Category: Via Licensing Alliance patent pools
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NEC wins Brazilian preliminary injunction against HMD based on expert report: HMD could settle through Via pool license
HMD has previously been sued in Brazil by VoiceAge EVS. Now it also has to comply with an injunction obtained by NEC.
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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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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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BREAKING: Access Advance acquires Via Licensing Alliance’s HEVC, VVC patent pools
The pools will initially continue running independently, but the goal is to have one combined program – to eliminate market fragmentation – by this time next year, Access Advance’s CEO, Peter Moller, told ip fray.
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BREAKING: Heath Hoglund steps down as Via Licensing Alliance President
Via Licensing Alliance President Heath Hoglund has announced today that he is leaving the company at the end of the year “for a new opportunity”.
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Via Licensing Alliance calls on DRAM SEP owners to contribute to new memory technology patent pool
Owners of Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM) standard-essential patents are invited to be part of Via LA’s newest patent pool, the first in its new semiconductor technology patent series.
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Dolby joins Avanci 4G, 5G as licensor
Dolby has recently joined both of Avanci’s Vehicle programs, bringing its 4G patent pool up to 49 licensors and 5G up to 85 total licensors.
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Korean NPE Intellectual Discovery joins Via LA Qi Wireless Pool as licensor as it gears up to go public
A major licensee joining the Qi Wireless program was a main motivation for joining the pool, Intellectual Discovery’s Executive Vice President Dongsuk Bae tells ip fray.
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BREAKING: Via LA licensors M&K, Gensquare LLC, Tagivan II suing next Big Tech defendant Amazon in Germany over HEVC SEPs
The new suits, filed by Cohausz & Florack and Krieger Mes, target Amazon devices capable of 4K playback, including Fire TV.