Category: Snap (Snapchat)
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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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Ibex sues Disney and Snap in Brazil as streaming patent disputes escalate
Ibex has launched separate patent actions in Brazil against Disney and Snap relating to video technologies, adding to growing litigation pressure on video streamers across multiple jurisdictions.
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Brazilian judge gives Snap(chat) five days to justify free-riding on Dolby’s AV1 patents: injunction looms large
The noose is tightening in Brazil with Snapchat operator Snap facing an AV1 injunction very soon unless it takes a license from Dolby or, far more likely, Access Advance.
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Dolby sues Snap(chat) over AV1 and HEVC patent infringement in U.S. and Brazil: Access Advance VDP license would resolve issue
Internet platforms that stream videos are largely unlicensed. There is now more enforcement, and the latest major platform to be sued over alleged infringements is Snap, the operator of Snapchat.