Category: Licensors and/or Licensees
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BREAKING: Samsung has withdrawn ETSI complaint over ZTE’s SEP licensing practices
We have learned that Samsung is apparently complying with the Munich I Regional Court’s anti-ETSI-complaint injunction (AECI).
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Dolby’s Brazilian enforcement actions could persuade Roku to become Access Advance licensee, with German court rulings on the horizon
Two Dolby lawsuits against Roku in Brazil add to a worldwide list of cases and could bring the dispute closer to resolution.
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BREAKING: Munich court bars Samsung from pursuing ETSI complaint over ZTE’s licensing practices; UK appeals court to review interim license
The world’s first anti-ETSI-proceeding injunction has been ordered in ZTE v. Samsung.
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UK judge rebukes InterDigital lawyer for telling UPC, Munich court that interim license ruling could come down soon, AAASI even ex parte
In an ideal scenario, the UK courts and their counterparts in other countries would find a solution to put an end to jurisdictional overreach.
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Samsung ordered to pay $445 million in U.S. wireless standards-related infringement dispute: jury verdict
The Eastern District of Texas has issued a jury verdict ordering Samsung to pay over $445 million in damages for infringing four of non-practising entity Collission’s wireless communication standard-essential patents.
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Celonis launches patent infringement counterattack against SAP in Eastern District of Texas
Celonis has filed a countersuit against SAP in the United States Court for the Eastern District of Texas, after the latter had sued it in the Unified Patent Court and the U.S. over the infringement of several software patents.
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Nokia, InterDigital, others defend confidentiality of license terms in UK appeal related to Optis v. Apple, but needed appeals court’s help due to blind spot
It is difficult to seek redactions of “unknown unknowns”, but the England & Wales Court of Appeal allowed amendments at the appellate hearing.
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EPSON settles audio codec dispute with Dolby, takes Vectis IP pool license: Opus standard not truly royalty-free, Arçelik trial next week
Apparently there are third-party patents that are not subject to a royalty-free licensing pledge, but read on Opus.
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BREAKING: MediaTek settles with Huawei after customs seizure of chips; Brazil is the new ITC; and Huawei is now a VVC Advance licensee
Huawei and MediaTek have reached a settlement according to a court document. One of the effects it that Huawei is now a VVC Advance licensee.