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Rio judge grants InterDigital HEVC injunction against Hisense: defense ‘borders on an insult to the Court’

Mehnaz Khatoon

Context: After Hisense filed a 185-page defense in InterDigital’s Brazilian case over video coding patents, the court ordered it to submit a summary (July 16, 2026 ip fray article). Earlier this week, a different Rio business court granted InterDigital a preliminary injunction (PI) against TCL over the same two patents (October 27, 2026 ip fray article). InterDigital’s stock rose by more than 4% after it reported strong third-quarter results on October 29, 2026 (October 29, 2026, InterDigital, press release).

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Court and counsel

Court: Judge Simone Gastesi Chevrand, 7th Business Court of the Capital District of Rio de Janeiro.

InterDigital is being represented by Licks Attorneys (ip fray firm profile with numerous SEP achievements): Rodolfo Barreto, Bruno Falque, Amanda Terra, Élcio de Lacerda, and Catarina Baddini.