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On June 23, 2017, Rovi Guides, Inc.
−Removed: (“Rovi”) and TiVo Solutions Inc.
−Removed: (together with Rovi, “TiVo”) filed a patent infringement complaint against Videotron Ltd.
+Added: and TiVo Solutions Inc.
+Added: (together, “TiVo”) filed a patent infringement complaint against Videotron Ltd.
and Videotron G.P.
−Removed: (together, “Videotron”) in Toronto, Canada, alleging infringement of six patents.
+Added: (together, “Videotron”) in Toronto, Canada, alleging infringement of six patents (“Videotron 1”).
Videotron was a prior licensee under the Rovi patent portfolio.
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The closing arguments were held in January 2021.
−Removed: No date is set by the Court to issue its judgement.
−Removed: On May 21, 2021, Rovi filed a patent infringement complaint against Videotron in Toronto, Canada, alleging infringement of four patents.
−Removed: On July 21, 2021, the Federal Court of Canada held a case management conference, shortly before which Videotron filed a motion to strike various portions of the statement of claim.
+Added: On May 6, 2022, the Court posted a docket entry stating that it intends to issue the Confidential Reasons and Judgment in Videotron 1 on June 3, 2022.
+Added: On May 21, 2021, Rovi filed a patent infringement complaint against Videotron in Toronto, Canada, alleging infringement of four patents (“Videotron 2”).
+Added: On July 21, 2021, the Federal Court of Canada held a case management conference in Videotron 2, shortly before which Videotron filed a motion to strike various portions of the statement of claim.
On October 22, 2021, the Court held a hearing on Videotron’s motion to strike.
−Removed: To date, the Court has not ruled on the motion.
−Removed: No further dates have been set.
+Added: On March 22, 2022, the Court issued an order on Videotron’s motion to strike, dismissing the motion in its entirety.
+Added: On April 1, 2022, Videotron filed an appeal of the Court’s order dismissing Videotron’s motion to strike.
+Added: A hearing on Videotron’s appeal is scheduled for May 31, 2022.
+Added: A case management conference is scheduled for June 6, 2022.
Bell and Telus Patent Infringement Litigation
−Removed: On January 19, 2018, TiVo filed a patent infringement complaint against Bell Canada (and four of its affiliates) in Toronto, Canada, alleging infringement of six patents.
−Removed: On February 2, 2018, TiVo filed a patent infringement complaint against Telus Corporation (and two of its affiliates) in Toronto, Canada, alleging infringement of the same six patents.
+Added: On January 19, 2018, TiVo filed a patent infringement complaint against Bell Canada (and four of its affiliates) in Toronto, Canada, alleging infringement of six patents (“Bell 1”).
+Added: On February 2, 2018, TiVo filed a patent infringement complaint against Telus Corporation (and two of its affiliates) in Toronto, Canada, alleging infringement of the same six patents (“Telus 1”).
Bell Canada and Telus Corporation were previously indirectly licensed to some of Rovi’s patents through a prior agreement between Rovi and one of their suppliers.
−Removed: The Bell Canada and Telus Corporation cases are being heard together for purposes of pre-trial and trial proceedings.
−Removed: On August 27, 2019, the Federal Court of Canada issued an order bifurcating the liability phase from the damages phase of the case.
+Added: Bell 1and Telus 1 are being heard together for purposes of pre-trial and trial proceedings.
+Added: On August 27, 2019, the Court issued an order bifurcating the liability phase from the damages phase of the cases.
There is no set trial date or procedural schedule for the damages phase of the cases.
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The closing arguments were held in January 2021.
−Removed: No date is set by the Court to issue its judgement.
+Added: On May 6, 2022, the Court posted a docket entry stating that it will advise the parties of the anticipated date of the judgment in Bell 1 and Telus 1 promptly after it issues the Confidential Reasonings and Judgment in Videotron 1 on June 3, 2022.
On July 27, 2021, Rovi filed a patent infringement complaint against Bell Canada and four of its affiliates, Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson and Ericsson Canada Inc., and MK Systems USA Inc.
and MK Mediatech Canada Inc.
−Removed: (collectively, “Defendants”) in Toronto, Canada, alleging infringement of four patents.
−Removed: The Defendants filed a motion to strike various portions of the statement of claim.
−Removed: On October 22, 2021, the Federal Court of Canada held a hearing on the Defendants motion to strike.
−Removed: To date, the Court has not ruled on the motion.
+Added: (collectively, “Defendants”) in Toronto, Canada, alleging infringement of four patents (“Bell 2”).
+Added: The Defendants filed a motion to strike various portions of the statement of claim in Bell 2.
+Added: On October 22, 2021, the Federal Court of Canada held a hearing on Defendants’ motion to strike.
+Added: On March 22, 2022, the Court issued an order on Defendants’ motion to strike, dismissing-in-part
+Added: and granting-in-part.
+Added: On April 1, 2022, the Defendants filed a Notice of Motion to Appeal the Court’s order on Defendants’ motion to strike.
+Added: A hearing on Defendants’ appeal is scheduled for May 31, 2022.
No further dates have been set.
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On November 1, 2021, Invensas filed appeals of each of the IPR decisions with the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
−Removed: No dates in the appeals have been set yet.
+Added: Invensas filed its opening brief on March 14, 2022.
+Added: NVIDIA’s response brief is due May 25, 2022, and Invensas’s reply brief is due June 15, 2022.
+Added: No date has been set yet for oral argument.
The District Court Litigation will remain stayed pending the outcome of the IPR appeals.
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