Category: Standard-Essential Patents
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Sun Patent Trust strikes settlement with vivo: UPC action withdrawn
This dispute involved the question of whether a SEP holder can bring a proactive FRAND determination claim and seek a UK-style injunction in the UPC. It won’t be answered in these proceedings.
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Wilus opens new front against TP-Link with California complaint over Wi-Fi SEPs; Sisvel license would resolve disputes
Research and licensing firm Wilus sued networking equipment maker TP-Link in the Eastern District of Texas in April.
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UPC Hamburg finds HMD unwilling after rejecting pool route for bilateral licensing
The UPC’s Hamburg Local Division held that a FRAND-compliant pool offer can satisfy a SEP holder’s obligations under Huawei v. ZTE, while setting conditions for when an implementer may insist on bilateral licensing.
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InterDigital expands UPC litigation against Disney, says VP9 workaround still infringes its patents
InterDigital has filed new claims at the UPC targeting Disney’s use of VP9 for 4K streaming, arguing the codec still infringes its patents despite seven injunctions already won worldwide.
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Acer, Chinese SEP holder launch first cellular SEP campaign against farm equipment maker: John Deere targeted over 4G patents in Munich, Mannheim
Acer and Beijing Jingshi Intellectual Property Management have sued John Deere over 4G SEPs in German courts, marking the first cellular SEP campaign against an agricultural vehicle maker.
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Munich court consolidates FRAND framework for SEP licensing disputes
The Munich I Regional Court’s new FRAND guidelines consolidate the 7th Civil Chamber’s approach to licensing willingness, implementer conduct and substantive review of SEP-holder offers into a single roadmap for future disputes.
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New Munich FRAND guidelines bless Avanci 5G terms: balanced analysis shows why Tesla may not save royalties through UK litigation
The Munich I Regional Court’s 7th Civil Chamber has just released a comprehensive and updated
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Rio court confirms Via pool offer can satisfy FRAND without bilateral negotiations
A Rio court has held that NEC’s Via LA pool offer was sufficient to satisfy FRAND without a separate bilateral offer to HMD, while finding HMD’s failure to substantively engage with the pool terms indicative of hold-out.
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Dolby acquires hundreds of VVC standard-essential patents from Florida Atlantic University and OP Solutions
Some of the assigned patents were already available to license through the VVC Advance pool operated by Access Advance.
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Disney switches 4K UHD back on in Germany, but concern over VP9 SEPs lingers
Disney+ has found a workaround allowing it to reintroduce 4K Ultra High Definition features in certain devices following a second InterDigital injunction, but the solution does not address a specific High Dynamic Range quality feature, and would leave it exposed if it faced actions over other multimedia technologies that InterDigital owns.