Category: Patent Pools
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Alliance for Automotive Innovation continues to push for lower SEP royalties with weak arguments
The Alliance for Automotive Innovation continues to pursue the objective of lower standard-essential patent royalties with legally and factually incorrect assertions.
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Tesla’s UK FRAND claim against Avanci was overreaching even for a sympathetic judge
Mr Justice Fancourt of the England & Wales High Court threw out Tesla’s FRAND rate-setting claim against Avanci and an exemplary Avanci licensor, InterDigital, earlier this week.
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Continental withdraws Delaware lawsuit against Nokia over SEP licensing in auto industry: another one bites the dust
Nokia’s second-quarter report reveals that Continental has withdrawn its U.S. litigation over automotive patent licensing terms and practices.
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Automotive lobbyists write to Avanci about derivation of 5G SEP royalty rate, but their letter reflects misconceptions
Automotive lobbying groups from different countries and continents addressed a letter to Avanci about how it arrived at its 5G pool rate.
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Chinese courts will now set global FRAND rates for patent pools at implementers’ requests: Supreme People’s Court ruling
China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC) has ruled in favor of implementer TCL and held that Chinese courts can set global FRAND rates for standard-essential patent pools (in this case, an Access Advance pool).
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UPC Dusseldorf LD lets pool administrator Access Advance intervene in Dolby v. HP SEP case: FRAND compliance of pool terms in dispute
The UPC’s Dusseldorf Local Division found that pool administrator Access Advance had a sufficient interest to intervene in a Dolby v. HP standard-essential patent case as the defendant had disputed that the pool’s terms were FRAND.
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London court heard jurisdictional challenges to Tesla’s pre-emptive 5G SEP strike against InterDigital and Avanci
Tesla’s pre-emptive strike FRAND action in the UK against InterDigital and Avanci may surmount the low hurdle of a jurisdictional challenge, but it should not.
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Volvo, Polestar take Avanci 5G license, taking total number of 5G-licensed car brands to 27
Avanci today announced the addition of Volvo and Polestar to its 5G vehicle licensing program, taking the number of licensed brands to 27.
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OPPO releases white paper on IP touting innovative strength (among top 10 PCT patent filers), advocates balanced policy
Chinese smartphone maker OPPO released an IP white paper on World Intellectual Property Day highlighting the company’s innovative capacity and promoting balanced IP policies.