Broadcom Corporation v. Netflix, Inc.
Summary
Broadcom sues Netflix for infringing its patents related to video streaming technology.
Summary generated by AI from public docket data. Verify against the original filing before relying on it.
Coverage vs reality meter
Coverage events: 18P · 15D · 50N (117 articles)
Coverage breakdown — the articles behind the meter
29 plaintiff-favorable · 16 defendant-favorable · 72 neutral articles
The meter counts distinct coverage events, not articles: 18 plaintiff · 15 defendant · 50 neutral events — a burst of same-stance coverage counts once, however many outlets ran it.
- H.264 streaming fees jump from $100,000 to $4.5 million a year under new licensing termsTechSpot · 2026-04-07
- Firm quietly boosts H.264 streaming license fees from $100,000 up to staggering $4.5 million — backbone codec of the internet gets meteoric increase, AVC hikes follow disastrous H.265 licensing increasesYahoo Finance · 2026-04-03
- Broadcom files suits against Hyundai, Nissan and Deutsche Telekom; bags Renault injunctionIAM Media · 2026-02-24
- Dell and HP disable hardware H.265 decoding on select PCs due to rising royalty costs — companies could save big on HEVC royalties, but at the expense of usersTom's Hardware · 2025-11-21
- H.264 streaming license fees were raised to as much as $4.5 million, open standards now look even more attractiveVideoCardz.com · 2026-04-04
- No luck for Broadcom as Netflix and Quinn Emanuel succeed in another nullity claimJUVE Patent · 2026-03-20
- Netflix Sinks Patent Claim In Streaming Tech DisputeLaw360 · 2026-03-19
- Fed Circ hands Netflix a win in streaming patent disputeWorld IP Review · 2026-02-16
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Counsel of record
- Reichman Jorgensen Lehman & Feldberg LLPChristine E. Lehman, Connor Houghton, Courtland Lewis Reichman +5 more
- Reichman Jorgensen Lehman and Feldberg LLPBrian Christopher Baran
- Spencer Fane LLPJohn V. Picone , III
- Winstead PCAustin C. Teng
- Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLPMark Strickland, Olivia Malone
- Covington & Burling LLPIndranil Mukerji
- Center for Immigration Law & PolicyStephany Martinez Tiffer
- Keker Van Nest & Peters LLPReaghan E. Braun
- Orrick Herrington Sutcliffe, LLPElizabeth R Moulton
- Kirkland & Ellis LLPMichael Woodrow De Vries
- Davis Wright Tremaine LLPArthur Kats
- Morrison Foerster LLPStephen J. H. Liu
- Court
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
- Docket no.
- 3:20-cv-04677
- Nature of suit
- Patent
- Judge
- James Donato
- Filed
- 2020-07-14
- Last filing
- 2026-09-16
- Terminated
- 2025-04-07
Cause
35:271 Patent Infringement
Entities in this case
Parties
Avago Technologies International Sales PTE Limited (plaintiff) Broadcom Corporation (plaintiff) Netflix Inc (defendant) Amazon Web Services, Inc. (miscellaneous) VMware, Inc. (witness) Oracle Corporation (miscellaneous) Beamr Imaging, Ltd. (objector) Beamr, Inc. (objector)
Docket entries
- 2025-03-19
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- 2025-01-30
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- 2025-01-17
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- 2025-01-10
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- 2023-03-17
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- 2022-12-13
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- 2022-11-28
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- 2022-11-28
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- 2022-04-01
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- 2021-12-03
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- 2021-06-02
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- 2021-06-02
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- 2020-08-21
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- 2020-08-21
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- 2020-08-21
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- 2020-08-18
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- 2020-07-29
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- 2020-07-14
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Docket history from CourtListener/RECAP — most recent first.