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Dolby joins Avanci 4G, 5G as licensor
Read more: Dolby joins Avanci 4G, 5G as licensorDolby has recently joined both of Avanciās Vehicle programs, bringing its 4G patent pool up to 49 licensors and 5G up to 85 total licensors.
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USPTO announces new Search Disclosure Declaration mechanism to receive favorable discretionary factor toward institutionĀ
Read more: USPTO announces new Search Disclosure Declaration mechanism to receive favorable discretionary factor toward institutionĀA memo issued yesterday, effective immediately, gives petitioners with already-pending petitions seven business days to decide whether to volunteer information such as the databases and repositories in which the asserted prior art was located to help their cases.
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Xiaomi joins Access Advance HEVC patent pool as licensee, VVC patent pool as licensor, licensee
Read more: Xiaomi joins Access Advance HEVC patent pool as licensee, VVC patent pool as licensor, licenseeāMore licensees are expected to come in the next couple of months,ā Access Advanceās Dylan Zhou told ip fray.
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UPC Roundup (1 week): comprehensive summary of InterDigital v. Amazon hearing; auxiliary requests antithetical to provisional measures proceedings; and more
Read more: UPC Roundup (1 week): comprehensive summary of InterDigital v. Amazon hearing; auxiliary requests antithetical to provisional measures proceedings; and moreOur latest weekly UPC Roundup starts with a detailed summary of the Mannheim LD’s InterDigital v. Amazon hearing.
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Masimo’s $634M jury verdict against Apple, limited ITC reopening don’t give leverage for quick settlement, but JPI is now possible (though potentially costly)
Read more: Masimo’s $634M jury verdict against Apple, limited ITC reopening don’t give leverage for quick settlement, but JPI is now possible (though potentially costly)The winning patent expired in 2022, and there are still some trade secrets claims in the case, but Apple came close to defeating them.
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Unified Patent Court judges concerned over UK court order threatening them with imprisonment ā but could it also become risky for UK judges to visit the EU?
Read more: Unified Patent Court judges concerned over UK court order threatening them with imprisonment ā but could it also become risky for UK judges to visit the EU?The antisuit injunction Amazon obtained last month against InterDigital’s efforts to defend its enforcement actions against foreign interference could be interpreted as a direct threat against UPC and German judges.
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BREAKING: First-ever major SEP infringement suit in Nigeria: Ericsson targets Transsion in patent enforcement campaign covering Brazil, India, UPC, Nigeria
Read more: BREAKING: First-ever major SEP infringement suit in Nigeria: Ericsson targets Transsion in patent enforcement campaign covering Brazil, India, UPC, NigeriaāDespite almost a decade of negotiations, Transsion continues to reject Ericssonās FRAND offers while failing to enter into a global patent license agreement,ā Ericsson announced today.
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UPC judge indicates global patent license agreements imposed by foreign courts will NOT be recognized as defense to infringement
Read more: UPC judge indicates global patent license agreements imposed by foreign courts will NOT be recognized as defense to infringementUK court-imposed global patent licenses will be of no commercial value if the UPC does not recognize them.


