Representing Celerity IP in licensing and enforcement matters for 3G, 4G, and 5G SEPs. Celerity IP is the exclusive licensing agent for SEPs held by ASUS and Innovative Sonic. Mintz filed the first campaign enforcement action in E.D. Tex. in June 2023 and has supported Celerity IP since its inception, including evaluating licensing opportunities and acquiring rights.
Representing an owner of HEVC (H.265) and VVC (H.266) SEPs in licensing, valuation, and potential enforcement.
Representing a pool administrator in licensing, valuation, and monetization of SEPs across standards including audio codecs (AAC, MPEG-H), ATSC, Qi, and others.
Represented a patent pool administrator for WiFi6 rate setting and bilateral licensing, along with various economic FRAND licensing experts.
Represented a patent pool administrator in SEP portfolio evaluation and rate setting for 4G and 5G technologies, with potential enforcement in the US, UK, Europe, and Asia.
Serving as independent evaluator for Access Advance, assessing the essentiality of patents related to video codec technologies, including MPEG HEVC (H.265) and VVC (H.266).
Represented Constellation Designs as counsel in six different proceedings in a sweeping victory adverse to LG Electronics before the PTAB over patents related to the ATSC 3.0 (NextGen TV) standard for television broadcasts. All proceeding were decided in the client’s favor.
Represented InterDigital in defending a video encoding/decoding patent in an IPR filed by Unified Patents LLC. PTAB denied institution shortly after the Preliminary Response. (IPR2021-00102)
Filed an amicus brief for InterDigital in Ericsson v. Samsung, supporting an “anti-anti-suit” injunction issued in Texas to prevent Samsung from enforcing a Chinese anti-suit injunction that sought to block Ericsson’s SEP infringement claims in US courts
Represented GE Video Compression in defending a patent related to binary arithmetic coding used in video compression standards. PTAB denied institution of the petition filed by Unified Patents. (IPR2019-00726)
Represented Graphics Properties Holdings, Inc. in an ITC action involving graphics patents developed by Silicon Graphics under the Khronos Group. Mintz successfully argued that GPH had no FRAND obligations. (337-TA-884)
