Dolby赢得了德国法院的重要裁决, 以专利侵犯为由, 阻止Roku使用 HEVC 视频技术。
Dolby won a key German court ruling blocking Roku from using HEVC video tech, citing patent infringement.
2025年11月24日, Dolby International AB公司在德国取得了一项历史性的初步禁令,禁止Roku违反与HEVC/H.265视频编码标准有关的标准基本专利,据信这是欧洲的第一个此类禁令,也是全球仅有的三项禁令之一。
On November 24, 2025, Dolby International AB secured a historic preliminary injunction in Germany against Roku for infringing a standard-essential patent related to the HEVC/H.265 video coding standard, believed to be the first such injunction in Europe and one of only three globally.
这一裁决是在一家德国法院维护专利的有效性之后作出的,是在Roku试图阻止美国法院的强制实施之时作出的。
The ruling follows a German court upholding the patent’s validity and comes amid Roku’s efforts to block enforcement in U.S. courts.
这项裁决表明,法院认为Roku不愿意谈判一份公平、合理和非歧视性的(FRAND)许可证。
The decision suggests the court viewed Roku as unwilling to negotiate a fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory (FRAND) license.
管理HEVC和VVC专利池的Access Advance称赞这一结果是向有效许可和创新迈出的一步.
Access Advance, which manages patent pools for HEVC and VVC, praised the outcome as a step toward efficient licensing and innovation.
Roku可以提出上诉。
Roku may appeal.