2026-04-30 - LD The Hague - Dolby v. Acer et al. - UPC-CFI-0001536/2025
- Aktenzeichen:
- UPC-CFI-0001536/2025
- Datum:
- Spruchkörper:
- Court of First Instance - The Hague (NL) Local Division
- Art:
- Order
- Parteien:
- Dolby International AB v. CPYou B.V. / Acer et al.
Kernaussage: This order records a case-management hearing in the Dolby v Acer infringement action over EP 3 079 153, essential to the Opus audio codec and part of the Vectis patent pool (Dolby, Fraunhofer, NTT; 300 granted patents in 17 families).
2026-04-30 - LD The Hague - Dolby
v.
Acer et al. - UPC-CFI-0001536/2025
routine
This order records a case-management hearing in the Dolby v Acer infringement action over EP 3 079 153, essential to the Opus audio codec and part of the Vectis patent pool (Dolby, Fraunhofer, NTT; 300 granted patents in 17 families). Because confidential information was to be discussed, the hearing was held online 'behind closed doors', with a final part also confidential vis-à-vis the pool administrator Vectis. The judge-rapporteur urged the parties to continue pool negotiations, offering a possible preliminary opinion on sticky points, and noted a parallel Opus case that could serve as a FRAND benchmark. Dolby indicated the patent is not subject to a FRAND declaration though it is in the pool, which affects the applicability of Huawei v ZTE. The status of Acer's R. 190 RoP licence-disclosure request and Acer's intention to file a rate-setting counterclaim also against Vectis (opposed by Vectis on R. 305 grounds) were discussed but deferred to a later submission. The Court ordered that the case proceed according to the RoP and that Dolby file a further submission.