American company VideoLabs has accused a number of Asian computer and laptop manufacturers of patent infringement and requests to ban the import of their equipment into the United States. Message about it seen On the C-News website. The company has claims against brands such as Acer, Asus, MSI, Lenovo and Motorola Mobility.
It is stated that the reason for VideoLabs’ appeal with the US International Trade Commission (ITC) is the infringement of a patent on video signal processing by graphics processors owned by an American company by the above Asian manufacturers. VideoLabs filed a complaint with the ITC on July 1, 2022. A month later, on August 3, a message appeared on the department’s website that an investigation had begun.
VideoLabs was founded in 2018. During its existence, the company has not released a single product. However, it actively buys intellectual property from IT giants to sell usage rights to other entities or sue patent infringers for compensation. Companies that engage in such activities are often referred to as patent trolls.
Acer, Asus, MSI, Lenovo and Motorola Mobility are not the first and only victims of VideoLabs. The company has complained in the past from Amazon, Dell, Netflix and other well-known tech giants.
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