Category: Technology Fields & Markets
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BREAKING: Access Advance acquires Via Licensing Allianceās HEVC, VVC patent pools
The pools will initially continue running independently, but the goal is to have one combined program ā to eliminate market fragmentation ā by this time next year, Access Advanceās CEO, Peter Moller, told ip fray.
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Nokia signs bilateral wireless patent licensing agreement with automaker Stellantis, acquires WiFi 7 patents from Huawei
In a blog post today, Nokiaās Chief Licensing Officer for Wireless Technologies, Susanna Martikainen, announced that the company has signed a bilateral patent licensing agreement with Stellantis ā its fourth major WLAN license deal with an automaker this year ā and acquired several of Huaweiās WiFi 7-related patents.
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UPC’s Roche-Menarini preliminary injunction clarifies relationship between independent product and manufacturing method claims
An independent method claim cannot, without more, result in further requirements for the infringement of an independent product claim.
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Optical fibre cable makerās invalidation claims were āvaliantā but āfell flatā, EWHC rules in Fujikura v. Sterlite patent infringement decision
The High Court of Justice for England & Wales has ruled that a patent asserted by Japanese electrical equipment manufacturer Fujikura is valid and has been infringed by a range of Indian rival Sterliteās fiber optic cables.
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Netflix now has exclusive merger talks with Warner Bros. Discovery despite Trump-aligned Paramount having raised antitrust concerns
Given the current wave of patent enforcement actions against video streamers, including Nokia v. Warner Bros. Discovery, we exceptionally share some thoughts on a proposed streaming merger with upstream implications for the video patent licensing market.
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Infineon handed preliminary win in ITC patent infringement dispute against InnoscienceĀ
The United States International Trade Commission has issued a final initial determination finding that one of two gallium nitride patents that Infineon asserted against Chinese rival Innoscience has been infringed.
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Samsung retaliates against Oura’s ITC complaint with own E.D. Tex. patent infringement allegations against smart-ring maker who just defended core patent at PTAB
Last month, Oura brought an ITC complaint against Samsung, Reebok, and others. Now Samsung, whose pre-emptive DJ complaint went nowhere, is countersuing Oura.
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BREAKING: Nokia acquires video codec patent portfolio from LG Electronics
Nokia has acquired nearly 300 video patents covering coding and encoding technologies from LG Electronics, according to USPTO assignment records.
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Nokia offered non-proliferation agreement centered around mutual notices to Warner Bros., Paramount; UK judge considers it reasonable
The article also contains an unofficial English translation of the redacted version of the latest InterDigital v. Amazon decision from Munich.
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Oura successfully defends against Samsung patent invalidation claims: same patent at center of Ultrahuman, Reebok enforcement campaigns
The United States Patent and Trademark Officeās Patent Trial and Appeal Board handed Oura a victory in its smart ring patent litigation against Samsung, upholding a key patent that the latter had challenged ahead of its Galaxy Ring launch.