Category: Via Licensing Alliance patent pools
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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.
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Via Licensing Alliance Voice Codec pool continues to grow with addition of new licensors, licensee
Via launched the pool covering EVS and IVAS speech-coding standards in December 2024.
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Via licensor Philips settles Qi dispute with Belkin; Renault takes patent license from Broadcom
Based on decisions by the UPC to close cases, two significant SEP disputes have apparently been settled: Philips-Belkin (a win for Via in all likelihood) and Broadcom-Renault.
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Patent pools have facilitated hundreds of thousands of licensor-licensee relationships, obviated thousands of lawsuits
Via’s AVC/H.264 pool alone has brought more than 1,700 licensees and 44 licensors together. That’s almot 75K licensor-licensee pairs. Just one pool.
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Brazilian court enters Panasonic v. HMD PI: Via AAC pool offer was FRAND enough; UPC, German case law cited; ruling points to ip fray
Brazilian SEP case law is evolving rapidly, and the judges in Rio de Janeiro increasingly follow developments in other jurisdictions. Occasionally they do so via ip fray.
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Sony joins Via Licensing Alliance Qi pool as licensor, licensee
Sony, among the top 10 global Qi SEP owners, has joined Via’s Qi Wireless Power patent pool, bringing the total number of licensees that have joined in the past six months up to seven.
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Meet Via Licensing Alliance’s new President: Kevin Mack
Kevin Mack opens up to ip fray about the Access Advance HEVC/VVC sale, the Chinese market, and how he plans to leverage his time in-house at Dolby in his new post.
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Eeva Hakoranta, former InterDigital Chief Licensing Officer: ‘Focus on the impact and great things will follow’
The former InterDigital Chief Licensing Officer spoke to ip fray on the sidelines of Via Licensing Alliance’s Business Summit about why she stepped down from her role, where she is headed next, and some of the obstacles she has had to overcome as a woman in IP.
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AI opportunities, UK interim license frustration and global SEP injunction divergence: highlights from Via’s Business Summit in Rome
ip fray breaks down some of the highlights of Via Licensing Alliance’s third-ever Business Summit in Rome this week, where it took part as official media partner and one of the panel moderators.
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BREAKING: Licensing executive Jane Bu joins Avanci
Today Avanci announced that Jane Bu joins the company. She is well-known in the industry from her many years at Via, most recently as Chief Licensing Officer.