, and other
diff --git a/ivas_processing_scripts/processing/ivas.py b/ivas_processing_scripts/processing/ivas.py
index f427d2e2be09b8bca8006ace6f5a6f810658069a..c45194f62fe7be7fdc52d6c6c91c87014b0452f4 100755
--- a/ivas_processing_scripts/processing/ivas.py
+++ b/ivas_processing_scripts/processing/ivas.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 #
-#  (C) 2022-2025 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
+#  (C) 2022-2026 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
 #  Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Huawei Technologies Co. LTD.,
 #  Koninklijke Philips N.V., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Nokia Technologies Oy, Orange,
 #  Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., VoiceAge Corporation, and other
diff --git a/ivas_processing_scripts/processing/ivas_combined.py b/ivas_processing_scripts/processing/ivas_combined.py
index f1b9c84bab652c7730372d417be8d8ca87ba7665..7d60890b891a3a198913ab06b8d7f65545063488 100755
--- a/ivas_processing_scripts/processing/ivas_combined.py
+++ b/ivas_processing_scripts/processing/ivas_combined.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 #
-#  (C) 2022-2025 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
+#  (C) 2022-2026 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
 #  Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Huawei Technologies Co. LTD.,
 #  Koninklijke Philips N.V., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Nokia Technologies Oy, Orange,
 #  Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., VoiceAge Corporation, and other
diff --git a/ivas_processing_scripts/processing/postprocessing.py b/ivas_processing_scripts/processing/postprocessing.py
index b7a470023b5cbbcd691430220607d40c658c88de..03dbfba4645eb169945f7f1788ca024aaf7493e8 100755
--- a/ivas_processing_scripts/processing/postprocessing.py
+++ b/ivas_processing_scripts/processing/postprocessing.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 #
-#  (C) 2022-2025 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
+#  (C) 2022-2026 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
 #  Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Huawei Technologies Co. LTD.,
 #  Koninklijke Philips N.V., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Nokia Technologies Oy, Orange,
 #  Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., VoiceAge Corporation, and other
diff --git a/ivas_processing_scripts/processing/preprocessing.py b/ivas_processing_scripts/processing/preprocessing.py
index 7599b8d94d49dc7de59c6a766064254248fc10b5..b377621ae2a970c9ce7fd5c46842ac3285be2f69 100755
--- a/ivas_processing_scripts/processing/preprocessing.py
+++ b/ivas_processing_scripts/processing/preprocessing.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 #
-#  (C) 2022-2025 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
+#  (C) 2022-2026 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
 #  Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Huawei Technologies Co. LTD.,
 #  Koninklijke Philips N.V., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Nokia Technologies Oy, Orange,
 #  Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., VoiceAge Corporation, and other
diff --git a/ivas_processing_scripts/processing/preprocessing_2.py b/ivas_processing_scripts/processing/preprocessing_2.py
index 710b9cf039dd8ad490234f57c8927cf2d697ade7..2873cfa540450101f0fc83657798026bbf4b8a10 100644
--- a/ivas_processing_scripts/processing/preprocessing_2.py
+++ b/ivas_processing_scripts/processing/preprocessing_2.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 #
-#  (C) 2022-2025 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
+#  (C) 2022-2026 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
 #  Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Huawei Technologies Co. LTD.,
 #  Koninklijke Philips N.V., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Nokia Technologies Oy, Orange,
 #  Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., VoiceAge Corporation, and other
diff --git a/ivas_processing_scripts/processing/processing.py b/ivas_processing_scripts/processing/processing.py
index 5b02f9cd4a0cf947963cd3683207b0b0276a7e97..61e01fe7e24a6b29f94178f5d33308b5cd3909cb 100755
--- a/ivas_processing_scripts/processing/processing.py
+++ b/ivas_processing_scripts/processing/processing.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 #
-#  (C) 2022-2025 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
+#  (C) 2022-2026 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
 #  Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Huawei Technologies Co. LTD.,
 #  Koninklijke Philips N.V., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Nokia Technologies Oy, Orange,
 #  Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., VoiceAge Corporation, and other
diff --git a/ivas_processing_scripts/processing/processing_splitting_scaling.py b/ivas_processing_scripts/processing/processing_splitting_scaling.py
