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Breakthrough for VVC as Google implements video standard in Android 17: pool and bilateral licenses to follow
Read more: Breakthrough for VVC as Google implements video standard in Android 17: pool and bilateral licenses to followGoogle has previously implemented codecs that are not subject to its preferred royalty-free pledge, but only at a stage where it would have been a clear mistake not to do so.
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InterDigital, Sony renew cellular, WiFi, video patent licensing agreement
Read more: InterDigital, Sony renew cellular, WiFi, video patent licensing agreementThe companies announced today that they have agreed to extend their ongoing patent licensing agreement, which covers all of Sony’s end-user devices under InterDigital’s global patent portfolio, including its standard-essential cellular, WiFi, and video patents.
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Acer, ASUS may NOT settle YET despite recent German SEP injunctions: new research and observations; HTC, HMD, OPPO, vivo examples
Read more: Acer, ASUS may NOT settle YET despite recent German SEP injunctions: new research and observations; HTC, HMD, OPPO, vivo examplesAfter last month’s injunctions, Acer and ASUS may still be holding out (which is meant non-judgmentally here). We received (a) surprising information from a court on Friday and (b) took note of an interesting but little-noticed statement.
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UPC Roundup (1 week): CoA decisions on evidence gathering and unitary effect, three injunctions (one from the bench), and more
Read more: UPC Roundup (1 week): CoA decisions on evidence gathering and unitary effect, three injunctions (one from the bench), and moreThis is a summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in the week since our February 9, 2026 UPC Roundup.
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New Munich presiding judge advises SEP implementers to carve out Germany from UK license requests, makes other FRAND remarks at ZTE v. Samsung trial
Read more: New Munich presiding judge advises SEP implementers to carve out Germany from UK license requests, makes other FRAND remarks at ZTE v. Samsung trialThis ZTE v. Samsung trial was the Presiding Judge Dr. Hubertus Schacht’s first FRAND hearing since returning to the Munich I Regional Court and taking over the 21st Civil Chamber.
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Apple’s Texas trial win over Optis has implications for UK Supreme Court hearing in June/July: 500M-300M-zero
Read more: Apple’s Texas trial win over Optis has implications for UK Supreme Court hearing in June/July: 500M-300M-zeroThe question of how to reconcile a global FRAND rate set in the UK (including for past use) with a U.S. damages award is now a non-issue.
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Judge Albright hands down written antisuit injunction ruling in BMW v. Onesta; settlement looms large, but this matters for future cases
Read more: Judge Albright hands down written antisuit injunction ruling in BMW v. Onesta; settlement looms large, but this matters for future casesThe dispute between Onesta and BMW is apparently coming to an end now, but Judge Albright’s reasoning for an antisuit injunction will be cited to in future situations where U.S. patents are asserted abroad.
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Velos Media met only limited opposition from TikTok to anti-antisuit motion in Western District of Texas: injunction followed TRO
Read more: Velos Media met only limited opposition from TikTok to anti-antisuit motion in Western District of Texas: injunction followed TROThis went smoothly, contrasting with the bitterly-contested antisuit conflict between InterDigital and Amazon.
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