Category: Patent Pools
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Via LA Bridge Summit to feature inter-pool administrator discussion: third edition in San Francisco (September 22-26)
Co-hosted by the UC Berkeley Center for Law & Technology, Via Licensing Alliance’s third-ever Bridge Summit will be held at the Fairmont in San Francisco, and will include keynotes from Huawei’s Emil Zhang and Xiaomi’s Na Wei, as well as a panel discussion with fellow pool administrators Sisvel and Access Advance.
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ETRI files HEVC SEP lawsuit against Hisense with UPC shortly after suing Transsion over same patent
Korea’s ETRI is now enforcing the same HEVC patent against two different Chinese defendants: smartphone maker Transsion as well as TV maker Hisense.
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Access Advance extends early-bird period for video streaming patent license to September 30, 2025: service announcement
The early-bird period for implementers taking a license to Access Advance’s Video Distribution Pool has been extended to September 30.
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With UPC lawsuit against Transsion, Huawei joins fellow Access Advance licensors NEC, JVC, Sun Patent Trust in HEVC SEP enforcement
After settling with Philips over other standards and taking a Via LA pool license (its first pool license ever), Transsion could demonstrate that regional rates indeed facilitate license deals.
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China holds a “paramount” central position in global patent licensing: Via LA’s Jane Bu on move to Shanghai
The Chief Licensing Officer says her three-month move to Shanghai proves the depth of the pool administrator’s commitment to China and the wider Asian region.
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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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Regional rate structures for patent pools enable some deals and minimize litigation, but each market has its own characteristics
Some patent pools offer regional rates. Others don’t. All of that may merely be reflective of the market-driven nature of the collective-licensing business.
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Access Advance, Via LA position multimedia patent pools for further growth with price stability offer, regionalization for more standards
Via LA extends the concept of regional rates to HEVC/VVC. Access Advance invites implementers with an offer to secure license fees until 2030 and multi-codec incentive.
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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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Fraunhofer suing HMD in Unified Patent Court over standard-essential audio coding patents
Yet another SEP holder is suing HMD: now it’s Fraunhofer’s turn. Two cases were lodged with the UPC’s Hamburg LD.