Arm has filed a lawsuit against Qualcomm and its subsidiary Nuvia for allegedly breaching license agreements and trademark infringements. Arm wants Qualcomm to destroy certain Nuvia designs as well.
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TikTok and Universal Music Group have struck an agreement to provide TikTok users with access to licensed songs from artists at UMG's labels and songwriters at Universal Music Publishing Group.
Spotify has signed a new, global multi-year licensing agreement with Universal Music Group, that secures its massive catalog for streaming. The firms didn't disclose terms of the agreement.
Nokia and OPPO have signed a secretive patent license agreement. The contents of the deal are unknown but OPPO has agreed to pay Nokia for the multi-year license period. It likely involves 5G patents.
Microsoft continues its quest to leverage its patent position, with Acer joining Samsung, ASUS, Dell and Sony in preloading Skype, OneDrive and the Office suite on Android.
Microsoft has made it possible that Windows 10 can be free for anyone, even if they don't have a previous install of Windows, but seeing as the OS is a free upgrade, this won't impact many users.
Microsoft and Canon have entered into an agreement that will allow both companies access to each other's patent portfolios. Exact details of the arrangement were not disclosed.
A recently revealed document showing the Android OEM agreements show that while the OS itself is open sourced, Google licenses its apps like Google Maps, Google Play and more to device makers.
