Category: IP License Agreements
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Huawei earned over $630 million in patent licensing revenue in 2024, balanced IPR philosophy “widely endorsed” by industry
Huawei’s Chief Legal Officer, Liuping Song, announced during the company’s annual IP Forum today that the patent royalties it has paid over the years are nearly three times the amount of royalties it has received, while it spent $25 billion in R&D in 2024 alone.
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Erich Spangenberg’s SIM IP acquires Qord IP patent portfolio: includes dozens of IoT assets
This is the start of a 3.5-day hearing in the High Court of Justice for England & Wales, with Acer, ASUS and Hisense seeking interim licenses from Nokia.
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Litigation funding increasingly “unnecessarily” complex because of predatory litigation funding myths, SIM IP director says
Firms 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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“Game changer” Pantech-Google FRAND ruling could open up Japan’s SEP enforcement landscape
Pantech’s victory in an SEP dispute against Google in the Tokyo District Court shows Japan is shifting its judicial approach to FRAND and injunctive relief.
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Clearing up misconceptions about OPPO-Volkswagen patent license agreement: it merely proves Avanci’s flexibility
The only noteworthy aspect of the OPPO-Volkswagen patent license is that it shows Avanci members can enter into bilateral agreements even after signing up.
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Nokia expands wireless patent licensing in automotive sector to WiFi, expects more Chinese auto deals or litigation this year
“This year will be a turning point for automotive licensing in China… either more Chinese automotive companies will sign licences or there will be more litigation by patent holders,” Nokia’s Chief Licensing Officer for Wireless Technologies, Susanna Martikainen writes in a blog post.
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Nissan joins Avanci 5G: latest in wave of new licensees, licensors
Nissan, Volvo Group, Jaguar Land Rover, and Honda have all signed up to Avanci’s 5G Vehicle program in the last week, bringing the program’s total global licensee count up to 55 automotive brands.
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Erich Spangenberg’s SIM IP acquires cloud computing, networking patent portfolio, announces voluntary licensing program
Should the voluntary licensing program not achieve broad adoption, our strategic licensing group will implement more targeted licensing strategies to ensure appropriate value realization for these crucial IP assets, SIM IP’s CEO Erich Spangenberg said today.
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“Pressure points”: Latin America’s role in Amazon-Nokia, Ericsson-Lenovo settlements
Counsel to Nokia and Ericsson reveal why the SEP holders chose Brazil and Colombia for their enforcement campaigns and the role those jurisdictions played in reaching global settlements.
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Philips and Vivo settle five-year Indian 3G, 4G SEP dispute
The companies’ patent licensing agreement comes over a year after Oppo settled with Philips in a parallel dispute – diverging from a pattern of settlements involving both parties occurring in short succession of each other.