Category: Standard-Essential Patents
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UPC Mannheim LD encourages Samsung to take license from ZTE as injunction looms large: tipping point may be reached shortly
Samsung faces an uphill battle at next month’s UPC Mannheim hearing against ZTE, which is on the winning track with respect to the technical merits as well as FRAND.
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Ericsson hits Disney with UPC complaints over video compression technology
This follows reports last week of the Swedish company’s suits targeting Disney in Brazil.
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Brazil surpasses 100 ICT patent case filings
In an interview with Otto Licks, founding partner of Licks Attorneys, ip fray discusses how Brazil went from having zero patent enforcement cases to becoming one of the go-to jurisdictions for standard-essential ICT patent assertion.
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UK IPO seeks views on feasibility of FRAND Opinion Service
The UK is exploring a less formal approach to SEP licensing disputes, with a proposed IPO-led service offering independent, non-binding assessments of whether licensing offers fall within a plausible FRAND range.
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Renault revealed as latest licensee to Avanci Wi-Fi 6 Vehicles program
To date, Mercedes-Benz, General Motors, Ford, and Volvo Cars had been announced as licensees.
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Disney+ urged to compensate EU customers up to €62.8 million for removal of 4K, HDR: faces class-action suit
Consumer advocacy group Euroconsumers has issued the streaming giant with a formal notice to compensate customers in Italy, Belgium, and Portugal, threatening complaints with the Consumer Protection Cooperation (CPC) Network and a class-action suit.
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Qualcomm, Transsion sign license deal through end of 2031: 4G, 5G devices now all covered by single contract
Qualcomm and Transsion not only renewed one of their two existing license agreements through the end of 2031, but also seized the opportunity to consolidate both contracts into one.
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Longhorn IP entity files German complaint against farm equipment maker AGCO
The Dusseldorf suit adds to the SEP complaint AGCO is already facing across the country in Munich.
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Celebrating World Standards Day: the ‘invisible backbone’ of innovation
Today, on World Standards Day, we share some of the key statements on the important role standards – and standard-essential patents – play in innovation.
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MIT enforces cloud and IoT chip security patents against Amazon Web Services, Microsoft in U.S.
The asserted quasi-SEPs relate to physical unclonable function (PUF) technology, which has important applications in authentication and cryptography.