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Category: Licensors and/or Licensees

“Principles of good litigation are universal”: Novo Nordisk Associate General Counsel Raquel Frisardi

January 28, 2026

“Whether you are litigating a contract, patent infringement, or a crime – there are certain behaviors as a litigator that get you better results, and I think those are very universal,” Raquel Frisardi told ip fray in an interview during Kisaco’s Patent Litigation Europe Summit.
UK app developer Reincubate (Camo) files U.S. antitrust and patent lawsuit against Apple after its functionality became the Continuity Camera feature

January 27, 2026

This combined patent and antitrust case tackles a case of “Sherlocking”, meaning that Apple incorporated the functionality of a third.party app into its own products.
UPC Court of Appeal has decided access to comparable SEP license agreements: no AEO/EEO regime, but restrictions on use in licensing

January 27, 2026

The UPC rejects restrictive rules such as Attorneys’ Eyes Only and Expert Eyes Only in order to safeguard a party’s access to justice.
Federal Court of Justice of Germany upholds Sisvel v. Haier I & II, declines EU Commission’s request for referral to ECJ: VoiceAge EVS wins over HMD

January 27, 2026

VoiceAGe EVS has won all the way, and the European Commission’s intervention yielded no result whatsoever.
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.
An interview with Manny Schecter, IBM’s former patent chief

January 26, 2026

“My biggest challenge was the constant need to educate inventors and business executives about IP and its importance for innovation,” Mr. Schecter, who served as IBM’s chief patent counsel for 14 years, told ip fray.
Meta targeted in multi-billion-dollar smart eyewear patent infringement lawsuit with manufacturers Oakley, EssilorLuxottica

January 26, 2026

The complaint, filed by Hong Kong-based smart glasses manufacturer Solos, asserts that the defendants’ infringement has already generated hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue and threatens to generate billions more “if left unchecked”.
Disney alienates customers, hurts brand reputation by switching off Dolby Vision, other premium features due to InterDigital’s Munich injunctions

January 23, 2026

The German tech press struggles with the notion that Disney would degrade the quality of its premium offering.
Munich I Regional Court enjoins computer makers Acer and ASUS over Nokia video patent: UK interim license declaration didn’t help

January 23, 2026

The Munich I Regional Court’s 7th Civil Chambers increasingly often rules from the bench. Acer and ASUS got no value out of their UK interim-license declaration.
Access Advance reports 100% HEVC patent agreement renewal rate: Google among licensees that opted to extend

January 22, 2026

Access Advance renewed 100% of its licensing agreements with current licensees of its HEVC pool – over 120 of them – including with major tech players such as Google and Huawei, and has renamed the HEVC/VVC patent pool it acquired from Via Licensing Alliance to VCL Advance.