Category: Technology Fields & Markets
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Via LA boosts EV charging licensing efforts in Japan, signs partnership with local pool administrator ULDAGE
Japan plans significant growth to enhance its EV charging capabilities, Via LA’s head of programs Willy Chang tells ip fray.
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After 15+ years without license, Amazon bets on UK court forcing Nokia to grant interim license in May or June, but some claims are not FRAND-encumbered
Amazon hopes that a UK interim license will be granted in a few months’ time and thwart Nokia’s patent enforcement on a worldwide basis.
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Security requirement of $670M contradicts Amazon downplaying impact of Nokia patent injunction against Prime Video, streaming products
In response to Nokia’s win in the Dusseldorf Regional Court yesterday, Amazon said Prime Video would not have to be switched off in Germany. But the requirement to post $670M as collateral speaks volumes.
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Nokia wins first-ever Germany-wide patent injunction against Amazon Prime Video streaming service after three wins over Amazon devices
Context: Nokia has already won three patent rulings relating to Amazon streaming devices like the Fire TV Stick. A Germany-wide permanent injunction that the Munich I Regional Court ordered last year (September 20, 2024 ip fray article) has been enforced for a few months now. Shortly before the end of the year, Administrative Law Judge…
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InterDigital sues Disney (including its Hulu and ESPN subsidiaries) in U.S., UPC, Germany, Brazil over multimedia patents
InterDigital. one of the leading standard-essential patent holders, is enforcing its rights against Disney and its Hulu and ESPN subsidiaries in the latest streaming patent litigation campaign.
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Access Advance launches video distribution patent pool
The new program covers internet streaming, offering the HEVC, VVC, AV1, and VP9 video codecs in a single license, and resolves the increasingly “hot” issue of video codec licensing in the video streaming market, CEO Peter Moller told ip fray.
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Nokia strikes another patent license deal (renewal) with Samsung: first 5G, now video technologies implemented in TVs
Two years after a 5G patent license agreement, Nokia has now also licensed its video codec patents to Samsung for its TVs.
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Netgear settles WiFi 6 standard-essential patent dispute with Huawei, takes license to Sisvel pool between Unified Patent Court and Munich I Regional Court rulings
Netgear and Huawei have filed a motion to stay the U.S: litigation started by the router maker in response to enforcement actions in the UPC and German courts.
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Netgear obeys UPC and German anti-antisuit injunctions, yet attempts to thwart Huawei’s patent enforcement through interim license
Netgear has withdrawn its request for a U.S. antisuit injunction against Huawei’s UPC and German cases, but keeps pursuing an interim license.
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UPC responds to first antisuit attack on its jurisdiction with first anti-antisuit injunction against Netgear; Huawei also gets one from Munich I Regional Court
Context: Last week, the Unified Patent Court’s (UPC) Munich Local Division (LD) entered a final judgment, along with a permanent injunction, for Huawei and against Netgear (December 18, 2024 ip fray article). We subsequently explained the UPC’s FRAND (fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory licensing) reasoning (December 18, 2024 ip fray article) and reported on a trial that the Landgericht München…