Category: Licensors and/or Licensees
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Adeia makes patent acquisitions, comments on DISH litigation as Q1 results point to new market opportunities
The licensing firm says its recent deals with AMD, Microsoft, and L’OrĂ©al are indicative of its diversification drive.
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UPC Mannheim hearing went very well for InterDigital â Disney highly likely to be enjoined (as predicted by ip fray) on June 16
Based on an agenda-setting order ahead of the hearing and an analysis of patent claim terms, ip fray had already deduced that today’s hearing was going to be an uphill battle for Disney. And that’s what it was.
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Delhi High Court orders Xiaomi to deposit $28.7 million in Malikie SEP dispute, cites Shenzhen FRAND case as potential admission
The Delhi High Court directed Xiaomi to deposit âč272 crores ($28.7 million) as pro tem security in a SEP dispute with Malikie, treating Xiaomi’s parallel FRAND filing in China as a prima facie admission of essentiality.
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An interview with NTTâs Chief IP Strategist Shunsuke Sakai
Mr. Sakai talks to ip fray about how he has been actively exploring broader monetization paths and new deal structures beyond traditional licensing to create value from NTTâs portfolio. âWe donât wait until an issue escalates to get organized,â he emphasizes.
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BREAKING: Chinese court determines $731M for 6-year, $600M+ for 5-year ZTE-Samsung FRAND cross-license â UK court is global outlier
The Chongqing Intermedia People’s Court ruling is consistent with those of the Munich I and Frankfurt Regional Courts, and the appellate level of the Rio de Janeiro State Court: 1.9 times (or at least >1.5 times) the UK figure.
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UK rate determination in Samsung v. ZTE of $392M ends up far below what other courts deemed FRAND, invites ever more litigation
A public redacted version of the UK FRAND judgment in Samsung v. ZTE has become available while a Chinese court ruling on the same question is still in the making and injunctions are in place in Brazil and Germany.
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BREAKING: ZTE prevails on FRAND in parallel offensive, defensive cases in landmark German decisions against Samsung
In two parallel decisions, the Munich I Regional Court has granted ZTE a German injunction against Samsung and thrown out Samsungâs own SEP countersuit over FRAND.
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Belgian SME keeps Dutch at UPC Brussels LD as CFI president rejects Esko’s bid to switch case to English
The President of the UPC Court of First Instance has refused Esko Software’s push for English, keeping a Brussels patent fight in Dutch.
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First U.S. SEP injunction since 2007 now unlikely: Wilus v. Askey & Samsung pretrial conference gets canceled on short notice
On Tuesday, Judge Gilstrap first modified the time of a Wilus v. Askey & Samsung pretrial conference, and later in the day canceled it altogether. Some interesting motions are now unlikely ever to be adjudicated.
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FedEx can fight another day in Qualcomm dispute, as Federal Circuit considers IPR real-parties-in-interest
The USPTO withdrew its initial defense of the PTAB’s refusal of FedEx’s arguments around real parties in interest.