Context: Dolby and Access Advance have been pursuing a global licensing campaign against Snap over the alleged use of High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) technology in Snapchat’s backend video processing. The dispute already spans the United States and Brazil (June 10, 2026 ip fray article), where Dolby has asserted multiple HEVC and AV1 patents while maintaining that Snap should obtain a license through the Access Advance Video Distribution Patent (VDP) pool. The UK filing comes as the English courts continue to refine the role of arbitration in resolving FRAND disputes involving standard-essential patents (SEPs).
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