Category: WiFi
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ETRI announces $34M annual revenue from standard-essential patents
The Korean research institute has reported its 2025 revenue from licensing standard-essential patents, along with new essentiality declarations.
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WiFi 6 pools gaining significant momentum: HPE signs up to Sisvel Multimode pool, Sharp joins Avanci WiFi 6 Vehicle licensing program as licensor
HPE brings the number of licensees in Sisvelās Multimode pool up to six (joining Sony Group Corporation, Huawei, Panasonic, Philips, and ZTE), while Sharp joins fellow licensors Atlas Global, BlackBerry, Canon, ISG, KPN, Malikie Innovations, Meizu Technology, NEC Corporation, NTT, and OPPO in Avanciās WiFi 6 Vehicle program.
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Wilus argues Samsung, Askey not entitled to FRAND terms after years of hold-out; attacks Samsung’s “surreptitious” circumvention of page limits
Against ASUS subsidiary and router maker Askey, Wilus is seeking the first U.S. SEP injunction since 2007. Now it is seeking other pretrial decisions against Askey and Samsung.
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Avanci launches WiFi 6 Vehicle licensing program: Mercedes-Benz is first licensee
Avanci has launched an SEP licensing platform covering WiFi 6 and WiFi 7 standards, with the first program (Avanci WiFi 6 Vehicle) already up and running with 10 licensors on board, including Atlas Global, BlackBerry, Canon, ISG, KPN, Malikie Innovations, Meizu Technology, NEC Corporation, NTT, and OPPO.
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Wilus seeking first U.S. SEP injunction in almost 20 years against ASUS subsidiary Askey’s WiFi routers: irreparable harm to research
The only known SEP injunction ever granted by a U.S. district court (in the Digital Era) was CSIRO v. Buffalo in 2007. By coincidence, it also involved WiFi and the same district court.
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Huawei first SEP holder to get UK interim-license ruling: TP-Link to make non-refundable, upwards-adjustable $12M payment; plus refundable payment on top; no escrow
So far it used to be the implementers, or net licensees, who sought UK interim-license declarations. Huawei v. TP-Link is different. Almost historic.
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ASUS, TP-Link among targets in new U.S. NPE WiFi patent infringement campaign
Licensing firm AX Wireless LLC has sued ASUSTek, D-Link, TP-Link, and Ubiquiti over the alleged infringement of the same five WiFi-related patents in parallel actions in the Eastern District of Texas, the Central District of California, and the Northern District of Illinois.
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New Munich FRAND guidance: up to 18% total SEP royalty on phones, foreign FRAND may backfire, cross-checks (top-down, pools), no capture of non-standardized value, and more
The Munich I Regional Court is the world’s #1 SEP injunction venue. Its new guidelines have now become available, and compatible with the latest Federal Court of Justice decision
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LG Electronics strikes joint WiFi, video codec patent licensing deal with InterDigital, Sony
The agreement licenses LGās digital TVs and computer display monitors under InterDigitalĀ“s joint licensing program with Sony and includes licenses to technologies such as ATSC 3.0, Wi-Fi, and video codecs.
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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 approachā, 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.