Category: Licensors and/or Licensees
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UPC Munich LD grants DivX injunction against Netflix streaming software, departing from EPO Opposition Division’s preliminary view
The Munich LD’s second panel upheld DivX’s patent as granted and enjoined Netflix’s streaming software across 18 UPC countries.
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AST-sold patents on the loose again as Samsung faces Texas DRAM complaint
A number of U.S. lawsuits have been filed in recent months involving patents sold to PAEs under AST’s “catch-and-release” model.
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Via Licensing Alliance signs MPEG LA veteran as General Counsel
Tony Piotrowski also held past roles in the IP teams at Nokia and Philips.
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VideoLabs broadens licensing offer after acquiring patents from Ericsson and Texas Instruments
The patent licensing company today announced the assignment of hundreds of patents from Ericsson relevant to networking and cybersecurity.
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InterDigital brings damages claim against Disney in Germany, building additional pressure to take license
Multiple injunctions have not yet persuaded Disney to take a video patent license from InterDigital, but the streamer is now facing an increasingly diversified enforcement strategy.
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BREAKING: SIM IP secures $100M financing, eyes $1-3B more for patent monetization plans
The platform launched by Erich Spangenberg is having an especially busy year.
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Delhi High Court upholds refusal of injunction against Xiaomi, holds nine-year delay is by itself sufficient to deny interim relief
The Delhi HC Division Bench has dismissed Conqueror Innovations’ appeal against Xiaomi, holding that a nine-year delay in suing is by itself sufficient to refuse an interim injunction, and that the appellants’ new claim construction contradicted their own pleadings.
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MediaTek affiliate HFI Innovation sues Snap over video codec patent: fifth infringement case piles onto Snapchat’s growing UPC docket
MediaTek’s HFI Innovation has become the latest licensor to sue Snap over video codec patents at the UPC, joining Dolby, M&K Holdings, and ETRI amid parallel U.S. and Brazilian disputes.
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UPC Munich LD will assess implementer willingness ahead of FRAND license disclosure in InterDigital v. TCL
The UPC’s Munich LD has declined to order InterDigital to disclose comparable license agreements while TCL’s willingness to take a FRAND license remains disputed, potentially allowing the court to resolve the FRAND defense without examining those agreements.
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Brazilian judge grants IBEX merits-based PI against Disney over HEVC patent: threatens Disney+ suspension through app stores, device manufacturers
A Rio de Janeiro judge has found that Disney’s HEVC encoders infringe one of IBEX’s patents and has ordered compliance within 15 days, or it will face a rare order directed at app stores and device makers to suspend Disney+ in Brazil.