Category: Multimedia
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Snap under pressure as ETRI files U.S. complaint, joins fellow VDP licensors in expanding the social media company’s SEP docket
ETRI and Kyung Hee University join Dolby and others in taking action against Snap’s alleged infringement of video SEPs.
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Disney switches off 4K UHD and HDR in Germany, possibly other markets due to InterDigital’s UPC injunction
Disney continues to degrade the quality of its streaming offerings in Germany just to comply with InterDigital’s video patent injunctions.
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BREAKING: UPC grants InterDigital second 11-country injunction against Disney
The UPC’s Dussledorf Local Division has today granted InterDigital the company’s second HEVC patent injunction against Disney, joining the several it has already secured in Germany and Brazil.
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Samsung, Sharp join Access Advance VVC pool as licensors, licensees
The Advance VVC pool now counts six of the world’s leading smartphone manufacturers as licensees, representing an estimated 62% of the global smartphone market.
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Alibaba takes Access Advance VDP license; Dahua joins as VDP licensor and returns as HEVC licensee after disputes
Previous licensee Dahua has faced litigation from Access Advance and pool licensors after an alleged breach of obligations.
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Adeia sues Disney-controlled Fubo over media streaming patents
Adeia has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Disney-controlled streaming platform Fubo in the District of Delaware, alleging infringement of four media technology patents. The dispute raises questions about the scope of patent license coverage within corporate groups, as Adeia maintains that Disney’s existing license does not extend to Fubo.
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Touchstream Technologies targets Samsung while $339M Google verdict remains in limbo
Touchstream has also sued TCL in the Eastern District of Texas recently, asserting some of the same patents at the center of the multimillion-dollar Western District of Texas
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BREAKING: Nokia, Acer sign patent licensing agreement, will determine terms through arbitration
Nokia has today revealed that the parties have signed a patent license agreement covering the use of Nokia’s video coding technologies in Acer’s devices, with any remaining litigation cases between the two companies to be paused or withdrawn.
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Amazon contradicts InterDigital’s announcement on dispute resolution: unprecedented situation
An unusual situation has arisen between Amazon and Interdigital, with the former contradicting the latter’s announcement of an agreement to arbitrate.