Category: Licensors and/or Licensees
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ByteDance faces litigation on multiple fronts from Dominion Harbor entities asserting SEPs and non-SEPs
Lark, ByteDance’s workplace collaboration platform, has been targeted; while TikTok and virtual reality gear maker Pico have also been sued.
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Brazilian appeals court keeps connected-car injunction against GWM in force
A Rio de Janeiro appellate judge refused to stay a connected-car SEP injunction against five GWM vehicle models, keeping restrictions on 4G connectivity services in place during the appeal.
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Apple’s acqui-hire deal with AI avatar startup Animato includes patent applications
Apple has signed a deal involving avatar software startup Animato that combines hiring rights, intellectual property licensing, and patent application transfers, reflecting Apple’s broader use of modular AI-focused transactions disclosed through the EU’s Digital Markets Act database.
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Federal Circuit says owners of patents subject to exclusive license still have standing to sue where terms don’t render rights “illusory”
A.L.M. and Ergon granted wide-ranging rights to an exclusive licensee – but retained the right to sue third-party infringers.
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SIM IP acquires Alibaba video coding patents despite LOT Network membership
SIM IP has acquired 126 patent assets from Alibaba covering video coding and data infrastructure technologies tied to AV1, AV2, and VCM.
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ASUS settles global patent litigation with Wilus, Huawei, Philips: takes Sisvel Wi-Fi Multimode pool license
ASUS has become the latest licensee to sign up to Sisvel’s Wi-Fi Multimode standard-essential patent program, days before a potential bench ruling from the Munich I Regional Court in an SEP dispute with Sisvel licensor Philips.
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Malikie Innovations sues TCL over Wi-Fi, AV1 patents in Eastern District of Texas, hints at future request for injunction
Malikie Innovations claims that TCL has not acted in “good faith” when it comes to FRAND negotiations.
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TCL China Star Optoelectronics acquires Japan Display patents
Japan Display is diversifying into the sensor and semiconductor packaging markets, and is divesting thousands of non-core patents as part of the process.
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Delhi High Court overturns Philips’ DVD SEP win, finds ‘insufficient evidence’ of essentiality or infringement, narrows royalty base
The Delhi High Court appellate bench has reversed Philips’s landmark DVD SEP win, finding no proof of essentiality, infringement, or FRAND rates. The exhaustion defense saves the defendant.