InterDigital awarded injunction against TCL
Key Highlights
- ➤InterDigital (IDCC) wins preliminary Brazilian injunction against TCL over HEVC patent infringement
- ➤TCL must stop implementing HEVC in devices manufactured, imported, or sold in Brazil
- ➤Rio court finds InterDigital’s HEVC patents standard-essential and licensing offers FRAND-compliant
- ➤Court says TCL’s licensing offers were lower by “a different order of magnitude”
Expert Statements
Josh Schmidt, Chief Legal Officer of InterDigital
“InterDigital is widely recognized as one of the leading contributors to the HEVC codec which has become such a vital part of how video content is encoded and then decoded on devices like TCL’s”
Josh Schmidt, Chief Legal Officer of InterDigital
“We welcome the Rio court’s decision and call on TCL to take a license, like its competitors, that fairly values our portfolio.”
WILMINGTON, Del., Oct. 27, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- InterDigital, Inc. (Nasdaq: IDCC), a wireless, video and AI technology research and development company, today announced it has been awarded a preliminary injunction against TCL by a court in Brazil related to HEVC technology.
The 3rd Business Court of the Judicial District of the Capital of Rio de Janeiro adopted the findings of an independent expert report, commissioned by the Rio court, which fully supported InterDigital's position that TCL infringes the two patents-in-suit, that the patents are essential to the HEVC standard and that InterDigital’s offers met its fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) obligations. In finding that InterDigital had complied with its FRAND obligations, the court noted TCL’s offers were lower by “a different order of magnitude”. Under the court’s ruling, TCL must refrain from implementing the HEVC standard in devices they manufacture, import or offer for sale in Brazil.
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