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MediaTube asking Supreme Court to review Bell Fibe case
telecom | 10/01/2019 5:44 pm EDT
Six years after first filing suit alleging BCE Inc. infringed on its patent in the making of the telecom’s Fibe TV — and along the way suffering a number of decisions against it — MediaTube Corp. is asking the Supreme Court of Canada to review its case.
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MediaTube turns on counsel, denied appeal amendment
telecom | 07/03/2018 4:31 pm EDT
The Federal Court of Appeal has turned away an attempt by MediaTube Corp. — in its already-dismissed patent infringement case against BCE Inc. — to introduce potential new evidence in its appeal based on allegations its lawyers were engaged in a conflict of interest. The $350-million suit stretches back to 2013, when MediaTube and NorthVu Inc. jointly filed the case against Bell’s Fibe TV. The two alleged Bell’s IPTV service is using certain patents it owns without a license. The Federal Court tossed the case out in January last year, but the two filed an appeal — with NorthVu...
NorthVu drops Bell IPTV patent case
Media | 05/31/2017 5:05 pm EDT
NorthVu Inc. has abandoned an appeal it filed with MediaTube Corp. in a dispute with BCE Inc. NorthVu filed a notice of discontinuance on May 23 in an appeal the two parties launched in February, against a January Federal...
Appeal filed in Bell IPTV case
Media | 02/07/2017 9:09 pm EST
A lengthy legal battle between BCE Inc. and two companies that claim Bell infringed on their IPTV patent has been extended, one month after a Federal Court judge dismissed the case. MediaTube Corp. and NorthVu...
Federal Court tosses patent suit against Bell for IPTV technology
Media | 01/06/2017 9:42 pm EST
What began more than three years ago as a $350-million claim of patent infringement against BCE Inc. devolved into a pale imitation of its former self and will lead to...
Companies seeking injunction for Bell’s IPTV technology
telecom | 06/20/2016 9:08 pm EDT
Whether a patent encompasses technology used by BCE Inc.’s IPTV service will be a central issue as a patent case two-plus years in the making gets its date in court Tuesday....
Bell facing $350M lawsuit over IPTV technology: report
telecom | 03/31/2015 7:05 pm EDT
BCE Inc. is facing a patent lawsuit for $350 million plus future royalties and penalties related to technology used for distributing IPTV service, the Financial Post reported. An article published on the Post's website Monday said MediaTube Corp. and Northvu Inc. are suing Bell over what's known as the 477 patent, which is owned by Northvu and licensed to MediaTube. It quoted a statement of claim from MediaTube saying that following "a period of collaboration between [MediaTube and Bell] over several years to commercialize the plaintiffs’ IPTV system on the 477 Patent, in...