Month: January 2024
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Philips and OPPO settle patent licensing dispute: UK court order
Philips and OPPO have settled their standard-essential patent dispute as a UK court order implies.
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Samsung takes patent license from InterDigital and Sony for digital TVs and computer display monitors
InterDigital has announced a patent license agreement covering Samsung’s digital TVs and computer display monitors, the key standards being ATSC 3.0, HEVC, VVC, and WiFi.
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Apple asks court to allow continued sales of Apple Watch with pulse oximetry after securing clearance of version without
After securing customs clearance of an Apple Watch without pulse oximetry, Apple still asks the Federal Circuit to allow it to sell Apple Watches with that feature while its appeal is pending.
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Apple free to import Apple Watch into U.S. market after removal of pulse oximetry feature: court filing
Masimo has just told the Federal Circuit that Apple’s modified Apple Watch, which comes without pulse oximetry, has been cleared by U.S. Customs and Border Protection as Apple removed the pulse oximetry feature altogether.
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Sisvel and RPX did it again: patent pool and aggregator work out many-to-many licensing solution
Five years after an agreement under which a multiplicity of RPX members licensed a Sisvel WiFi patent pool, the parties today announced an agreement relating to video codec patents.
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U.S. trade agency ITC incredibly portrays Apple as unrepentant infringer despite Masimo clearly abusing patents
The USITC incredibly accuses Apple of wanting to get away with intellectual property infringement while being completely insensitive to the serious issued raises by Masimo’s abusive patent filing tactics.
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$5.22 per unit is aggregate 5G SEP royalty according to Lenovo’s deductions from UK High Court decisions
Lenovo points to the FRAND determinations from London in its own dispute with InterDigital and in Optis v. Apple, arguing that the total 5G stack value is $5.22/unit and Ericsson should therefore get only 23 cents.
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Nokia and Honor patent cross-license agreement concluded without–but potentially on brink of–litigation
Nokia and Honor have announced a patent cross-license. They may have avoided litigation at the 11th hour but it is a successful outcome for both. It has no bearing on Nokia’s disputes with OPPO and vivo.
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Tesla tells UK court it has Avanci 4G license but wants preferential 5G rate, estimates Avanci’s coverage at 80%
In December 2023, Tesla brought a patent invalidation and declaratory judgment case against InterDigital that also involves FRAND claims against that patent holder as well as the entire Avanci pool.
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Lenovo offered Ericsson only 23 cents per phone, is seeking its own SEP injunctions; U.S. antisuit hearing on 1/11
Ericsson’s opposition to Lenovo’s U.S. antisuit TRO motion contains various interesting revelations concerning Lenovo’s tactics.