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Next example of Chinese inbound & outbound licensing: ZTE, TCL join Sisvel’s cellular IoT pool
Read more: Next example of Chinese inbound & outbound licensing: ZTE, TCL join Sisvel’s cellular IoT poolSisvel’s cellular IoT patent pool just announced the addition of three new licensors. The two Chinese companies among them are also major implementers of SEPs, which once again shows it would be a mistake to look at Chinese companies only as patent holders or exclusively as patent users.
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Transparent overleveraging of transparency argument in EU SEP Regulation context
Read more: Transparent overleveraging of transparency argument in EU SEP Regulation contextThose supporting the proposed EU regulation on standard-essential patents use three buzzwords: IoT, SMEs and transparency. This article discusses only the third one, which is overused and overemphasized.
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Avanci-Zenview announcement on day of Nokia-OPPO settlement shows again: Chinese companies license in, license out
Read more: Avanci-Zenview announcement on day of Nokia-OPPO settlement shows again: Chinese companies license in, license outAvanci yesterday announced that Shenzhen-based Zenview has taken a license to its Avanci Broadcast ATSC 3.0 standard-essential patent pool. The same day OPPO reached an agreement with Nokia on a cross-license.
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First major AI patent settlement (Singular v. Google) and Pokémon Company’s game IP threats over Palworld
Read more: First major AI patent settlement (Singular v. Google) and Pokémon Company’s game IP threats over PalworldThis article merely points to two new stories on other fray websites than ip fray: ai fray’s article on the Singular-Google settlement and game fray’s article on the Pokémon Company’s threats over a wildly popular new game named Palworld.
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MEP Walsmann’s weak mandate: massive resistance to EU SEP Regulation, “compromise amendments”
Read more: MEP Walsmann’s weak mandate: massive resistance to EU SEP Regulation, “compromise amendments”With an unusually high number of abstentions (10) indicative and reflective of division, the European Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee has just adopted the rapporteur’s “compromise amendments” concerning the EU SEP Regulation. With a view to the plenary vote and interinstitutional discussions, this leaves MEP Walsmann in a severely weakened position.
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Nokia-OPPO 5G patent dispute settled with license agreement after more than 2.5 years and OPPO leaving Germany
Read more: Nokia-OPPO 5G patent dispute settled with license agreement after more than 2.5 years and OPPO leaving GermanyThe Nokia v. OPPO 5G standard-essential patent dispute is history as the parties have agreed on a global cross-license agreement that puts an end to all litigation. OPPO paid a high price by exiting the German market in 2022, but has recently scored two strategic wins in China and Germany.
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Interesting parallels between EU AI Act and EU SEP Regulation: Council as voice of reason
Read more: Interesting parallels between EU AI Act and EU SEP Regulation: Council as voice of reasonA leaked document from the legislative process concerning the AI Act reveals interesting parallels between that process and the situation surrounding the envisioned EU SEP regulation.
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