Category: Disney
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Disney alienates customers, hurts brand reputation by switching off Dolby Vision, other premium features due to InterDigital’s Munich injunctions
The German tech press struggles with the notion that Disney would degrade the quality of its premium offering.
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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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InterDigital wins second German patent injunction against Disney: Munich I Regional Court
The noose is tightening. After injunctions in Brazil and Germany, Disney may opt for a license now rather than for protracted litigation.
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InterDigital wins German injunction against Disney’s streaming services: Munich I Regional Court
Context: Earlier this year, InterDigital started enforcement actions over multimedia patents against The Walt Disney Company (and its Hulu and ESPN+ subsidiaries) in multiple jurisdictions (February 3, 2025 ip fray article). Disney was in the process of leveraging a U.S. FRAND (fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory licensing) action against InterDigital’s patent enforcement, but InterDigital obtained anti-antisuit relief from…
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Trump DOJ files statement of interest effectively in support of InterDigital against Disney’s SEP-related antitrust accusations
The Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice has filed a statement of interest in the name of the United States of America in a Delaware case brought by Disney against InterDigital.
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InterDigital’s Brazilian double whammy against Disney: preliminary (but merits-based) injunction over two streaming patents
InterDigital’s merits-based two-patent injunction is harder to get stayed or overturned than most Brazilian patent PIs.
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First-ever UPC Mannheim anti-antisuit injunction, U.S. court denies PI against Brazilian SEP enforcement: InterDigital v. Disney
This may even be the first anti-antisuit injunction ever to have been granted by a court based in the city of Mannheim, Germany.
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InterDigital sues Disney (including its Hulu and ESPN subsidiaries) in U.S., UPC, Germany, Brazil over multimedia patents
InterDigital. one of the leading standard-essential patent holders, is enforcing its rights against Disney and its Hulu and ESPN subsidiaries in the latest streaming patent litigation campaign.