Licensing deals

9 October 2025 by Mathieu Klos

Via LA, Microsoft, Düsseldorf Regional Court, HEVC, video coding

Settlement

Via LA and Microsoft settle dispute over video coding technology

Without a ruling from the Düsseldorf Regional Court, Via Licensing Alliance and Microsoft have ended their dispute over a licence for the patent pool' ...

15 September 2025 by Christina Schulze

Settlement

Microsoft and Eyesmatch agree on licence for gaze correction patents

Microsoft has become the latest licensee of Eyesmatch's patents for gaze correction technology. The companies have settled their dispute at the UPC.

22 May 2025 by Konstanze Richter

MU Ionics, CATL, batteries, Opel, lithium-ion, electric vehicles, electric cars

Settlement

Battle over battery technology ends as MU Ionics and CATL sign licensing deal

MU Ionics and CATL have resolved their patent disputes. They recently signed a licence deal that also impacts Opel, which uses the Chinese battery man ...

27 August 2024 by Laura King

Licensing

Licensing deal between Acer and Sisvel ends litigation

Acer is the latest implementer to take a licence from Sisvel's Wifi 6 patent pool. The licensing deal puts an end to all patent litigation between Ace ...

15 July 2024 by Laura King

Ericsson and Oppo sign global cross-licence agreement without meeting in court

Today, Oppo and Ericsson announced the signing of a multi-year patent cross-licensing deal. The companies reached the agreement without litigating in ...

Sponsored Content NPE activity in Europe

European Patent Litigation and Non-Practicing Entities: A Large and Looming Threat

PAEs from the U.S are spreading to Europe, with eight out of the top ten most active NPEs in Europe being US-based companies. One in every seven infri ...

13 June 2024 by Unified Patents, LLC

Patent cross-licensing deal, Huawei, Amazon, Vivo

5 March 2024 by Laura King

Amazon and Huawei end all patent litigation with cross-licensing deal

Today, Huawei announced the signing of a multi-year patent cross-licensing agreement with Amazon that ends all litigation between the two companies. I ...

21 February 2024 by Mathieu Klos

Volkswagen accepts 5G licence from Avanci with little resistance

The days when Volkswagen battled with members of the Avanci patent pool in the courtroom are long gone. The German company has now accepted a 5G licen ...

5 February 2024 by Amy Sandys

Nokia wraps up yet more SEP litigation with Vivo settlement

Nokia and Vivo have announced the signing of a multi-year, cross-licence patent agreement covering 5G technologies, which ends all litigation between ...

26 January 2024 by Amy Sandys

Lenovo subsidiary Motorola and Sharp sign patent cross-licence agreement

Lenovo subsidiary Motorola Mobility has today announced the signing of a cross-licence patent agreement with Sharp. Made 'in good faith', the agreemen ...

24 January 2024 by Mathieu Klos

Settlement season continues as Nokia and Oppo end global patent battle

Nokia and Oppo have reached a cross-licence agreement. In doing so, the companies have ended what was probably the biggest patent dispute of the last ...

4 January 2024 by Amy Sandys

Nokia and Honor start new year with 5G patent licence agreement

Nokia and Chinese smartphone vendor Honor have signed a licensing agreement, which covers both parties' fundamental inventions in 5G and other technol ...

17 November 2023 by Amy Sandys

Interview

Andrew Yen: "The draft SEP regulation contradicts the fundamental pillars of FRAND"

As chief IP counsel at Japanese electronics company Panasonic, Andrew Yen is in the midst of global developments in the licensing and IP litigation sp ...

29 September 2023 by Amy Sandys

Internet of Things

Sisvel IoT patent pool welcomes Huawei as new member

Sisvel has announced Huawei as a new licensor to its Cellular IoT technology patent pool, making the Chinese telecommunication company one of 25 manuf ...