Category: Technology Fields & Markets
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Canadian Solar gains victory in U.S. solar panel infringement dispute against Maxeon: all patents-in-suit invalidated
The USPTO PTAB has invalidated three of Maxeon’s solar panel technology patents, granting Canadian Solar a major win in the ongoing solar panel patent infringement wars.
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Via Licensing Alliance’s memory technology patent pool now conducting formation meetings, with notable interest from licensees, licensors in Asia
As the first of its semiconductor pools moves forward, Via Licensing Alliance will soon introduce a pool focused on interconnect technologies, Via’s vice president of program management Willy Chang told ip fray in an interview.
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Nokia inks three new multimedia patent licensing agreements, including with social media platform Snapchat
The deals mark Nokia’s first video streaming deals with social messaging companies, Tejas Shah, Nokia’s newly appointed Chief Licensing Officer for New Segments, said in a blog post today.
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Munich Regional Court Judge Dr. Schoen on incoming new judge, cross-border injunctions, FRAND calculations in Wilus v. ASUS
The incoming Presiding Judge over the 21st Civil Chamber, who will replace Judge Dr. Georg Werner, has been chosen and has a “patent-positive approach”, Judge Dr. Oliver Schoen of the Munich I Regional Court’s 7th Civil Chamber told attendees of the 12th annual IP and Competition Forum in Oxford today.
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Acer sues AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon in Eastern District of Texas
The smartphone manufacturer has taken a similar approach to fellow mobile phone maker ASUS, targeting the companies’ cellular base stations, some of which are equipped by Nokia, but most of which are supplied by Ericsson.
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Access Advance comments on Chinese dispute with video surveillance equipment maker Dahua, Supreme Court ruling on FRAND pool rate jurisdiction
Judicial FRAND determinations concerning patent pool rates raise various issues. Pool administrators normally do not enjoy price-setting flexibility.
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OPPO’s partnership with Access Advance becomes even more multi-faceted as it takes VVC license, gets MCBA benefits, but for now reserves all VVC enforcement rights
OPPO is asserting a VVC patent against ASUS in China and not (for now) a licensor of VVC Advance.
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Warner Bros. Discovery “pulls a Samsung” against Nokia with U.S. FRAND/antitrust claims after similar ones in other venues; also argues exhaustion by Apple, Amazon licenses
in the midst of a major merger battle, Warner Bros. Discovery is pursuing FRAND matters in at least three different venues now.
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Bayer adds to COVID patent wars: sues Pfizer/BioNTech, Moderna, J&J over mRNA technology
Bayer’s Monsanto has sued Pfizer/BioNTech, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson over the alleged infringement of a patent related to gene sequencing technology through their COVID-19 vaccinations.
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BREAKING: InterDigital, Xiaomi renew patent license agreement without litigation; five-year term; cellular, WiFi, HEVC patents included
InterDigital has signed a new major license agreement with a party that is undisclosed, but whose name can be deduced from previously available information.