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Disney hit with Delaware complaint from ETRI over video coding SEPs
Read more: Disney hit with Delaware complaint from ETRI over video coding SEPsETRI claims that Disney was repeatedly contacted by Access Advance to take a (F)RAND license to the VDP pool, which would cover the asserted patents.
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OPPO, Nidec have taken Qi Wireless Power patent pool license, Via announces during AI licensing-focused Summit
Read more: OPPO, Nidec have taken Qi Wireless Power patent pool license, Via announces during AI licensing-focused SummitDuring its annual Bridge Summit in San Francisco today, which will largely focus on opportunities and strategies in AI patent licensing, Via Licensing Alliance announced Japan’s Nidec Mobility Corporation and China’s OPPO – already a licensor – have both taken a license in Via’s Qi Wireless Power patent pool.
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Halozyme wins Dutch injunction against Merck’s Keytruda SC in eight European countries, court holds patent valid
Read more: Halozyme wins Dutch injunction against Merck’s Keytruda SC in eight European countries, court holds patent validThe Hague District Court has upheld Halozyme’s patent and found infringement. Merck’s subcutaneous cancer drug is blocked in eight European countries, but Merck strongly disagrees, alleging the patent is invalid.
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BlackBerry acquires Google patents, reports “stronger than expected” licensing revenue
Read more: BlackBerry acquires Google patents, reports “stronger than expected” licensing revenueBlackBerry also reported that it received patents as part of a customer contract, though it isn’t clear if that customer could’ve been Google.
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ZTE assigns over a hundred more patents to U.S. PAE as Verizon files counterclaim in mobile networking suit
Read more: ZTE assigns over a hundred more patents to U.S. PAE as Verizon files counterclaim in mobile networking suitEarlier this year, PAE Eight Deer Ventures asserted patents previously owned by ZTE against Verizon and AT&T in U.S. district court.
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Qualcomm-Huawei disagreement reflects inherently subjective nature of unpacking complex “license-plus” deals
Read more: Qualcomm-Huawei disagreement reflects inherently subjective nature of unpacking complex “license-plus” dealsQualcomm’s and Huawei’s divergent interpretations of their license-plus-patent-transfer agreement are just the latest example of how two parties can take different perspectives on the same deal without anyone necessarily lying.
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PMAC is the UPC’s ‘multi-door’ dispute resolution partner, Director Aleš Zalar says
Read more: PMAC is the UPC’s ‘multi-door’ dispute resolution partner, Director Aleš Zalar saysIn an exclusive interview, PMAC Director Aleš Zalar tells ip fray about the center’s first cases, its expanding FRAND work, coordination with the UPC and national courts, and plans to make arbitration faster and more cost-effective.
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BASF spin-off also suing Apple over face ID patent infringement in UPC, ITC
Read more: BASF spin-off also suing Apple over face ID patent infringement in UPC, ITCThe United States International Trade Commission has instituted an investigation into BASF subsidiary TrinamiX’s infringement complaint against Apple over six of its facial recognition-related patents, a month after the plaintiff also sued Apple in both the UPC and the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas.


