Category: Technology Fields & Markets
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Access Advance’s video streaming patent pool has more than 30 licensors, 4 of whom (such as ByteDance, Tencent) are also licensees
Context: Earlier this year we reported on a surprising move by Access Advance. After years of focusing its licensing efforts on product makers rather than streamers, the Boston-based pool administrator announced its Video Distribution Pool (VDP) (January 16, 2025 ip fray article). What’s new: Today, Access Advance published a list of 31 licensors, only two…
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Xockets sues Amazon for infringing cloud computing patents in Western District of Texas
Xockets has filed two parallel patent infringement suits against Amazon, alleging that the tech giant has âwillfully trampledâ on its IP to achieve âstaggering profitsâ from its cloud computing products.
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Podcast: interview with ETSI director-general Jan Ellsberger on focus beyond telecoms, including AI, quantum
The European Telecommunication Standards Institute (ETSI) is an independent not-for-profit body dedicated to ICT standardization that addresses market needs expressed by more than 900 ETSI members located in well over 60 countries around the world, while at the same time developing standards in support of the EU legislation. On the occasion of the recording of…
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âGame changerâ Pantech-Google FRAND ruling could open up Japanâs SEP enforcement landscape
Pantechâs victory in an SEP dispute against Google in the Tokyo District Court shows Japan is shifting its judicial approach to FRAND and injunctive relief.
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Nokia sues ASUS in India in addition to cases pending in U.S., UPC, Germany and Brazil: previously did so against Acer, Hisense
Nokia has recently stepped up its patent enforcement campaigns against Acer and Hisense with Indian lawsuits. Now it has done so against ASUS, too.
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Microsoft seeks declaratory judgment against Biogy over RFC one-time passcode patent in Northern District of California
Microsoft has alleged that Biogyâs prior âlitigation behaviorâ confirms it will be its next target in an RFC patent infringement suit.
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Nokia expands wireless patent licensing in automotive sector to WiFi, expects more Chinese auto deals or litigation this year
âThis year will be a turning point for automotive licensing in China⌠either more Chinese automotive companies will sign licences or there will be more litigation by patent holders,â Nokiaâs Chief Licensing Officer for Wireless Technologies, Susanna Martikainen writes in a blog post.
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Standardization âindispensableâ in making Europe the âquantum continentâ: ETSI responds to proposed EU quantum strategy
ETSI is among 168 respondents to the EUâs call for evidence on its incoming Quantum Strategy, which is aiming to make Europe take the lead in the global quantum race, with some stating that enhancing IP commercialisation mechanisms will also be key.
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First-ever UPC Mannheim anti-antisuit injunction, U.S. court denies PI against Brazilian SEP enforcement: InterDigital v. Disney
This may even be the first anti-antisuit injunction ever to have been granted by a court based in the city of Mannheim, Germany.
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LG Electronics joins Via Licensing Alliance’s Qi wireless charging patent pool as licensor, licensee
LGâs move significantly expands the poolâs share of the Qi wireless charging space, which already previously covered 50% of all declared standard-essential patents.