Category: Licensors and/or Licensees
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Nokia strikes another patent license deal (renewal) with Samsung: first 5G, now video technologies implemented in TVs
Two years after a 5G patent license agreement, Nokia has now also licensed its video codec patents to Samsung for its TVs.
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Google follows Samsung in settling patent dispute with biometrics firm Proxense in Western District of Texas: Apple, Microsoft, Intel, LG cases still pending
Proxense and Google filed a stipulated dismissal on Monday, which amounts to a notice of settlement. Samsung already settled in 2023, but several other cases are still pending.
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Three attempts to use U.S. courts against German (or UPC) patent enforcement actions have failed in recent years: disproven recipe?
It has been tried three times over the past couple of years to leverage U.S. district courts against German courts or the UPC, and it produced nothing but costs.
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Public version of Nokia v. Amazon ITC ruling in multimedia SEP case holds e-commerce giant responsible for unlicensed status
The public redacted version of a trade judge’s December 2024 ruling shows that Amazon was far from prevailing over Nokia on a FRAND defense.
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UPC updates: Tesla settles with Broadcom; Dyson close to settling with SharkNinja; observations on December filings
Broadcom and Tesla have apparently settled their patent dispute. Dyson and SharkNinja appear to be close to settling their case. And some observations on UPC filings.
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Nokia reaches milestone of 7K patent families declared essential to 5G standard, plans to play key role in 6G
Nokia announced that it has reached 7,000 patent families declared as essential to the 5G cellular telecommunications standard.
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Netgear settles WiFi 6 standard-essential patent dispute with Huawei, takes license to Sisvel pool between Unified Patent Court and Munich I Regional Court rulings
Netgear and Huawei have filed a motion to stay the U.S: litigation started by the router maker in response to enforcement actions in the UPC and German courts.
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Unprecedented major delay at USITC for remedy recommendation after Lenovo was found to infringe four Ericsson SEPs
While ITC judges typically issue their recommendations on remedy (i.e., U.S. import ban) near-simultaneously with their rulings, it will now potentially take more than two months in an Ericsson-Lenovo SEP case.
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Huawei v. Netgear was only the second UPC anti-antisuit motion this month: a near-simultaneous one may have targeted Xiaomi
The UPC’s Munich LD has now published its December 11, 2024 anti-antisuit injunction in Huawei v. Netgear. It turns out that a similar motion was brought in a different case slightly before Huawei’s filing.
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After almost 5 years of being sued by Broadcom, Netflix files U.S. countersuit over former HP virtualization patents: UPC filings to follow?
Context: In the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, Broadcom (Avago) started to sue Netflix over video streaming patents (March 14, 2020 Variety article). Para. 20 of the complaint (PDF) alleges that Broadcom’s business of selling “semiconductor chips used in the set top boxes that enable traditional cable television services” was substantially and irreparably harmed…