Category: Multimedia
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Canon, Huawei, Oppo, and Sony team up with Tulip to license 125,000+ imaging patents
Tulip has become a recognized name in the patent monetization industry thanks to its battery licensing program with LGES and Panasonic.
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Nokia inks new patent licensing deals with Chinese TV makers
In a blog post today, the Head of Nokia’s Consumer Electronics licensing program, Philippe Lanet, said the agreements cover the use of Nokia’s technologies in their video-enabled devices.
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BREAKING: InterDigital wins sixth straight injunction against Disney — UPC Dusseldorf LD
The UPC’s Dusseldorf LD has found that Disney+ infringes an amended InterDigital patent on device-to-device media casting, extending InterDigital’s unbroken run of six wins against Disney to a new front.
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Federal Circuit issues revised opinion in LG case over TV patents – but damages decision remains untouched
The appeals court had originally issued its opinion in Constellation Designs v. LG Electronics back in April.
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Access Advance issues call for patents for potential AV1, AV2 pool
Access Advance is exploring the potential launch of a new patent pool for devices and software using AV1 and the newly released AV2 codec, inviting patent owners to join program formation talks.
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New Munich FRAND guidelines contemplate range from €0.49 to €1.05 per streaming service subscriber as monthly aggregate royalty burden
The Munich I Regional Court’s 7th Civil Chamber’s FRAND guidelines discuss reasonable SEP royalty burdens for standard and premium subscriptions to streaming services.
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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 lingersÂ
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.
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Peloton hit with $20.5 million jury verdict over NEC streaming patent infringement
A jury has awarded NEC $20.5 million in damages, after finding that Peloton infringed one of three asserted patents. This is a significant success for the Japanese patentee, despite losing out in a prior summary judgment and in a USPTO PTAB IPR for the remaining two patents ahead of the jury trial.
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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.