InterDigital Wins EU Patent Injunction Against Disney
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InterDigital Wins EU Patent Injunction Against Disney
WILMINGTON, DE — InterDigital (Nasdaq: IDCC) has secured a pan-European patent injunction against Disney, escalating a global licensing dispute over video-streaming technologies and increasing pressure on the entertainment company to reach a long-term patent agreement. The Mannheim Local Division of the Unified Patent Court ruled that Disney infringed an InterDigital patent covering video encoding technologies related to High Efficiency Video Co…
Disney+ disables Dolby Vision and 3D in 11 European countries following a court ruling. The American company InterDigital won a lawsuit for video patent infringement concerning the HEVC codec. As a result, subscribers lose access to these advanced image formats, although the 4K and HDR10 remain available. This is the second episode of this conflict in a few months.
Disney Plus has removed support for Dolby Vision and 3D in 11 European countries, including Portugal, following a ruling by the Unified Patent Court in a dispute with InterDigital. Disney Plus removed support for Dolby Vision and 3D content in several European markets, including Portugal, following a court ruling in favor of InterDigital in a dispute related to video encoding technologies. The decision was issued this week, on June 16, by the Ma…
InterDigital wins injunction against Disney over video encoding patents
Mobile, video and AI technology R&D company InterDigital has been awarded an injunction against Disney by the Mannheim Local Division of the Unified Patent Court (UPC). The company instigated proceedings against Disney, including Disney+, Hulu and ESPN+, in February 2025 over the use of video encoding techniques related to HEVC. The UPC is a pan-European patent court that issues decisions that apply across multiple countries in the European Unio…
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