Category: United States
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OPPO, Nidec have taken Qi Wireless Power patent pool license, Via announces during AI licensing-focused Summit
During its annual Bridge Summit in San Francisco today, which will largely focus on opportunities and strategies in AI patent licensing, Via Licensing Alliance announced Japan’s Nidec Mobility Corporation and China’s OPPO – already a licensor – have both taken a license in Via’s Qi Wireless Power patent pool.
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ZTE assigns over a hundred more patents to U.S. PAE as Verizon files counterclaim in mobile networking suit
Earlier this year, PAE Eight Deer Ventures asserted patents previously owned by ZTE against Verizon and AT&T in U.S. district court.
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BASF spin-off also suing Apple over face ID patent infringement in UPC, ITC
The United States International Trade Commission has instituted an investigation into BASF subsidiary TrinamiX’s infringement complaint against Apple over six of its facial recognition-related patents, a month after the plaintiff also sued Apple in both the UPC and the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas.
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Google succeeds in getting Federal Circuit to move online maps case out of Western District of Texas
Now-retired District Judge Alan D. Albright was “patently erroneous” in denying Google’s motion to transfer the University of Southern California’s complaint.
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Janssen wins landmark preliminary injunction in District of Delaware
The U.S. District Court has issued a preliminary injunction against Accord BioPharma and Bio- Thera Solutions over the alleged infringement of 17 of Janssen’s patents related to golimumab, a key ingredient in its drugs used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, and ulcerative colitis.
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Cerence sues Sony over PlayStation voice recognition tech, adding to litigation against Amazon, Apple
Cerence’s earlier ITC complaint against Sony has been narrowed down; while it also recently settled a copyright dispute with Microsoft.
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Nokia sues Aylo over video encoding patent infringement in Eastern District of Texas
Nokia alleges Aylo ignored three licensing letters while encoding huge volumes of video with its patented techniques, so the plaintiff is now seeking damages going back six years in Marshall, Texas.
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Huawei, Qualcomm sign broad, multi-year patent cross-licensing agreement
The deal covers a range of technology fields, including 5G, compute, AI, and networking, and Qualcomm’s purchase of certain Huawei U.S. patents in the areas of compute, AI, networking, and other technologies.
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Opinion: China’s role in the future of global SEP licensing
In this guest contribution, Via Licensing Alliance’s President Kevin Mack reflects on his last visit to China, and the evolution of patent licensing he has witnessed there.
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Dolby, MediaTek bought 40% of video codec patent families that changed hands in the U.S. over six months: USPTO records analysis
A review of recent USPTO assignment records shows Alibaba, LG, and OP Solutions selling video codec patents while Dolby, MediaTek, and licensing entities bought, in some cases, expired patents.