Category: Licensors and/or Licensees
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UPC Munich LD will assess implementer willingness ahead of FRAND license disclosure in InterDigital v TCL
The UPC’s Munich LD has declined to order InterDigital to disclose comparable license agreements while TCL’s willingness to take a FRAND license remains disputed, potentially allowing the court to resolve the FRAND defense without examining those agreements.
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Brazilian judge grants IBEX merits-based PI against Disney over HEVC patent: threatens Disney+ suspension through app stores, device manufacturers
A Rio de Janeiro judge has found that Disney’s HEVC encoders infringe one of IBEX’s patents and has ordered compliance within 15 days, or it will face a rare order directed at app stores and device makers to suspend Disney+ in Brazil.
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Telefónica successfully defends SEP suit: WiLAN PAE fails to convince German appeals court of infringement
WiLAN patent assertion entity Wireless Future Technologies, Inc. has lost an appeal it filed in the Higher Regional Court of Karlsruhe in a case against Telefónica over the alleged infringement of one of the PAE’s key LTE-related patents. The case targets Telefónica base stations originally manufactured by Huawei.
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Canon, Huawei, Oppo, and Sony team up with Tulip to license 125,000+ imaging patents
Tulip has become a recognized name in the patent monetization industry thanks to its battery licensing program with LGES and Panasonic.
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Yangtze Memory urges U.S. district court to lift stay on three-year 3D NAND patent infringement litigation against Micron
Every additional month of delay erodes YMTC’s patents’ commercial value, the company has argued, as it asks the Northern District of California to lift a stay in a patent infringement case YMTC filed almost three years ago.
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Sol IP sues AGCO over 4G SEPs in Munich: enforcement now hits second farm equipment maker
Sol IP has sued AGCO in Munich over the same two 4G SEPs it used against BYD, extending a pattern of cellular SEP campaigns that has already worked its way through cars and trucks.
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Honor acquires LG video and image coding portfolio, expands its presence in SEP landscape
The Chinese mobile device brand has also recently become a licensor to Avanci’s vehicle cellular programs, and a licensee to Access Advance’s VVC pool.
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Apple sued by BASF spin-off over face recognition tech in Western District of Texas
Plaintiff trinamiX was established by BASF to commercialize discoveries around advanced sensing, including optical skin recognition.
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From portfolio growth to commercial value: the next stage of Türkiye’s patent growth
Following the 31% rise in Türkiye’s domestic patent filings, we analyze the shift from portfolio growth toward commercially valuable patents, the limits on international filings, and the country’s emerging SEP capabilities with Vestel IP head Kemal Aygör.
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Patent owner asks USPTO Director to terminate Google-triggered reexam, points to pattern of 21 do-overs after failed IPRs
A patent owner has asked the USPTO Director to end a Google-triggered reexam, citing a pattern in which Google filed at least 21 ex parte reexams after losing IPR challenges.