The US District Court for the District of Massachusetts dismissed a lawsuit filed by Roku Inc. against Access Advance. Roku had sought a FRAND (fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory) royalty rate for HEVC Advance.
The court declined to set global patent pool pricing, and Roku's petition for inter partes review was denied. The Board found that Roku did not establish a relied-upon reference patent as prior art, which was crucial for its unpatentability assertions.
This dismissal represents a legal setback for Roku in its efforts to challenge patent licensing terms. The outcome could potentially impact Roku's costs associated with video compression technologies or its competitive standing in the streaming device market.
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