BERLIN -- Philips, one of two proprietary options with Dolby Vision on high dynamic range for the Ultra HD Blu-ray format, is “very, very close” to landing a “commitment” from “a very big,” well-known system-on-a-chip (SoC) supplier, Joop Talstra, HDR standardization manager at Philips Intellectual Property & Standards, told us at IFA. The demonstrations Philips ran at IFA still used the field-programmable gate array chip solutions Philips showed us at the last CES (see 1501090025).
BERLIN -- Philips, one of two proprietary options with Dolby Vision on high dynamic range for the Ultra HD Blu-ray format, is “very, very close” to landing a “commitment” from “a very big,” well-known system-on-a-chip (SoC) supplier, Joop Talstra, HDR standardization manager at Philips Intellectual Property & Standards, told us at IFA. The demonstrations Philips ran at IFA still used the field-programmable gate array chip solutions Philips showed us at the last CES (see 1501090025).
BERLIN -- Philips, one of two proprietary options with Dolby Vision on high dynamic range for the Ultra HD Blu-ray format, is “very, very close” to landing a “commitment” from “a very big,” well-known system-on-a-chip (SoC) supplier, Joop Talstra, HDR standardization manager at Philips Intellectual Property & Standards, told us at IFA. The demonstrations Philips ran at IFA still used the field-programmable gate array chip solutions Philips showed us at the last CES (see 1501090025).
LightSquared, Deere and Trimble seemingly are edging closer to settling interference claims, though LightSquared and Garmin remain at loggerheads, according to a transcript of a pretrial conference Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Manhattan before Judge Richard Berman. The satellite company "has had several helpful discussions with Deere over the past few weeks with more scheduled for this week," LightSquared counsel Winn Allen of Kirkland & Ellis told Berman, saying Deere "has shown a willingness to work ... on technical and regulatory issues" and that the two companies could come to a settlement agreement "sometime within the next few weeks." While a Deere settlement is not imminent, Deere attorney Kenneth Schacter of Morgan Lewis said the two "have had some constructive discussions ... and we are considering what we've heard." A settlement with Garmin "does not appear likely at this time," and the GPS company hasn't shown enthusiasm for a LightSquared-proposed idea of a mediator, Allen said. Garmin "would be delighted to settle this case" but hasn't seen any technical information from LightSquared that could be the basis of that solution, said Philip Douglas of Jones Day, representing Garmin. "The problem, I suspect, is that Garmin's devices are different from those at issue with Deere and Trimble," with its aeronautical navigation and landing devices presenting "more serious technical problems," Douglas said, adding that the company would rather have guidance from the Federal Aviation Administration than come to a separate agreement on its own with LightSquared, since other aeronautical navigation equipment makers could have issues. Berman scheduled a follow-up status conference for Oct. 8. LightSquared sued the three companies and the U.S. GPS Industry Council in 2013 after they raised concerns that LightSquared's planned ground-and-satellite-based LTE broadband network could interfere with GPS signals in adjacent spectrum space, which lead to the FCC revoking the company’s spectrum license, ultimately forcing it into bankruptcy.
Even though the FCC approved the proposed transfer of Verizon wireline systems in California, Florida and Texas to Frontier last week (see 1509030063), that doesn’t mean the deal will still go through entirely unchanged, said experts in interviews. California is the only state where there could be an issue, though some experts said the state wants Frontier to take over for Verizon’s wireline services. In Texas, the deal hasn’t been approved yet, but one official says it will likely go through soon. In Florida, the Public Utilities Commission doesn’t have the authority to block the deal since the services are deregulated, a PUC spokeswoman said.
LightSquared, Deere and Trimble seemingly are edging closer to settling interference claims, though LightSquared and Garmin remain at loggerheads, according to a transcript of a pretrial conference Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Manhattan before Judge Richard Berman. The satellite company "has had several helpful discussions with Deere over the past few weeks with more scheduled for this week," LightSquared counsel Winn Allen of Kirkland & Ellis told Berman, saying Deere "has shown a willingness to work ... on technical and regulatory issues" and that the two companies could come to a settlement agreement "sometime within the next few weeks." While a Deere settlement is not imminent, Deere attorney Kenneth Schacter of Morgan Lewis said the two "have had some constructive discussions ... and we are considering what we've heard." A settlement with Garmin "does not appear likely at this time," and the GPS company hasn't shown enthusiasm for a LightSquared-proposed idea of a mediator, Allen said. Garmin "would be delighted to settle this case" but hasn't seen any technical information from LightSquared that could be the basis of that solution, said Philip Douglas of Jones Day, representing Garmin. "The problem, I suspect, is that Garmin's devices are different from those at issue with Deere and Trimble," with its aeronautical navigation and landing devices presenting "more serious technical problems," Douglas said, adding that the company would rather have guidance from the Federal Aviation Administration than come to a separate agreement on its own with LightSquared, since other aeronautical navigation equipment makers could have issues. Berman scheduled a follow-up status conference for Oct. 8. LightSquared sued the three companies and the U.S. GPS Industry Council in 2013 after they raised concerns that LightSquared's planned ground-and-satellite-based LTE broadband network could interfere with GPS signals in adjacent spectrum space, which lead to the FCC revoking the company’s spectrum license, ultimately forcing it into bankruptcy.
TiVo filed a patent infringement suit against Samsung “because Samsung has used TiVo's intellectual property without our permission in several of its products, including millions of Samsung mobile devices as well as its DVR set-top box,” TiVo CEO Tom Rogers said on an earnings call. The complaint, filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Marshall, Texas, alleged infringement of four TiVo patents. Samsung didn’t comment.
TiVo filed a patent infringement suit against Samsung “because Samsung has used TiVo's intellectual property without our permission in several of its products, including millions of Samsung mobile devices as well as its DVR set-top box,” TiVo CEO Tom Rogers said on an earnings call. The complaint, filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Marshall, Texas, alleged infringement of four TiVo patents. Samsung didn’t comment.
Even though the FCC approved the proposed transfer of Verizon wireline systems in California, Florida and Texas to Frontier last week (see 1509030063), that doesn’t mean the deal will still go through entirely unchanged, said experts in interviews. California is the only state where there could be an issue, though some experts said the state wants Frontier to take over for Verizon’s wireline services. In Texas, the deal hasn’t been approved yet, but one official says it will likely go through soon. In Florida, the Public Utilities Commission doesn’t have the authority to block the deal since the services are deregulated, a PUC spokeswoman said.
TiVo filed a patent infringement suit against Samsung “because Samsung has used TiVo's intellectual property without our permission in several of its products, including millions of Samsung mobile devices as well as its DVR set-top box,” TiVo CEO Tom Rogers said on an earnings call. The complaint, filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Marshall, Texas, alleged infringement of four TiVo patents. Samsung didn’t comment.