Samsung and Rovi have confirmed to extend and renew their patent license agreement. The monetary compensation is under wraps but the multi-year license agreement will enable Samsung to use Rovi’s video discovery patents and technologies across Samsung’s TV and related products. The agreement will also add metadata in new regions where Samsung sells TVs. Samsung […]
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Samsung and Cisco sign patent license agreement
After Google and Ericsson, Samsung has entered into a cross-licensing patent agreement with Cisco. The monetary exchange, if any, is unknown but both companies will get access to each other’s patent portfolio for a period of 10 years. Both companies believe that such an agreement “reduces the risk of potential litigation” and works for the […]
Samsung and Google enter global patent licensing agreement
Samsung and Google have cemented their relationship with a new cross patent licensing agreement. On their official blog, Samsung announced that both companies entered in a “long-term cooperative partnership with a global patent cross-license agreement covering a broad range of technologies and business areas.” While there’s no mention of any monetary consideration, the blog post […]
Samsung enters into a cross-licensing agreement with IBM
Samsung has announced to enter into a patent cross-licensing agreement with IBM. Although specific terms and conditions are not disclosed, the agreement will allow both the companies to gain access to each other’s patent portfolio that can be used by them to develop new products. This licensing agreement will help both companies expedite innovation […]
Applied Materials reach a settlement with Samsung Electronics
Applied Materials has announced to have entered into a settlement agreement with Samsung Electronics over its misappropriation and misuse of Samsung’s confidential semiconductor information. Under the agreement, there will be a resolution of potential civil claims and litigation between both the companies and will enable Samsung to get discounts for products purchased from Applied […]