Finnish technology company Nokia is expanding its US patent litigation over video-streaming technology with a new lawsuit against Warner Bros Discovery in Delaware federal court.
The lawsuit, made public today, said Warner's streaming services violate Nokia's patent rights in technology for encoding and decoding video. The new lawsuit follows other patent infringement cases brought by Nokia against Paramount, Acer and others over their video-streaming capabilities.
Spokespeople for Warner did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the complaint. Nokia said in a statement that it hopes Warner will "engage with us to reach an agreement to pay for the use of our technologies in their streaming services."
Nokia said in the complaint that its patented technology enables the compression of raw video files for high-definition streaming. It alleged that Warner's streaming technology infringes 13 of its patents.
The lawsuit said Nokia has told Warner since 2023 that it needed a license to use the technology, but the companies have not been able to agree on licensing terms.
Nokia requested an unspecified amount of monetary damages for Warner's alleged infringement.
