Acer and ASUS are now banned from selling PCs and laptops in Germany following Nokia HEVC video codec patent ruling - VideoCardz.com

https://videocardz.com/newz/acer-and-asus-are-now-banned-from-selling-pcs-and-laptops-in-germany-following-nokia-hevc-patent-ruling

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Acer and Asus halt direct PC/laptop sales in Germany after Nokia wins injunction over HEVC (H.265) patent infringement. ⚖️

German court deems firms unwilling FRAND licensees for essential video codec used in GPUs/SoCs; retailers unaffected short-term, shortages loom. 📉

🔗 https://www.tomshardware.com/laptops/acer-and-asus-halt-pc-and-laptop-sales-in-germany-amid-h-264-codec-patent-dispute-nokia-wins-patent-ruling-forcing-tech-giants-to-license-hevc-codec

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John Grinsell & Sons History, Patents And Patent Drawings

#John #Grinsell #Sons #History #Patents #Patent #Drawings . John Grinsell was in partnership with Henry Bourne, trading as Grinsell & Bourne.  This partnership began sometime before 1864 & continued until its dissolution in 1871. The firm was located at 18-19 Ludgate Hill in Birmingham, England. John Grinsell left the Ludgate Hill premises and commenced the manufacturing of jewellery etc at Victoria Works on…

https://pussygaloresemporium.com/john-grinsell-sons-history-patents-and-patent-drawings/

A contract dispute about patent renewal services turns on interpretation issues, and it has me ruminating on teaching interpretation in the first-year contracts course.

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https://www.contractsprofblog.com/2026/02/contract-interpretation-and-patent-renewal-services/

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#Standards (Wi-Fi, 5G…) make products interoperable—but they can also create lock-in. That’s where #SEP & #FRAND come in: bargaining shifts from ex-ante competition to ex-post leverage.

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