Context: InterDigital has been on a winning streak against Disney, with eight injunctions won out of eight patent cases decided to date. As well as being granted three by the Munich I Regional Court (November 21, 2025 ip fray article and February 13, 2026 ip fray article), it was granted three by the UPC (June 16, 2026 ip fray article and July 23, 2026 ip fray article and September 2, 2026 ip fray article), and two by a court in Brazil (September 11, 2025 ip fray article).
What’s new:
- InterDigital today released its Q3 2026 financial results, noting that it has reached an agreement with a top PC manufacturer (October 29, 2026 InterDigital press release). Within its 10Q SEC filing, the company revealed that the unknown company is Dell, and the deal was reached in September 2026. The final terms are yet to be determined through arbitration.
- The filing also reveals that InterDigital has filed two new claims in the Regional Business Court of Rio de Janeiro against Disney, alleging infringement of the company’s patents related to video coding technologies. The company is seeking, among other relief, damages and injunctive relief to prevent further infringement of the asserted patents.
Direct impact and wider ramifications: This means the company has now licensed four of the top five PC makers in the world, including Lenovo (October 9, 2024 ip fray article), HP (April 7, 2025 ip fray article), and Apple. According to several sources, ASUS, Acer, and Microsoft are the globe’s next biggest PC manufacturers. These are overall positive developments for InterDigital, and come as the company also revealed that it has signed a new IoT licensing agreement with EV charging company KEBA, that it has earned revenue of $193 million (up 17% year-over-year), and that it has achieved a “record” annualized recurring revenue of $629 million. The additional pressure on Disney also comes as Disney faces disputes from all sides of the market, including a new one filed by Tagivan II on Tuesday.
Developments in Samsung, Lenovo arbitration
As well as the above deal and claims, InterDigital’s filing disclosed that an arbitration hearing was held this month to determine the terms for its deal with Lenovo, and that it expects to see a result in the first half of 2027.
The filing also touches on its case with Samsung, in which the latter filed a request to the International Chamber of Commerce, seeking to challenge the previously determined royalties (February 10, 2026 ip fray article). In July 2026, InterDigital then filed jurisdictional objections. A jurisdiction hearing was held last month.
New Transsion case, date for court hearing against Tesla revealed
InterDigital also revealed that Transsion has launched a new front in their global patent infringement litigation, which had so far spanned the UPC, Brazil, and India (October 31, 2025 ip fray article). Transsion last month filed a declaratory judgment action against InterDigital in the Shenzhen Intermediate Peopleās Court, seeking, among other things, a court determination for FRAND global licensing terms to InterDigital’s cellular SEPs for Transsionās smart terminal products.
Further, in InterDigital’s long-running case with Avanci against Tesla, which was revived in July (July 27, 2026 ip fray article), the parties have now been set a date for a trial before the High Court of Justice for England & Wales (EWHC): March 2028.