Via LA’s HP US court defeat offers warning on ‘backdoor’ royalty demands
By Steve Scherer ( November 13, 2026, 19:03 GMT | Insight) -- A California state court judge has rejected Via Licensing Alliance’s attempt to use a transferred audio patent license to demand payment for HP Inc.’s earlier product sales, finding that the agreement excluded those obligations and faulting Via’s lack of candor. His decision became final this week.Via Licensing Alliance lacked candor during negotiations over a patent license transferred to HP Inc. and sought to impose obligations for past product sales that HP had not agreed to assume, a California state court judge ruled in a decision that became final this week....
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