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Access Advance reveals previously unknown video streaming patent pool licensors: OPPO, Siemens
Read more: Access Advance reveals previously unknown video streaming patent pool licensors: OPPO, SiemensThe heads of IP at ByteDance, OPPO, MediaTek, Dolby, Tencent and Kuaishou have now issued statements on why they joined the patent program, which now boasts 31 licensors.
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Litigation funding increasingly “unnecessarily” complex because of predatory litigation funding myths, SIM IP director says
Read more: Litigation funding increasingly “unnecessarily” complex because of predatory litigation funding myths, SIM IP director saysFirms like Sauvegarder Investment Management can help patentees assert their assets in this increasingly expensive system, but would prefer to buy the patents that they enforce first, SIM IP’s Jennifer Burdman said on an online panel today.
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IP Europe, Nokia welcome definitive withdrawal of EU SEP Regulation
Read more: IP Europe, Nokia welcome definitive withdrawal of EU SEP RegulationApparently the formal withdrawal of the proposed EU regulation on standard-essential patents already happened weeks ago, and its publication is now imminent.
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UK wrongful-enforcement damages standard at issue in Sandoz v. Bayer; disclosures in South African patent lawsuits can influence parallel cases
Read more: UK wrongful-enforcement damages standard at issue in Sandoz v. Bayer; disclosures in South African patent lawsuits can influence parallel casesSandoz is seeking a disgorgement of profits from Bayer, alleging that misrepresentations to the European Patent Office are a basis for going beyond the usual compensation.
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Samsung prevails in UPC Dusseldorf LD: gains ground in global wireless patent dispute against Headwater
Read more: Samsung prevails in UPC Dusseldorf LD: gains ground in global wireless patent dispute against HeadwaterThe Dusseldorf Local Division of the Unified Patent Court has handed Samsung a major win in a dispute filed against it by Headwater Research LLC, dismissing the complaint and revoking the patent-in-suit.
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Netlist files fresh U.S. patent infringement suit against Samsung following demise of memory module partnership
Read more: Netlist files fresh U.S. patent infringement suit against Samsung following demise of memory module partnershipNetlist has sued Samsung and one of its distributors, Avnet, over the alleged infringement of one of its memory module patents.
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Samsung loses arbitration with InterDigital over FRAND royalty amount, pays 67% more: poor timing in light of global SEP dispute with ZTE
Read more: Samsung loses arbitration with InterDigital over FRAND royalty amount, pays 67% more: poor timing in light of global SEP dispute with ZTEContext: Just like litigation, binding arbitration results in an enforceable decision, and there can be a winner and a loser. Rumor has it that Samsung at least once owed it to an arbitration proceeding that it paid a far lower standard-essential patent (SEP) royalty to a major SEP holder than the other party demanded. But…
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China holds a “paramount” central position in global patent licensing: Via LA’s Jane Bu on move to Shanghai
Read more: China holds a “paramount” central position in global patent licensing: Via LA’s Jane Bu on move to ShanghaiThe Chief Licensing Officer says her three-month move to Shanghai proves the depth of the pool administrator’s commitment to China and the wider Asian region.


