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Lenovo, Amazon take licences to HEVC pool by Access Advance

Dell is another new licensee while on the patent holder side, BlackBerry has joined HEVC Advance. Does it show HEVC is spreading and the pool landscape has consolidated?

BREAKING: Huawei and Sharp strike SEP cross-licence deal

The agreement grants the companies use of each other’s patents in 4G and 5G standards

Will genAI on smartphones boost cellular SEP royalty revenue?

Qualcomm hopes its 2024 mobile chip enabling on-device genAI by Meta will entice consumer smartphone upgrades

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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

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

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

English High Court backs Oxford University in landmark tech transfer IP ruling

OUI’s patent policies were not unfair to spinout co-founder under consumer protection laws

31 January 2023

Nokia’s Q4 IP revenues boosted by early Microsoft licence payments

Samsung 5G royalties had not yet come into play, but the Finnish company recorded higher patent income in the final months of 2022

27 January 2023

Bristol-Myers Squibb seeks further immuno-oncology patent revenues with AstraZeneca suit

The company has already secured lucrative settlements with Merck and Roche

26 January 2023

IPBC Europe 2023 is heading to Paris with a stellar speaker line-up

Industry leaders will tackle a range of burning issues in the City of Lights between 27 and 29 March

26 January 2023

We are willing to litigate our CRISPR patents, says IP chief on the CVC side

ERS Genomics’ Michael Arciero shares his views on the Cas9 licensing landscape in an exclusive IAM interview

24 January 2023

Ericsson set for 5G licensing push in wake of Apple settlement

Freed from its global dispute, the Swedish company is seeking to ramp up its IP revenues in the coming months

23 January 2023

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