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ViXS Sells MoCA Business to MaxLinear

by Alan Spencer

ViXS Systems has announced that it has sold its Multimedia over Coaxial Alliance (MoCA) business to MaxLinear for $5 million. This will allow ViXS to focus on its core video business built around delivering …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Patents| ViXS| Vol 24 - Issue 15

Microsoft & Casio Join for Wearables

by Bob Raikes

Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC has signed a deal with Casio for ‘broad coverage’ of smartwatch technologies. Analyst Comment Given that Microsoft spends a lot on R&D and dropped out of supplying its own Microsoft …

WRT Can Identify Organic Compounds in Displays

by Bob Raikes

WRT Associates has developed and applied the means to identify organic compounds used in a variety of products. For example, the analytical chemistry approach enables WRT Associates to confirm the presence of specific organic …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Patents| Vol 24 - Issue 14

Samsung Sued by Huawei

by Bob Raikes

Samsung has been ordered to pay 80 million Yuan ($11.6m) to Huawei for breaching Huawei patents by a court in Quanzhou, China. The companies are reported to be in a number of court battles …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Patents| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 13

ULDAGE Announces Call for Patents Essential to 4K/8K for IPTV and CATV

by Isaac Oburu

ULDAGE Inc. (“ULDAGE”), a patent pool license managing company, announced on April 3 that it is going to make a call for patents essential to the standards of 4K/8K television broadcasting applicable to IPTV …

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Uldage Calls for Patents Essential to 4K/8K for IPTV and CATV

by Alan Spencer

Earlier this month, Uldage called for patents essential to the standards of 4K/8K TV broadcasting, applicable to IPTV and CATV, in order to setup a license programme. Uldage (United License for the Digital Age), …

LG Files Patent Infringement Complaint Against BLU in US

by Alan Spencer

LG Electronics has filed complaints against BLU for infringing LG patents. The complaint was raised with the US International Trade Commission and US District Court for the District of Delaware. LG claims that BLU …

One-Blue Calls For Patents Due To Plans To Add License Coverage For Ultra HD Blu-ray Products

by Bob Raikes

One-Blue, LLC has announced that it is currently working to expand its Blu-ray Disc™ products license programs to include Ultra HD Blu-ray™ products, with respect to patents essential to the following Ultra HD Blu-ray™ …

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The Kudelski Group Files Patent Case Against Shaw

by Alan Spencer

The Kudelski Group has filed a patent infringement case against Shaw Communications in Canada. It is alleged that Shaw’s system infringes six Canadian patents owned by Nagravision, and OpenTV, both being subsidiaries of the …

Technicolor Sues Samsung Over Patents

by Bob Raikes

Technicolor has file patent infringement suits against Samsung Electronics in Germany (Düsseldorf and Mannheim) and France (Paris) claiming that Samsung is in breach of ten of its patents relating to video compression. The suits …

V-Nova Ltd. Acquires Video Processing Patents from Faroudja Enterprises

by Isaac Oburu

V-Nova Ltd., a leading provider of video compression solutions, today announced the completion of its first acquisition, by purchasing the full global patent portfolio of video imaging experts Faroudja Enterprises Inc. for an undisclosed …

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Everlight Loses Nichia LED Patent Appeal

by Bob Raikes

The court of appeal in Düsseldorf, Germany, has confirmed that Everlight and its German subsidiary were in breach of Nichia’s patents, so Everlight’s appeal against the early decision in favour of Nichia has been …