index 88e5ed33c187156d821973af1ed829a5846858a0..d10a5652187f1cb0223fd8730f83af61d87a5eab 100644
--- a/ivas_processing_scripts/processing/processing_splitting_scaling.py
+++ b/ivas_processing_scripts/processing/processing_splitting_scaling.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ from ivas_processing_scripts.processing.processing import (
 )
 
 #
-#  (C) 2022-2025 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
+#  (C) 2022-2026 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
 #  Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Huawei Technologies Co. LTD.,
 #  Koninklijke Philips N.V., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Nokia Technologies Oy, Orange,
 #  Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., VoiceAge Corporation, and other
diff --git a/ivas_processing_scripts/processing/tx.py b/ivas_processing_scripts/processing/tx.py
index f5c0c9029dbfbd502ac5e31689febc44eb12efa1..4737b783b9b7ba0f08e1f27b06a779162bfaf5c6 100755
--- a/ivas_processing_scripts/processing/tx.py
+++ b/ivas_processing_scripts/processing/tx.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 #
-#  (C) 2022-2025 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
+#  (C) 2022-2026 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
 #  Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Huawei Technologies Co. LTD.,
 #  Koninklijke Philips N.V., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Nokia Technologies Oy, Orange,
 #  Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., VoiceAge Corporation, and other
diff --git a/ivas_processing_scripts/utils.py b/ivas_processing_scripts/utils.py
index 08c7bbe205e879a4553a7ec284c5d4157c0d5284..d9af71b431d470496e336d6b4f073cc9b7995b6d 100755
--- a/ivas_processing_scripts/utils.py
+++ b/ivas_processing_scripts/utils.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 #
-#  (C) 2022-2025 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
+#  (C) 2022-2026 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
 #  Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Huawei Technologies Co. LTD.,
 #  Koninklijke Philips N.V., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Nokia Technologies Oy, Orange,
 #  Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., VoiceAge Corporation, and other
diff --git a/other/attic/get_md5.ps1 b/other/attic/get_md5.ps1
index c27d25f2a9402e51e1979cde4da1fa7c7a8c778a..788baae0cba545fe32a71a3160c0d6760d7cc7f7 100644
--- a/other/attic/get_md5.ps1
+++ b/other/attic/get_md5.ps1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#   (C) 2022-2025 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
+#   (C) 2022-2026 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
 #   Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Huawei Technologies Co. LTD.,
 #   Koninklijke Philips N.V., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Nokia Technologies Oy, Orange,
 #   Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., VoiceAge Corporation, and other
diff --git a/other/attic/get_md5.sh b/other/attic/get_md5.sh
index 15caa467a5edafeafdf3650b863575e622fae531..ff39dc71736fe76f893f3d9952b05ee8aabfb470 100755
--- a/other/attic/get_md5.sh
+++ b/other/attic/get_md5.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-#   (C) 2022-2025 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
+#   (C) 2022-2026 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
 #   Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Huawei Technologies Co. LTD.,
 #   Koninklijke Philips N.V., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Nokia Technologies Oy, Orange,
 #   Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., VoiceAge Corporation, and other
diff --git a/other/check_ISM.sh b/other/check_ISM.sh
index 97690317a94be5f08f80cf038e9e419ba23748d4..1b70a6be28b32d3e1b0004559eb4ad82d6d7d546 100755
--- a/other/check_ISM.sh
+++ b/other/check_ISM.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-#   (C) 2022-2025 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
+#   (C) 2022-2026 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
 #   Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Huawei Technologies Co. LTD.,
 #   Koninklijke Philips N.V., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Nokia Technologies Oy, Orange,
 #   Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., VoiceAge Corporation, and other
diff --git a/other/check_conditions.py b/other/check_conditions.py
index 931c2becddb368091363bb70b53a64d83a861170..399a000bc67276b4161412ad92ead470d76c62e1 100644
--- a/other/check_conditions.py
+++ b/other/check_conditions.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
