Category: Dolby
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Access Advance defends video patent pool rates against Snap’s RAND challenge
Access Advance is challenging Snap’s attempt to secure court-determined licensing terms for its video patent pool, raising questions about the limits of UK judicial intervention in multi-party licensing arrangements.
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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.
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Dolby files first-ever patent infringement dispute related to Via Voice Codec Pool
Dolby has sued UK device maker Nothing Technology over a standard-essential patent related to EVS technologies, marking the first action related to Via’s Voice Codec Pool.
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‘Markets pay a premium for the smooth line and discount the steps’: tracking patent licensing revenue
In a quarterly report, Jim Harlan, founder of The Standard Strategy (and formerly at InterDigital), tracks a 10-company basket of IP-licensing-centric businesses. His latest report notes that a decline in patent licensing value does not reflect the value itself, but rather the way markets price the “lumpy” shape of licensing revenue.
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Dolby acquires hundreds of VVC standard-essential patents from Florida Atlantic University and OP Solutions
Some of the assigned patents were already available to license through the VVC Advance pool operated by Access Advance.
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FRAND counterclaims against patent pools in UPC cases: Court of Appeal will have to decide after Hague LD denies preliminary objection
The UPC CoA will have to clarify whether FRAND counterclaims can be brought against pool administrators, which would have serious implications for the standards ecosystem.
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Snap seeks UK court intervention in Dolby-Access Advance HEVC licensing dispute
Snap has filed a claim before the UK Patents Court against Dolby and Access Advance, opening a new front in the parties’ global HEVC licensing dispute. The case comes as the English courts continue to refine the role of arbitration in FRAND disputes, raising questions about how that approach applies to patent pool licensing.
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Brazilian judge gives Snap(chat) five days to justify free-riding on Dolby’s AV1 patents: injunction looms large
The noose is tightening in Brazil with Snapchat operator Snap facing an AV1 injunction very soon unless it takes a license from Dolby or, far more likely, Access Advance.
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Wilus targets TP-Link over Wi-Fi SEPs, Dolby sues Barco in projector dispute in Eastern District of Texas complaints
Wilus continues its Wi-Fi enforcement drive; while Dolby takes action outside the SEP arena.
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Dolby sues Snap(chat) over AV1 and HEVC patent infringement in U.S. and Brazil: Access Advance VDP license would resolve issue
Internet platforms that stream videos are largely unlicensed. There is now more enforcement, and the latest major platform to be sued over alleged infringements is Snap, the operator of Snapchat.