Category: Standard-Essential Patents
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WiFi 6 pools gaining significant momentum: HPE signs up to Sisvel Multimode pool, Sharp joins Avanci WiFi 6 Vehicle licensing program as licensor
HPE brings the number of licensees in Sisvel’s Multimode pool up to six (joining Sony Group Corporation, Huawei, Panasonic, Philips, and ZTE), while Sharp joins fellow licensors Atlas Global, BlackBerry, Canon, ISG, KPN, Malikie Innovations, Meizu Technology, NEC Corporation, NTT, and OPPO in Avanci’s WiFi 6 Vehicle program.
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China withdrew antisuit policy ‘to the extent that it ever existed’ during first WTO dispute with EU, whose monitoring continues
The Supreme People’s Court of China withdrew its “anti-suit policy” (to the extent it ever existed) during the WTO-level dispute resolution proceedings with the EU. It is unclear what this practically means.
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Netflix gains momentum in DivX global streaming dispute as U.S. court clears it of $400M+ in damages
In a long-running streaming patent dispute against Netflix, where DivX has gained significant ground in Brazil, the case has now reached a turning point. After a Federal Circuit decision invalidated several of DivX’s asserted patents, a U.S. jury has now found that the company did not infringe four of those patents-in-suit.
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InterDigital wins Brazilian PI against Transsion over two 5G SEPs: court-appointed expert report confirmed essentiality, FRAND compliance of offer
Merits-based Brazilian preliminary injunctions such as this one are based on an expert report, upping the ante for defendants trying to get them lifted.
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Sisvel announces new 2G-5G SEP pool for point-of-sale terminals with Huawei, Nokia, LG as founding licensors: another IoT category
The three founding licensors hold many cellular SEPs. Nokia had already made significant headway with bilateral licensing in this vertical.
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Brazilian court lets Acer FRAND case proceed against Nokia, orders expert-led licensing review
Judge Gustavo Cesar Mazutti of the 2nd Business and Arbitration Court in São Paulo issued a combined decision denying Nokia’s motion to dismiss and setting out the procedural framework for the case going forward.
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Interview with Presiding Judge Dr. Oliver Schoen (Munich I Regional Court) on FRAND disclosure proceedings without infringement litigation, PIs, and more
Practitioners take note: at last week’s Nokia v. Acer & ASUS trial, Presiding Judge Dr. Schoen mentioned a new procedure for FRAND (fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory licensing) disclosures. We were curious to dive deeper into this and had other questions as well.
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ASUS affiliate Innovative Sonic wins 5G SEP injunction against OPPO and OnePlus in Munich
Two weeks after OPPO prevailed for the first time on a 5G patent assertion against ASUS, the latter’s affiliate Innovative Sonic strikes back with a 5G injunction.
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ZTE makes standard-essential patent HISTORY as first-ever defendant to prevail on FRAND defense in Munich (against Samsung)
This is even more historic than ZTE’s appellate victory (also over Samsung) in the UK regarding an interim-license declaration.