Category: Licensors and/or Licensees
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BREAKING: InterDigital wins PI against TCL in Brazil
The 3rd Business Court of the Judicial District of the Capital of Rio de Janeiro adopted the findings of an independent expert report, which fully supported InterDigital’s position that TCL infringes the two patents-in-suit, that the patents are essential to the HEVC standard, and that InterDigital’s offers met its FRAND obligations.
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Proxense sues Mastercard over biometrics patents, expands LG enforcement campaign
Non-practicing entity Proxense has added Mastercard to its list of defendants in its Big Tech patent enforcement campaign that has so far targeted Samsung, Google, Intel, Microsoft, Apple, Cisco, and LG Electronics. It has also added two more patents to its campaign against the latter.
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Oura reignites U.S. Ultrahuman patent infringement battle after $2.2B IPO
Smart-ring maker Oura has filed a fresh suit against Indian rival Ultrahuman in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, alleging it infringed two more of its patents related to the curved battery, circuit board, magnets, and sensors in its smart rings.
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Disney disables HEVC on Disney+ in Brazil following Huawei injunction, appeals order
Disney has asked a Rio de Janeiro appeals court to suspend Huawei’s HEVC injunction, asserting that it has fully switched HEVC off on Disney+ in Brazil, and maintaining that it has not infringed its patents.
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UPC grants Yangtze Memory application to intervene in Micron patent suit targeting downstream partners
Yangtze Memory has successfully filed an application to intervene in a UPC dispute (which also has parallel cases in Munich) targeting three of its downstream product partners, Ultron, Lexar and Apacer Technology, over alleged patent infringement.
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Taction seeks supplemental damages, interest, ongoing royalties through 2035 on top of $5.7B Apple verdict
Taction has asked Judge Robinson for damages on recent sales, interest back to April 2021, and royalties on future iPhone and Apple Watch sales through 2035, on top of the verdict.
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Munich’s economic approach to FRAND faces questions over practical application
Munich’s new FRAND Guidelines prompted questions about the reliability of economic benchmarks and their practical application, as industry representatives and litigators examined their implications for SEP disputes during an OxFirst webinar.
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UPC Mannheim LD encourages Samsung to take license from ZTE as injunction looms large: tipping point may be reached shortly
Samsung faces an uphill battle at next month’s UPC Mannheim hearing against ZTE, which is on the winning track with respect to the technical merits as well as FRAND.
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Ericsson hits Disney with UPC complaints over video compression technology
This follows reports last week of the Swedish company’s suits targeting Disney in Brazil.
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Huawei wins expert report-based preliminary injunction against Disney in Brazil over HEVC patent, with $1 million penalty for non-compliance
A Rio de Janeiro judge granted Huawei an expert-backed injunction and accused Disney of delay tactics. Disney had 24 hours to stop distributing accused HEVC video or pay a $1 million fine.