Category: Via Licensing Alliance patent pools
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OPPO, Nidec have taken Qi Wireless Power patent pool license, Via announces during AI licensing-focused Summit
During its annual Bridge Summit in San Francisco today, which will largely focus on opportunities and strategies in AI patent licensing, Via Licensing Alliance announced Japan’s Nidec Mobility Corporation and China’s OPPO – already a licensor – have both taken a license in Via’s Qi Wireless Power patent pool.
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HMD’s dogged defense against patent infringement actions flies in the face of conventional litigation economics
Across different disputes, HMD’s defensive efforts show a pattern of disproportionate legal expenditures and an unwillingness to settle with patent holders even when the licensing terms in question enjoy wide market acceptance.
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Opinion: China’s role in the future of global SEP licensing
In this guest contribution, Via Licensing Alliance’s President Kevin Mack reflects on his last visit to China, and the evolution of patent licensing he has witnessed there.
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Via annual Bridge Summit to focus on AI licensing
Via Licensing Alliance’s fourth-ever annual Bridge Summit, due to take place next week, will feature AI infrastructure and data center licensing discussions throughout its conference, as well as licensor meetings dedicated to its newly launched DRAM pool.
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Dolby files first-ever patent infringement dispute related to Via Voice Codec Pool
Dolby has sued UK device maker Nothing Technology over a standard-essential patent related to EVS technologies, marking the first action related to Via’s Voice Codec Pool.
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HMD stops selling its smartphones in Germany, France, Italy, Netherlands after Fraunhofer’s UPC injunctions
The overlap between the countries in which HMD removed the entire smartphone category from its web offerings and the recent UPC injunctions leaves no room for any other plausible explanation.
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Via Licensing Alliance signs MPEG LA veteran as General Counsel
Tony Piotrowski also held past roles in the IP teams at Nokia and Philips.
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Via signs founding licensors to data center DRAM program, announces new cloud media pool for genAI
The new program will offer a comprehensive license for the “back-end” of AI-generated media, covering multiple standards including AAC, AVC, and Opus.
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Honor acquires LG video and image coding portfolio, expands its presence in SEP landscape
The Chinese mobile device brand has also recently become a licensor to Avanci’s vehicle cellular programs, and a licensee to Access Advance’s VVC pool.
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OPINION: Global licensing is seeking a better middle ground
An opinion piece by Patrick Zhang, Vice President, Licensing and Commercial Strategy, Via Licensing Alliance.