Category: Licensors and/or Licensees
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Broadcom suing Deutsche Telekom in Unified Patent Court after settling with Telefónica, winning injunction against Renault
Broadcom has just settled with Spanish (but internationally present) telecommunications carrier Telefónica, won a high-profile injunction against Renault, and is now going after Deutsche Telekom.
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Breakthrough for VVC as Google implements video standard in Android 17: pool and bilateral licenses to follow
Google has previously implemented codecs that are not subject to its preferred royalty-free pledge, but only at a stage where it would have been a clear mistake not to do so.
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InterDigital, Sony renew cellular, WiFi, video patent licensing agreement
The companies announced today that they have agreed to extend their ongoing patent licensing agreement, which covers all of Sony’s end-user devices under InterDigital’s global patent portfolio, including its standard-essential cellular, WiFi, and video patents.
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Acer, ASUS may NOT settle YET despite recent German SEP injunctions: new research and observations; HTC, HMD, OPPO, vivo examples
After last month’s injunctions, Acer and ASUS may still be holding out (which is meant non-judgmentally here). We received (a) surprising information from a court on Friday and (b) took note of an interesting but little-noticed statement.
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New Munich presiding judge advises SEP implementers to carve out Germany from UK license requests, makes other FRAND remarks at ZTE v. Samsung trial
This ZTE v. Samsung trial was the Presiding Judge Dr. Hubertus Schacht’s first FRAND hearing since returning to the Munich I Regional Court and taking over the 21st Civil Chamber.
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Apple’s Texas trial win over Optis has implications for UK Supreme Court hearing in June/July: 500M-300M-zero
The question of how to reconcile a global FRAND rate set in the UK (including for past use) with a U.S. damages award is now a non-issue.
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InterDigital wins third Munich injunction against Disney: court confirms bench ruling over HEVC-related patent
In an impressive winning sterak, InterDigital has now won three out of three cases against Disney in Munich. It was this week’s second bench ruling in Munich (the other came down at the local UPC division).
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Détente in Munich lawsuits over U.S. patents: unconventional tactics against BMW likely spurred settlement talks with Qualcomm
A settlement between Qualcomm and Onesta is a mere formality. A new filing by Onesta in Munich shows that this litigation is most likely coming to an end very soon.
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UPC’s stern warning has Amazon concerned, already impacts UK court’s case management, but Amazon may have to backtrack to greater extent
The UPC’s forceful order on the eve of today’s UK hearing definitely made an impact, but the risk of escalation has not gone away yet.