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Avanci increases licensing rate for 4G programme

Patent pool Avanci has announced an increase in the licence fee for future additions to its portfolio of auto brands. From September, the changes will affect its 4G automotive licensees, although the ...

12 July 2022 by Amy Sandys
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Huawei and Nordic FRAND deal important step for IoT licensing

Huawei and Nordic Semiconductor have entered into a global FRAND licence agreement, through which Nordic can access the latter's standardised cellular ...

21 June 2022 by Amy Sandys
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Gilead and ViiV Healthcare reach global settlement over HIV drug

Gilead has reached an agreement with patent holder ViiV Healthcare on a licence for its HIV blockbuster drug Biktarvy, ending a global patent dispute. ...

7 February 2022 by Christina Schulze
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Benteler takes patent licence from Faurecia after long dispute

French company Faurecia Intérieur Industrie and supplier Benteler have reached an agreement following a long dispute over patent licences. Now the two ...

26 July 2021 by Konstanze Richter
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Christoph Ann: "Licensing relevant COVID-19 patents would increase their availability"

Christoph Ann, professor for Intellectual Property Law at TUM School of Management, explains the legal implications of waiving patent protection for C ...

17 May 2021 by Christina Schulze
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Daimler signs SEP licensing deal with Sharp

Sharp and Daimler have signed a licence agreement on SEPs relating to the LTE standard, shortly after a judgment by the Regional Court Munich. In Sept ...

7 October 2020 by Konstanze Richter
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Ericsson and Nokia contribute to global communication standards

Two European telecommunications companies have given 5G and communication standards a boost. Sweden-based Ericsson has joined Sisvel's DSL licensing p ...

27 March 2020 by Amy Sandys
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Avanci expands further with Volvo Cars licence agreement

Volvo Cars has signed a licence agreement with patent pool Avanci. Earlier this week the connected cars patent pool announced new licensors including ...

5 December 2019 by Mathieu Klos
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Canon agrees on NFC licence from France Brevets

France Brevets has granted its first near field communication (NFC) licence outside the mobile phone industry. Japanese optical product manufacturer C ...

28 May 2019 by Christina Schulze
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VW partially agrees on Avanci licence

Four weeks after Audi and Porsche accepted a licence from Avanci, the VW Group has now also signed an agreement with the patent pool. However, it is u ...

2 May 2019 by Mathieu Klos
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Audi and Porsche agree on Avanci licence

According to several sources, Audi and Porsche have agreed on a global licence for connected car patents with patent pool Avanci. Volkswagen is also s ...

4 April 2019 by Mathieu Klos
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Qualcomm hits Apple hard

Qualcomm against Apple remains one of the biggest ongoing patent disputes worldwide. Yesterday the Munich patent court published an important judgemen ...

20 December 2018 by Mathieu Klos
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“US and Asian companies put more emphasis on quality than Germans”

How do companies capitalize on their patents? And what advantages do US companies have over German outfits? Bastian July (41) worked in Osram’s licens ...

6 April 2018 by Mathieu Klos
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