Category: Access Advance patent pools
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Roku takes HEVC Advance license: court filings in Brazil, UPC; UPDATE: Advance confirms both device and streaming license
A Brazilian court document and a flurry of non-public UPC filings pointed to a settlement, which was subsequently confirmed.
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Hisense threatened legal action against ip fray over timing of conclusion of Access Advance license agreement
We are always happy to make corrections or additions to articles if they are factually warranted. We do that for our readers, and we want to treat everyone fairly. Threats are counterproductive.
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BREAKING: Within hours of Brazilian injunction, HEVC Advance lists Hisense as licensee
The Brazilian court gave Hisense only 48 hours to comply. and a preliminary injunction based on a report by a court-appointed expert has teeth.
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Brazilian PIs and bad-faith litigation sanctions hit Hisense; newly discovered European video lawsuits against Hisense, Disney, Rakuten, DAZN
Preliminary injunctions, a fine for bad-faith litigation, multiple new video patent lawsuits in the Unified Patent Court and Munich I Regional Court: the heat is on.
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BREAKING: Access Advance acquires Via Licensing Alliance’s HEVC, VVC patent pools
The pools will initially continue running independently, but the goal is to have one combined program – to eliminate market fragmentation – by this time next year, Access Advance’s CEO, Peter Moller, told ip fray.
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Xiaomi joins Access Advance HEVC patent pool as licensee, VVC patent pool as licensor, licensee
“More licensees are expected to come in the next couple of months,” Access Advance’s Dylan Zhou told ip fray.
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Brazilian judge will decide Dolby’s PI request against Roku on March 23 based on expert testimony; one patent was previously held essential
Based on the current schedule, it will take less than six months from filing to disposition, and a German patent judgment should come down earlier in the first quarter.
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Dolby’s Brazilian enforcement actions could persuade Roku to become Access Advance licensee, with German court rulings on the horizon
Two Dolby lawsuits against Roku in Brazil add to a worldwide list of cases and could bring the dispute closer to resolution.
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BREAKING: MediaTek settles with Huawei after customs seizure of chips; Brazil is the new ITC; and Huawei is now a VVC Advance licensee
Huawei and MediaTek have reached a settlement according to a court document. One of the effects it that Huawei is now a VVC Advance licensee.
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Hisense seeks declaratory judgment against Dolby, GE, JVC, Philips, NEC, Mitsubishi, ETRI, Huawei, IP Bridge, Sun Patent Trust in Brazil over video SEPs
Hisense is being sued in other jurisdictions, particularly the UPC, for the unlicensed use of video codec SEPs.