 #
-#  (C) 2022-2025 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
+#  (C) 2022-2026 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
 #  Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Huawei Technologies Co. LTD.,
 #  Koninklijke Philips N.V., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Nokia Technologies Oy, Orange,
 #  Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., VoiceAge Corporation, and other
diff --git a/other/get_md5.py b/other/get_md5.py
index 25390a4a76fe4518db35655ab87652772a989c06..2cfa60858273e3a929d16202183ac3817f08f3f5 100644
--- a/other/get_md5.py
+++ b/other/get_md5.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #! /usr/bin/env python3
-#   (C) 2022-2024 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
+#   (C) 2022-2026 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
 #   Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Huawei Technologies Co. LTD.,
 #   Koninklijke Philips N.V., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Nokia Technologies Oy, Orange,
 #   Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., VoiceAge Corporation, and other
diff --git a/other/get_wavfile_props.sh b/other/get_wavfile_props.sh
index dcecd5ee08e0974598dbb6839d91e0133b3935a8..96f0954f38aab687fee27716719dc732b558d564 100755
--- a/other/get_wavfile_props.sh
+++ b/other/get_wavfile_props.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 
-#   (C) 2022-2025 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
+#   (C) 2022-2026 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
 #   Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Huawei Technologies Co. LTD.,
 #   Koninklijke Philips N.V., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Nokia Technologies Oy, Orange,
 #   Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., VoiceAge Corporation, and other
diff --git a/other/lp16k.py b/other/lp16k.py
index 6f806569dd33f5cba4d3855a6cb30d354d021551..8cd638e597515027dc283ee6b75aac868257a3db 100755
--- a/other/lp16k.py
+++ b/other/lp16k.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
 #
-#  (C) 2022-2025 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
+#  (C) 2022-2026 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
 #  Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Huawei Technologies Co. LTD.,
 #  Koninklijke Philips N.V., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Nokia Technologies Oy, Orange,
 #  Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., VoiceAge Corporation, and other
diff --git a/other/pad_file_20ms.sh b/other/pad_file_20ms.sh
index 364f3c169d00ba490ba4f058cf3f2cc0f164bbbd..d214ee91634f7379b2f88a7e73cdd497b0d87b2e 100755
--- a/other/pad_file_20ms.sh
+++ b/other/pad_file_20ms.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 
-#   (C) 2022-2025 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
+#   (C) 2022-2026 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
 #   Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Huawei Technologies Co. LTD.,
 #   Koninklijke Philips N.V., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Nokia Technologies Oy, Orange,
 #   Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., VoiceAge Corporation, and other
diff --git a/tests/README.md b/tests/README.md
index 951fdb0e64de08af7ee74859de8d2e2211023df9..2fba26c4f8448d967c68742abbbf403e8cdc2bb7 100644
--- a/tests/README.md
+++ b/tests/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <!---
 
-   (C) 2022-2025 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
+   (C) 2022-2026 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
    Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Huawei Technologies Co. LTD.,
    Koninklijke Philips N.V., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Nokia Technologies Oy, Orange,
    Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., VoiceAge Corporation, and other
diff --git a/tests/__init__.py b/tests/__init__.py
index e6c549cf64be4b15613cb8715b7aa8915efaba48..7436ea29be57248a5d9e405fb35c077ef883429c 100644
--- a/tests/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#  (C) 2022-2025 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
+#  (C) 2022-2026 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
 #  Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Huawei Technologies Co. LTD.,
 #  Koninklijke Philips N.V., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Nokia Technologies Oy, Orange,
 #  Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., VoiceAge Corporation, and other
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index e642313fd92caca957447d479245feec8a62c9b0..d74e761a1502041402478a052ce4fae56c51828b 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#  (C) 2022-2025 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
