Civil Litigation
Nov. 4, 2025
Netflix and DivX clash over patent claims on adaptive streaming technology
Netflix and DivX argued dueling summary judgment motions Monday in a Los Angeles patent case over adaptive streaming technology, with DivX claiming Netflix infringes its video-delivery innovations.
Dueling summary judgment motions between streaming giant Netflix and tech company DivX came to a head in Los Angeles federal court on Monday, as both parties argued that no genuine disputes remain in a lawsuit alleging that Netflix's streaming services infringe on DivX's patents.
Counsel for DivX argued before U.S. District Judge George H. Wu that it holds a patent on technology Netflix uses to deliver high-quality content to users based on device capabilities, with the bu...
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