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News Flash: China parallel patent infringement litigation gives Nanoco leverage in the $150million settlement with Samsung

JD Supra Law

In March, Samsung agreed to pay UK Nanotechnology Company Nanoco USD 150 million in a patent infringement dispute over patents used in QLED televisions that featured legal team from Wei Chixue Law Firm of Linda Liu Group - a Top 10 IP Law Firm in China. By: Linda Liu & Partners

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'Power' Plaintiff Told Not To Expect A 'Gazillion' Dollars

IP Law 360

A Michigan man who claims the television crime drama "Power" defamed him by harmfully embellishing his life story agreed Thursday to settlement talks with Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. after a Manhattan federal judge said he should be ready to compromise.

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Hollywood Demands $16.35m From Operator of Pirate IPTV Services

TorrentFreak

A settlement proposal included a clause that Tusa couldn’t launch or be involved with any similar services. While Area 51 was shut down before the proposed settlement was signed, the plaintiffs claim that Tusa then launched a clone service called SingularityMedia which took on Area 51’s customers. It later disappeared.

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DISH Sued Two IPTV Resellers: First Case Dismissed, Second Owes $30m

TorrentFreak

DISH Was More Aware Than Expected “Defendants are trafficking in the Beast TV internet streaming television service a/k/a Channels4Cheap through their websites located at www.channels4cheap.com and its sister website www.purchase-iptv.com,” the company wrote in its complaint. The obvious downside was awareness among rightsholders.

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IPTV Pirates Who Lost $90m Lawsuit Lose Another Worth $130m

TorrentFreak

In an April response to the new lawsuit, LaBossiere accused DISH of bullying , claiming that the company “will stop at nothing” to ensure that it keeps receiving settlements from alleged pirates. On May 19, 2022, attorneys for the plaintiffs told the court that mediation had taken place on May 16-17.

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adult venue's insurer did not successfully exclude ads from ad injury coverage

43(B)log

After settlement negotiations (including Wonderland’s separate counsel), Wonderland agreed to a judgment for $1.895 million, with a covenant not to execute and an assignment of rights against Princeton to the models in lieu of payment. That a party may have opposed a settlement does not render a settlement fraudulent or collusive.

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Samsung, LG Settle DivX Patent Fights Over Smart TVs

IP Law 360

DivX on Thursday said it has reached settlements with LG and Samsung, resolving international litigation claiming they infringe the video software company's streaming patents with their smart televisions.