Category: Patent Pools
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Alibaba takes Access Advance VDP license; Dahua joins as VDP licensor and returns as HEVC licensee after disputes
Previous licensee Dahua has faced litigation from Access Advance and pool licensors after an alleged breach of obligations.
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BREAKING: Nokia joins Avanciās EV Charging program as licensor
The latest joiner brings the total program participants up to more than 50 licensors and 15 licensees.
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Microsoft signs up to Sisvel Wi-Fi Multimode pool
This latest new joiner brings the number ofĀ licensees in Sisvel’s Wi-Fi Multimode pool up to seven.
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WIPO expands pool-verified SEP data with Via Licensing Alliance partnership
It builds on a previously announced partnership with Sisvel to supplement PATENTSCOPE’s content on declared SEPs with data verified by pool operators.
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Huawei becomes first SEP owner to announce Wi-Fi 7 patent licensing rates: $0.50 per unit
Huawei has today announced that its patent licensing royalty rate for Wi-Fi 7 will be set at $0.50 per unit for all Wi-Fi 7-compliant, consumerāgrade devices.
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Malikie Innovations turns on Toyota in expansion of connected cars campaign asserting Wi-Fi SEPs
Malikie asserted some of the same former Blackberry patents against Honda and Hyundai in U.S. district courts last month.
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Via Licensing Alliance taps former TiVo, Technicolor executive to lead on licensing and strategy
Patrick Zhang has been appointed to the newly created role at a time when Via is looking to expand existing programs while launching into new areas.
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BREAKING: Avanci signed up four Chinese automakers as licensees between early April and now; 11 Chinese licensees in total, 17 contracts
Since the last such announcement on March 31, four more Chinese automakers have taken an Avanci license. Geely is undoubtedly one of them.
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Vote to replace Access Advance with Sisvel as VCL HEVC/VVC pool administrator fails: less than 1/3 of licensors in favor
A vote reportedly initiated by Harold Barrault, Vice President and Head of Patent Licensing at Orange (a major pool licensor), has failed to reach the necessary majority to put Sisvel in charge of Access Advanceās VCL HEVC/VVC patent pool.Ā
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Eyeing the AI data center boom, Via Licensing Alliance unveils new NAND pool, issues call for patents
Via has announced a new semiconductor-related licensing program, this time for NAND memory technology.