Category: Patent Pools
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Acer and Longhorn asserting 4G SEPs against truck maker PACCAR and its DAF brand in Texas and Germany
PACCAR, a truck maker with a market capitalization at a level with Ford and GM, lacks cellular standard-essential patent licenses. It has been sued in Munich and Marshall, TX.
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Transsion facing Brazilian HEVC SEP lawsuits by NEC and JVC, UPC lawsuits by NEC and Sun Patent Trust: all three are Access Advance licensors
NEC is suing Transsion in the UPC and Brazil, Sun Patent Trust only in the UPC and JVC only in Brazil (all of that based on presently known cases).
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Lenovo, Quectel join Avanci 5G as licensors; 225 million vehicles now connected through Avanci Vehicle
Lenovo and Quectel, both major implementers, have signed up to Avanci 5G Vehicle (Lenovo also Avanci 4G) as licensors, bringing the total number of licensors on the program to 60, while Avanci Vehicle has now licensed 225 million connected vehicles.
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BREAKING: UK Supreme Court grants Tesla’s petition to appeal dismissal of Avanci-InterDigital FRAND pool rate case
Context: Last year, Mr Justice [Timothy] Fancourt of the High Court of Justice for England & Wales (EWHC) showed some sympathy for Tesla’s desire to obtain a UK FRAND (fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory licensing) determination against the entire Avanci 5G standard-essential patent (SEP) pool, but ultimately dismissed the complaint (July 18, 2024 ip fray article).…
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Access Advance’s video streaming patent pool has more than 30 licensors, 4 of whom (such as ByteDance, Tencent) are also licensees
Context: Earlier this year we reported on a surprising move by Access Advance. After years of focusing its licensing efforts on product makers rather than streamers, the Boston-based pool administrator announced its Video Distribution Pool (VDP) (January 16, 2025 ip fray article). What’s new: Today, Access Advance published a list of 31 licensors, only two…
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Clearing up misconceptions about OPPO-Volkswagen patent license agreement: it merely proves Avanci’s flexibility
The only noteworthy aspect of the OPPO-Volkswagen patent license is that it shows Avanci members can enter into bilateral agreements even after signing up.
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Second UPC lawsuit filed against BYD: will Tesla throw its Chinese competitors under the bus or vice versa?
BYD is coming under ever more pressure from standard-essential patent assertions. Another case has been filed with the UPC’s The Hague Local Division.
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LG Electronics joins Via Licensing Alliance’s Qi wireless charging patent pool as licensor, licensee
LG’s move significantly expands the pool’s share of the Qi wireless charging space, which already previously covered 50% of all declared standard-essential patents.
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EXCLUSIVE: SEP enforcement against Chinese car maker BYD reaches Unified Patent Court’s The Hague Local Division
After two SEP enforcement lawsuits against Chinese automaker BYD in Munich, Sol IP added one in Mannheim and is now suing in the UPC’s The Hague Local Division, too.
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TCL, Panasonic expand participation in Via Licensing Alliance ATSC 3.0 patent pool, Korea Electronics Technology Institute brand new member
Via LA today welcomed TCL, already a long-term licensee, as a licensor, after Panasonic and the Korea Electronics Technology Institute also joined the pool as a licensee and licensor, respectively, earlier this month.