Disney hit with fresh U.S. patent infringement action by Advance VDP licensor Tagivan II

Context:

• Disney has recently been hit with a slew of patent infringement suits over its streaming technology use, including Ericsson (October 15, 2026 ip fray article and October 22, 2026 ip fray article), IBEX (September 10, 2026 ip fray article), Huawei (October 23, 2026 ip fray article), South Korea’s Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI, which unlike others filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware: October 8, 2026 ip fray article), and InterDigital. The latter has won eight injunctions across the Munich I Regional Court, UPC, and Brazil. Disney reacted by turning off premium video features in several EU jurisdictions (January 23, 2026 ip fray article and July 28, 2026 ip fray article) – only restoring some of that technology in Germany in August (August 5, 2026 ip fray article). InterDigital has since filed a €101.7 million ($118 million) damages lawsuit against Disney (September 14, 2026 ip fray article). Disney is also facing pressure from consumers, including a formal notice by French consumer rights protection organisation, Que Choisir (September 25, 2026 ip fray article), and another by Euroconsumers threatening a consumer class action lawsuit (October 16, 2026 ip fray article).
• In July, Tagivan LLC joined Access Advance’s Video Distribution Pool as a licensor alongside Sharp, M&K Holdings, and nine other video codec patent owners (July 6, 2026 Access Advance press release). The company has been previously active in enforcing its patents against Big Tech firms, such as Amazon (October 27, 2025 ip fray article) and Microsoft (April 7, 2025 ip fray article).