+#  (C) 2022-2026 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
 #  Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Huawei Technologies Co. LTD.,
 #  Koninklijke Philips N.V., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Nokia Technologies Oy, Orange,
 #  Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., VoiceAge Corporation, and other
diff --git a/tests/constants.py b/tests/constants.py
index fe9dace9946d95cfec25b7df68909621f784844d..88fc83acb7784b512e0537f99f1fe83856185a8b 100644
--- a/tests/constants.py
+++ b/tests/constants.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 #
-#  (C) 2022-2025 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
+#  (C) 2022-2026 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
 #  Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Huawei Technologies Co. LTD.,
 #  Koninklijke Philips N.V., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Nokia Technologies Oy, Orange,
 #  Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., VoiceAge Corporation, and other
diff --git a/tests/data/renderer_config_format_readme.txt b/tests/data/renderer_config_format_readme.txt
index 65bb925a6090a84d79e802fa4f26a4b7b856b12c..35d685c0c5dbb718106a29904ea05f90d5fc6888 100644
--- a/tests/data/renderer_config_format_readme.txt
+++ b/tests/data/renderer_config_format_readme.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /******************************************************************************************************
 
-   (C) 2022-2025 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
+   (C) 2022-2026 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
    Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Huawei Technologies Co. LTD.,
    Koninklijke Philips N.V., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Nokia Technologies Oy, Orange,
    Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., VoiceAge Corporation, and other
diff --git a/tests/test_audiotools_convert.py b/tests/test_audiotools_convert.py
index 6bca6e0cc599655ccec6055494a3d439c52bf31f..491f31a3645031035467676a6cab7ed6f7f7cd2c 100644
--- a/tests/test_audiotools_convert.py
+++ b/tests/test_audiotools_convert.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 #
-#  (C) 2022-2025 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
+#  (C) 2022-2026 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
 #  Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Huawei Technologies Co. LTD.,
 #  Koninklijke Philips N.V., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Nokia Technologies Oy, Orange,
 #  Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., VoiceAge Corporation, and other
diff --git a/tests/test_binaries_present.py b/tests/test_binaries_present.py
index 18776721f35c5254b7ea99667a5fc8a75b6ef784..c041bc74bb3172643806f3194d17a91402d69ce2 100755
--- a/tests/test_binaries_present.py
+++ b/tests/test_binaries_present.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 #
-#  (C) 2022-2025 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
+#  (C) 2022-2026 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
 #  Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Huawei Technologies Co. LTD.,
 #  Koninklijke Philips N.V., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Nokia Technologies Oy, Orange,
 #  Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., VoiceAge Corporation, and other
diff --git a/tests/test_experiments.py b/tests/test_experiments.py
index 91f2d96dbbccda82c47a067f6978765c969dd8f0..617a2f8c4c866a6a30779a2e1fd94a0f5570e3f6 100644
--- a/tests/test_experiments.py
+++ b/tests/test_experiments.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 #
-#  (C) 2022-2025 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
+#  (C) 2022-2026 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
 #  Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Huawei Technologies Co. LTD.,
 #  Koninklijke Philips N.V., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Nokia Technologies Oy, Orange,
 #  Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., VoiceAge Corporation, and other
diff --git a/tests/test_processing.py b/tests/test_processing.py
index 6af362974cdce93bde452f49eefc0f8e1129042e..24c110aed8451f031c907ce489fda61f9776bf21 100644
--- a/tests/test_processing.py
+++ b/tests/test_processing.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 #
-#  (C) 2022-2025 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
+#  (C) 2022-2026 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
 #  Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Huawei Technologies Co. LTD.,
 #  Koninklijke Philips N.V., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Nokia Technologies Oy, Orange,
 #  Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., VoiceAge Corporation, and other