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Huawei, Intel among big firms selling patents in June-recorded transactions

Two deals could bring NPE risk but others stem from bankruptcies, buying and selling of business units and company product collaborations

Lenovo files another UPC counterattack – this time against Asustek

Chinese company is one of very few smartphone/computer companies asserting its patents at the Unified Patent Court

Huawei transfers 766 3GPP-related patent assets to new NPE

Data analysis of the patent transfer reveals buyer Ueran Technology’s likely licensees to include Nokia, Ericsson, Qualcomm, AT&T, Apple, and Samsung

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Software assets dominate market: patent transactions in Q1 2024

AST reports that deal numbers were influenced by economic conditions, trends in litigation funding, licensing cycles, and operating companies selling non-core assets

04 June 2024

Adeia renews Panasonic licence, announces Q1 revenue

The San Jose-based patent licensing company also spent $8.5 million acquiring patents in the first quarter to strengthen its position in over-the-top streaming tech

10 May 2024

Malikie Innovations is busy one year after buying BlackBerry patents

From inking a deal within six months to eyeing the UPC – IP Head and IAM Market Maker Angela Quinlan reflects on the past 12 months in an exclusive interview

09 May 2024

Case Spotlight: Motorola’s pursuit of Hytera underscores complexity of enforcing trade secrets beyond borders

Seventh Circuit’s strict wording in a recent order indicates patience is running out with the Chinese defendant’s “litigation misconduct”

03 May 2024

Samsung TV deal boosts InterDigital’s Q1 revenue by 30%

CEO Liren Chen says R&D powerhouse has "made great progress on multiple fronts" and signed seven new licence agreements

03 May 2024

PTAB cases lowest in five years

In cases terminated in 2023, more than half of them were granted at institution

22 January 2024

Samsung Display faces off with China’s BOE in ITC trade secrets spat

A recent complaint alleging OLED technology theft is evidence of the International Trade Commission’s growing importance as a trade secret litigation venue

15 November 2023

Graphical user interface protection struggling despite promising Calcutta High Court decision

While a fresh decision is a positive step forward for GUI protection, it clashes with the Designs Office's stance, which is becoming increasingly outdated. In order to keep up with today’s business reality, the Indian Designs Act is in dire need of a serious overhaul.

15 November 2023

Recent high-profile AV1 and VP9 assertions are not the first in US courts, data reveals

Docket Navigator research shows seven US district court cases related to new video codec AV1, and 56 cases mentioning older version VP9, showing the holes in the codecs' royalty-free licensing pledges

11 September 2023

InterDigital-Samsung arbitration has begun as Lenovo funds continue flowing

Liren Chen, CEO of the Delaware-based licensing business, pledged to make Lenovo pay fully – not just for cellular SEPs as the UK case commanded, but video technologies sought in its German litigation

04 August 2023

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