Category: Standard-Essential Patents
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In U.S. court filing that sheds light on UPC and German cases, Huawei claims to have been “repeatedly ghosted by Netgear”
A filing made by Huawei with a U.S. court on Friday accuses Netgear of repeatedly “ghosting” the Chinese innovator when it came to discussing licensing terms.
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Via LA licensors suing Microsoft in Germany and/or UPC over HEVC video codec patents
Context: This fall, HP and TCL took HEVC (H.265) patent pool licenses from Access Advance (October 30, 2024 ip fray article), thereby settling several patent infringement cases. Those companies had previously taken licenses from MPEG LA, which got acquired by Via Licensing last year to form Via LA (May 2, 2023 Via LA press release)….
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Netgear running out of time against Huawei as next injunction could come down on January 9, patent exhaustion won’t move needle
Netgear faces the risk of another WiFi 6 SEP injunction coming down on January 9, and the exhaustion-based carve-out from the December 18 UPC injunction may be useless.
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UPC’s Munich LD contradicts EU Commission, separately faults Netgear for unsubstantiated rejection of Sisvel’s WiFi 6 pool license offer
Huawei won a multi-country WiFi 6 SEP injunction against Netgear today, and the UPC’s Munich LD has taken various patentee- and pool-friendly positions on FRAND.
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USITC judge sides with Ericsson on 4 out of 4 standard-essential patents, throws out Lenovo’s other defenses: U.S. import ban looms large
Lenovo has suffered a crushing preliminary defeat in the U.S. International Trade Commission as all four Ericsson standard-essential patents at the heart of the investigation have been held valid and infringed.
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Nokia’s Chinese licensing success story continues as wireless innovator announces patent license agreement with second Chinese car maker
Nokia has announced that a second unnamed automaker from China has taken a bilateral license to its cellular standard-essential patents.
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Via LA launches new voice codec pool: Dolby, ETRI, Huawei, JVCKenwood and NTT already on board
Huawei has also taken a license from Via LA’s new pool, which covers voice technologies such as EVS and IVAS.
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FRAND is in flux in Munich: lower court has concerns about appeals court’s preliminary position, yet made adjustments
Presiding Judge Dr. Oliver Schoen of the Munich I Regional Court’s Seventh Civil Chamber discussed his panel’s take on FRAND in light of a pending appeal.
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Ericsson filing with ITC elaborates on HEVC owners’ licensing obligations, multi-standard license bundle, 16 years of trying to sell license
A post-hearing brief filed by Ericsson in an ITC investigation sheds light on Lenovo’s negotiation conduct and elaborates on the obligations of owners of HEVC SEP.
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First antisuit injunction attack on UPC: Netgear asks U.S. district court for ASI against or interim license from Huawei; fears AASI
In the United States District Court for the Central District of California, Netgear has filed a motoion for an antisuit injunction or, as a fallback, interim license against Huawei.