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Blackberry patent buyer’s US litigation track record
Blackberry patent buyer’s US litigation track record

Key Patent Innovations has a scant history of suing in the States, indicating its licensing approach may centre on private negotiations in contrast to the failed purchaser

New BlackBerry portfolio buyers have pedigree – but clock is ticking
New BlackBerry portfolio buyers have pedigree – but clock is ticking

The time and expense of launching an assertion programme in untested markets will limit the buyer’s ROI as well as incoming royalties

Via Licensing taps Xiaomi’s former IP strategy head as advisor
Via Licensing taps Xiaomi’s former IP strategy head as advisor

Paul Lin, now managing director of Eagle Forest, aims to provide the licensee’s perspective to arm Via as it navigates a shifting patent pool landscape

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InterDigital celebrates record licensing revenues in 2022

Revenue from Apple’s renewal hit the books and the company is conservatively estimating revenue from Samsung as their arbitration proceeds

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SEP holders hotly contest Stout’s ‘SEP privateer’ report

One of the targets says its actually an R&D lab, while another swears its rates match those of major SEP licensors and questions the report’s analytical method

10 February 2023

InterDigital patent found valid on appeal by UK court in Lenovo licensing spat

Decision adds to a string of recent successes for the wireless patent owner as wait for global FRAND decision continues

10 February 2023

Greater transparency needed at the EPO, says Deutsche Telekom’s patent chief

Alexander Haertel talks about the Industry Patent Quality Charter, the UPC and German injunctions in an exclusive IAM interview

09 February 2023

Oppo joins Via Licensing’s AAC patent pool

The smartphone manufacturer becomes the audio codec pool’s second-largest licensee from China, behind long-time member Xiaomi

08 February 2023

Exclusive: Nokia makes arbitration offer to Oppo in bid to resolve 5G dispute

Proposal comes against background of discontent with conventional dispute resolution strategies

08 February 2023

Smartphone sales plummet causing pain for SEP licensors

Some licensing businesses hurt more than others and their basic deal structure is the differentiator

07 February 2023

New US trade secrets law a ‘potential sledgehammer’ in dispute negotiations

President can now pick out foreign entities and subject them to a series of sanctions

01 February 2023

Report finds ‘privateers’ charging royalties 15 times that of major SEP holders

Stout’s research identifies Panasonic, Nokia and Ericsson as the biggest sellers to privateers in the past decade

01 February 2023

InterDigital scores further Lenovo victory, while in-house lawyer avoids embargo breach reprimand

It has been another eventful week as parties await the English High Court’s global FRAND rate decision

01 February 2023

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