Category: Brazil
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BREAKING: Within hours of Brazilian injunction, HEVC Advance lists Hisense as licensee
The Brazilian court gave Hisense only 48 hours to comply. and a preliminary injunction based on a report by a court-appointed expert has teeth.
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Brazilian PIs and bad-faith litigation sanctions hit Hisense; newly discovered European video lawsuits against Hisense, Disney, Rakuten, DAZN
Preliminary injunctions, a fine for bad-faith litigation, multiple new video patent lawsuits in the Unified Patent Court and Munich I Regional Court: the heat is on.
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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
“Despite almost a decade of negotiations, Transsion continues to reject Ericsson’s FRAND offers while failing to enter into a global patent license agreement,” Ericsson announced today.
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Nokia won race to Brazilian courthouse against Warner Bros. Discovery by 66 seconds: Rio de Janeiro, not São Paulo, will decide
Warner Bros. Discovery tried to forum-shop in Brazil, as did Hisense before it, but missed its goal by 66 seconds.
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Nokia enforces video streaming patents against Warner Bros. Discovery in U.S., UPC, Germany, Brazil; overlaps with Paramount cases
WBD’s video streaming business (Max, Discovery+, and related services) has about 126 million global subscribers and generates roughly $2.7–$2.8 billion in quarterly direct-to-consumer revenue.
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InterDigital sues Transsion over cellular SEP infringement in UPC, India, Brazil
During the company’s Q3 earnings call yesterday, InterDigital’s President and Chief Executive Officer, Liren Chen, announced that it has sued Chinese smartphone maker Transsion for infringing several cellular standard-essential patents in the Unified Patent Court, the Delhi High Court, and the Regional Business Court of Rio de Janeiro in September.
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Brazilian judge will decide Dolby’s PI request against Roku on March 23 based on expert testimony; one patent was previously held essential
Based on the current schedule, it will take less than six months from filing to disposition, and a German patent judgment should come down earlier in the first quarter.
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Dolby’s Brazilian enforcement actions could persuade Roku to become Access Advance licensee, with German court rulings on the horizon
Two Dolby lawsuits against Roku in Brazil add to a worldwide list of cases and could bring the dispute closer to resolution.
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BREAKING: MediaTek settles with Huawei after customs seizure of chips; Brazil is the new ITC; and Huawei is now a VVC Advance licensee
Huawei and MediaTek have reached a settlement according to a court document. One of the effects it that Huawei is now a VVC Advance licensee.
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Affirmance of Brazilian preliminary injunction dissuaded BYD from 4G holdout, paved way to Avanci license-based settlement
The sequence of events suggests that the denial of BYD’s motion for reconsideration led to a settlement at this point.