Category: Patent Pools
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Hisense in trouble in Brazil as court imposes sanctions for litigation misconduct despite settlement through Access Advance pool license
The Rio de Janeiro State Court decided to pursue sanctions against Hisense regardless of a settlement after which JVC no longer asked for them.
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Avanci Video publishes rates, welcomes first licensee: major global streaming platform
While the identity of the licensee remains unknown, the platform has tens of millions of subscribers. By welcoming its first licensee, Avanci Video has finally found terms that are market-accepted, the program’s head Judy Yee told ip fray.
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Beko, Arçelik have no FRAND case against Dolby (for multiple reasons): UPC Dusseldorf LD hearing
The Unified Patent Court’s Dusseldorf Local Division is hearing Dolby v. Beko & Arçelik today. Not only is there no FRAND pledge but there is no abuse of a dominant market position at any rate.
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Munich court calls UK interim-license declarations “flawed in legitimacy”, deems UK courts incompetent to impose global licenses; finds pool rates far below FRAND
A redacted Nokia v. ASUS ruling showcases the application of the Munich court’s FRAND guidelines and takes a clear position on the illegitimacy of UK interim-license declarations.
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New Munich FRAND guidance: up to 18% total SEP royalty on phones, foreign FRAND may backfire, cross-checks (top-down, pools), no capture of non-standardized value, and more
The Munich I Regional Court is the world’s #1 SEP injunction venue. Its new guidelines have now become available, and compatible with the latest Federal Court of Justice decision
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Access Advance extends early-bird period for licensees again, enabling them to benefit from recent Via deal: service announcement
This extension of the period during which licensees can secure the old prices gives implementers of video standards the chance to derive the full benefit from the acquisition of Via’s HEVC and VVC pools.
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Access Advance reports 100% HEVC patent agreement renewal rate: Google among licensees that opted to extend
Access Advance renewed 100% of its licensing agreements with current licensees of its HEVC pool – over 120 of them – including with major tech players such as Google and Huawei, and has renamed the HEVC/VVC patent pool it acquired from Via Licensing Alliance to VCL Advance.
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Via Licensing Alliance’s memory technology patent pool now conducting formation meetings, with notable interest from licensees, licensors in Asia
As the first of its semiconductor pools moves forward, Via Licensing Alliance will soon introduce a pool focused on interconnect technologies, Via’s vice president of program management Willy Chang told ip fray in an interview.
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Munich Regional Court Judge Dr. Schoen on incoming new judge, cross-border injunctions, FRAND calculations in Wilus v. ASUS
The incoming Presiding Judge over the 21st Civil Chamber, who will replace Judge Dr. Georg Werner, has been chosen and has a “patent-positive approach”, Judge Dr. Oliver Schoen of the Munich I Regional Court’s 7th Civil Chamber told attendees of the 12th annual IP and Competition Forum in Oxford today.