Category: Patents
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Amazon’s ploy to derail ITC proceedings, and update on Amazon’s and Lenovo’s efforts to overturn or narrow Nokia’s and Ericsson’s preliminary wins
The ITC has finalized its decision in one Ericsson-Lenovo case while it has not decided on the exact scope of its review in another. Amazon is hoping to overturn or narrow Nokia’s win.
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Access Advance launches video distribution patent pool
The new program covers internet streaming, offering the HEVC, VVC, AV1, and VP9 video codecs in a single license, and resolves the increasingly “hot” issue of video codec licensing in the video streaming market, CEO Peter Moller told ip fray.
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Europe has “one foot in the morgue”: Nokia and Ericsson to hold EU innovation summit today, call on withdrawal of “harmful” SEP regulation
The event marks the first time Nokia and Ericsson have come together to organize and drive an initiative like this, which will highlight how Europe’s tech sector has “one foot in the morgue”, lagging those of China and the U.S., as well as how reforms such as the 5G Security Toolbox are “critical” for economic…
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Avago (Broadcom) actually won the UPC’s first-ever anti-antisuit injunction, paved the way for the Huawei v. Netgear AASI that came down two days later
Not only three but even four attempts to derail German (in two cases also UPC) patent enfrocement actions through U.S. antisuit injunctions have failed in recent years.
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BREAKING: Qualcomm settles with China’s Transsion (Africa’s smartphone market leader): Indian patent lawsuit withdrawn
A Qualcomm v. Transsion lawsuit was withdrawn in India, suggesting a settlement. Transsion is a Chinese company whose various brands collectively have indisputable leadership in the African smartphone market.
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Nokia strikes another patent license deal (renewal) with Samsung: first 5G, now video technologies implemented in TVs
Two years after a 5G patent license agreement, Nokia has now also licensed its video codec patents to Samsung for its TVs.
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Avanci responds to Chinese study on automotive SEP license fees: “numerous inaccuracies”
Context: Commonly, when Avanci announces something, it involves new licensors or licensees (see, e.g., this October 9, 2024 ip fray article). Avanci’s automotive pool covers a very high percentage of all 4G and 5G standard-essential patents (SEPs), and most of the market (which for 5G depends on whether companies are already implementing it) is licensed….
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AstraZeneca expands cancer drug patent enforcement campaign in U.S., seeks preliminary injunctions
AstraZeneca has filed four separate complaints against generic drugmakers Cipla, Sandoz, Natco, and Zydus in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.
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NPE sues SK Hynix in Eastern District of Texas: alleges Dell, Microsoft and Nvidia also “indirectly” infringing semiconductor patents
Advanced Memory Technologies LLC, represented by litigation powerhouse Susman Godfrey, has accused SK Hynix of infringing four semiconductor-related patents.
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Public version of Nokia v. Amazon ITC ruling in multimedia SEP case holds e-commerce giant responsible for unlicensed status
The public redacted version of a trade judge’s December 2024 ruling shows that Amazon was far from prevailing over Nokia on a FRAND defense.