Category: Automotive Industry Players
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BREAKING: Multi-brand truck maker PACCAR apparently took Avanci license — Acer’s Munich case withdrawn on eve of trial
Most likely, PACCAR resolved the disputes with Acer and Longhorn through an Avanci pool license.
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WiFi 6 pools gaining significant momentum: HPE signs up to Sisvel Multimode pool, Sharp joins Avanci WiFi 6 Vehicle licensing program as licensor
HPE brings the number of licensees in Sisvel’s Multimode pool up to six (joining Sony Group Corporation, Huawei, Panasonic, Philips, and ZTE), while Sharp joins fellow licensors Atlas Global, BlackBerry, Canon, ISG, KPN, Malikie Innovations, Meizu Technology, NEC Corporation, NTT, and OPPO in Avanci’s WiFi 6 Vehicle program.
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Brazilian court enters preliminary injunction against Chinese automotive group Geely: same IP Bridge 4G patent made BYD settle
Geely is also facing European infringement actions brought by Nokia and Sun Patent Trust. The simplest solution would be an Avanci Vehicle license.
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China’s Great Wall Motor and Skyworth sued in Brazilian SEP actions; all patents available through pools; PI against Geely imminent
Avanci licensors are suing Chinese automakers Great Wall Motors and Geely while a Sisvel licensor is suing electronics conglomerate Skyworth. All of that in Brazil. The Skyworth case is likely the first-ever Brazilian patent suit involving the AV1 standard.
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First U.S. patent long-arm assertions in German court withdrawn with prejudice as Onesta settles with Qualcomm; separately, NVIDIA settled
The realistic best-case scenario for BMW materialized with respect to costs. But the overall course of events will not completely discourage others from pulling an Onesta.
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Appeals court postpones decision on stay of Broadcom’s German injunction against Renault to April 23; UPC raises concerns over parallel challenges
This is a particularly high-profile German SEP case, and the first SEP injunction against an automaker in Germany in almost four years.
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Avanci launches WiFi 6 Vehicle licensing program: Mercedes-Benz is first licensee
Avanci has launched an SEP licensing platform covering WiFi 6 and WiFi 7 standards, with the first program (Avanci WiFi 6 Vehicle) already up and running with 10 licensors on board, including Atlas Global, BlackBerry, Canon, ISG, KPN, Malikie Innovations, Meizu Technology, NEC Corporation, NTT, and OPPO.
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Volkswagen Group files its first two UPC cases (against PACCAR); tech giant Broadcom is now suing three automakers there in parallel (Renault, Nissan, Hyundai)
Ever more lawsuits targeting automotive companies are now being filed with the Unified Patent Court. Broadcom alone has already filed suits against four different car makers there.