Category: Standard-Essential Patents
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Dolby seeking SEP-based preliminary injunction against Roku as Munich I Regional Court outpaces UPC’s Munich LD by wide margin
Roku is coming under pressure in the Munich I Regional Court with a January 2026 trial date and a SEP-based preliminary injunction motion, but nothing has happened in the UPC.
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BREAKING: Nokia sues Paramount over video streaming patents in U.S. and Brazil, uses winning patents from Amazon ITC dispute
Nokia is serious about collecting video codec patent royalties from streamers. Its new enforcement action against Paramount is the latest example.
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Podcast: interview with Dr. Bowman Heiden on role of SEPs in economics, policy intervention, cultivating a transatlantic IP career
Dr. Bowman Heiden is the Executive Director of the Tusher Strategic Initiative for Technology Leadership at UC-Berkeley. He is also the Co-Director of the Center for Intellectual Property (CIP) at the University of Gothenburg, and co-chair of the Technology, Innovation, and Intellectual Property program at the Classical Liberal Institute at the NYU School of Law. …
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ETRI files HEVC SEP lawsuit against Hisense with UPC shortly after suing Transsion over same patent
Korea’s ETRI is now enforcing the same HEVC patent against two different Chinese defendants: smartphone maker Transsion as well as TV maker Hisense.
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Access Advance extends early-bird period for video streaming patent license to September 30, 2025: service announcement
The early-bird period for implementers taking a license to Access Advance’s Video Distribution Pool has been extended to September 30.
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With UPC lawsuit against Transsion, Huawei joins fellow Access Advance licensors NEC, JVC, Sun Patent Trust in HEVC SEP enforcement
After settling with Philips over other standards and taking a Via LA pool license (its first pool license ever), Transsion could demonstrate that regional rates indeed facilitate license deals.
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HMD aligns itself with European Commission’s stance on FRAND in opening brief filed with top German court: VoiceAge EVS v. HMD
Like the European Commission in its amicus brief, HMD insists that the FRAND compliance of a SEP holder’s offer be ascertained prior to ordering an injunction.
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IP Europe, Nokia welcome definitive withdrawal of EU SEP Regulation
Apparently the formal withdrawal of the proposed EU regulation on standard-essential patents already happened weeks ago, and its publication is now imminent.
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Samsung prevails in UPC Dusseldorf LD: gains ground in global wireless patent dispute against Headwater
The Dusseldorf Local Division of the Unified Patent Court has handed Samsung a major win in a dispute filed against it by Headwater Research LLC, dismissing the complaint and revoking the patent-in-suit.