As part of Unified's ongoing efforts in its SEP Video Codec Zone, Unified filed two Japanese oppositions, challenging JP6700341 and JP6700342, on November 27, 2020. Both patents are owned by GE Video Compression LLC (GEVC). The ‘341 and ‘342 patents are in the same patent family and they are related to U.S. patents that have been designated as essential in the HEVC Advance patent pool.

Read the entire filings below. Unified is represented by Yukihiro Takemoto of Ace-ai IP Law Firm in Japan, and by in-house counsel, Jessica L.A. Marks and Ashraf Fawzy.