Thursday, October 27, 2022

DivX Takes Aim At Amazon, Vizio

San Diego-based DivX, which holds patents in the area of video compression and encoding, is targeting both Amazon and Vizio in a new lawsuit. DivX is asking the U.S. International Trade Commission to block imports of video streaming devices sold by Amazon and Vizio, claiming patent infringement by the two; it has also filed lawsuits in Virginia and California backing that move. DivX had been very active in developing video compression and encoding technology in the early years of the Internet, but in recent years has mostly been active in patent licensing lawsuits.

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