Category: Technology Fields & Markets
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Huawei announces new semiconductor law: shows independence from Western chip supply
The new principle, known as “the Tau (τ) Scaling Law”, has “proven” it can resolve global semiconductor and electronic system challenges, and Huawei “welcomes” peers in joining it in verifying the law, Huawei announced during the IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems today.
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Eyeing the AI data center boom, Via Licensing Alliance unveils new NAND pool, issues call for patents
Via has announced a new semiconductor-related licensing program, this time for NAND memory technology.
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Ibex sues Disney and Snap in Brazil as streaming patent disputes escalate
Ibex has launched separate patent actions in Brazil against Disney and Snap relating to video technologies, adding to growing litigation pressure on video streamers across multiple jurisdictions.
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BREAKING: Nokia and Geely settled cellular SEP dispute; unknown if pool or bilateral license
A trial (with the possibility of a subsequent bench ruling) was scheduled for today, but canceled on short notice.
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ByteDance faces litigation on multiple fronts from Dominion Harbor entities asserting SEPs and non-SEPs
Lark, ByteDance’s workplace collaboration platform, has been targeted; while TikTok and virtual reality gear maker Pico have also been sued.
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Via Licensing Alliance Voice Codec pool continues to grow with addition of new licensors, licensee
Via launched the pool covering EVS and IVAS speech-coding standards in December 2024.
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ASUS settles global patent litigation with Wilus, Huawei, Philips: takes Sisvel Wi-Fi Multimode pool license
ASUS has become the latest licensee to sign up to Sisvel’s Wi-Fi Multimode standard-essential patent program, days before a potential bench ruling from the Munich I Regional Court in an SEP dispute with Sisvel licensor Philips.
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Malikie Innovations sues TCL over Wi-Fi, AV1 patents in Eastern District of Texas, hints at future request for injunction
Malikie Innovations claims that TCL has not acted in “good faith” when it comes to FRAND negotiations.
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UPC to become “default choice” for patent litigation across many industries, says Umicore Head of IP
The UPC is a “hugely important development in the global IP landscape” and is proving to be an “excellent forum” for patent disputes, Umicore’s head of IP, Sean Alexander, told ip fray in an interview at the third annual IP Dealmakers Europe. Umicore has filed one infringement case in the UPC and is considering filing…
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SEP strategies: Disney demonstrates why (F)RAND does not and cannot work for video streamers the way it does for display devices
For a long time, SEP enforcement against video streamers was pretty much non-existent. Now that there is a first major wave of such lawsuits and various injunctions have come down, fundamental enforcement-related differences become clear.