Category: Multimedia
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Nokia won race to Brazilian courthouse against Warner Bros. Discovery by 66 seconds: Rio de Janeiro, not São Paulo, will decide
Warner Bros. Discovery tried to forum-shop in Brazil, as did Hisense before it, but missed its goal by 66 seconds.
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Nokia enforces video streaming patents against Warner Bros. Discovery in U.S., UPC, Germany, Brazil; overlaps with Paramount cases
WBD’s video streaming business (Max, Discovery+, and related services) has about 126 million global subscribers and generates roughly $2.7–$2.8 billion in quarterly direct-to-consumer revenue.
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InterDigital sues Transsion over cellular SEP infringement in UPC, India, Brazil
During the company’s Q3 earnings call yesterday, InterDigital’s President and Chief Executive Officer, Liren Chen, announced that it has sued Chinese smartphone maker Transsion for infringing several cellular standard-essential patents in the Unified Patent Court, the Delhi High Court, and the Regional Business Court of Rio de Janeiro in September.
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U.S. licensing firm Adeia bags key win in Canadian patent infringement dispute against Vidéotron
The Federal Court of Canada has found Vidéotron infringed two of U.S. patent licensing firm Adeia’s four asserted patents, issuing an injunction, but has invalidated the two remaining patents.
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BREAKING: Via LA licensors M&K, Gensquare LLC, Tagivan II suing next Big Tech defendant Amazon in Germany over HEVC SEPs
The new suits, filed by Cohausz & Florack and Krieger Mes, target Amazon devices capable of 4K playback, including Fire TV.
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Nokia signs new patent licensing agreement with pay-TV provider Starz
The deal marks Nokia’s sixth licensing agreement in the video technology patent space this year.
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Optis files fresh communications SEP suit against OPPO in Delhi High Court: details revealed
Licensing firm Optis has asserted five of its 2G, 3G, 4G (LTE), and 5G SEPs against OPPO in India’s Delhi High Court, and an initial hearing for pro tem arguments is scheduled for January 9, 2026.
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Both InterDigital’s AILIs and Amazon’s UK injunction can be construed broadly or narrowly: what interpretation is most reasonable?
This is a second follow-up to the Monday news of Amazon having obtained what the High Court of Justice for England & Wales (EWHC) called an anti-antisuit injunction (AASI) (October 20, 2025 ip fray article). That report was based on the operative order, and the reasons became available yesterday, which led to our first follow-up…
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UPC’s Mannheim LD schedules InterDigital v. Amazon anti-interim-license injunction hearing for November 14; UK judge backtracks on ex parte
Mr Justice Meade has meanwhile published the reasons underlying yesterday’s injunction against InterDigital’s anti-interim-license injunction.
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ASUS says FRAND but wants $99B for SEP license, approximately $20B attributable to Nokia: UK interim license hearing kicks off
This is the start of a 3.5-day hearing in the High Court of Justice for England & Wales, with Acer, ASUS and Hisense seeking interim licenses from Nokia.