Category: Sun Patent Trust
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Sun Patent Trust’s UPC action may dissuade automaker Geely from peacemeal resolution; Bardehle becomes first law firm to be on both sides of Avanci
It is unclear why Geely is betting on licensing strategies that Volkswagen and Mercedes previously abandoned.
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UPC CoA allows Apple to intervene in Ericsson-ASUS, Sun Patent Trust-vivo cases to seek enhanced protection of SEP license agreements
The CoA has addressed not only the admissibility of an intervention for the specific purpose of protecting confidential information but also a mootness question raised by vivo.
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Dolby seeking SEP-based preliminary injunction against Roku as Munich I Regional Court outpaces UPC’s Munich LD by wide margin
Roku is coming under pressure in the Munich I Regional Court with a January 2026 trial date and a SEP-based preliminary injunction motion, but nothing has happened in the UPC.
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Access Advance welcomes dismissal of Roku’s global FRAND determination claim, draws parallels to Tesla’s UK complaint against Avanci
Roku’s global FRAND determination claim was dismissed due to the overwhelming presence of foreign patents, which would apply to virtually any patent pool.
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Federal judge throws out Roku’s FRAND and non-infringement DJ complaint against Dolby, Sun Patent Trust in Access Advance context
Roku is facing patent infringement lawsuits by Access Advance licensors and tried to attack the pool administrator with a U.S. antitrust case, which has now been thrown out.
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AA licensors win two AASIs in UPC’s Munich Local Division: Dolby, Sun Patent Trust defang Roku’s lawsuit in District of Massachusetts
Context: HP and TCL settled their disputes over HEVC (H.265) video codec patents through an Access Advance pool license last fall (part 2 of an October 30, 2024 ip fray article). Certain cases related to those disputes were pending in the Unified Patent Court (UPC). But certain cases brought by Access Advance licensors Dolby and…
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Sun Patent Trust sues Xiaomi over LTE-A standard-essential patents, asks for global FRAND rate determination in France, also sues in India
Licensing firm Sun Patent Trust is suing Xiaomi over LTE-Advanced standard-essential patents in France (seeking a FRAND determination there), India and other jurisdictions.