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Category: ETRI

Access Advance licensors ETRI, Philips suing Meta at UPC, Munich I Regional Court; seeking preliminary injunction in Munich

January 26, 2026

Four patent infringement lawsuits by Access Advance licensors against Meta (Facebook) have become discoverable. One of them could make impact particularly quickly.
Hisense seeks declaratory judgment against Dolby, GE, JVC, Philips, NEC, Mitsubishi, ETRI, Huawei, IP Bridge, Sun Patent Trust in Brazil over video SEPs

September 24, 2025

Hisense is being sued in other jurisdictions, particularly the UPC, for the unlicensed use of video codec SEPs.
ETRI files HEVC SEP lawsuit against Hisense with UPC shortly after suing Transsion over same patent

August 18, 2025

Korea’s ETRI is now enforcing the same HEVC patent against two different Chinese defendants: smartphone maker Transsion as well as TV maker Hisense.

Access Advance licensors ETRI, Philips suing Meta at UPC, Munich I Regional Court; seeking preliminary injunction in Munich