Brazilian court imposes preliminary injunction against Netflix, ordering it to pay approximately $3.27 million

News from this site on September 30 that the Brazilian court approved the expert report of the digital video company DivX and implemented the previous preliminary injunction against Netflix. Ordered Netflix to pay approximately US$3.27 million to the court (Note from this site: Currently accrued and retroactive fines of approximately RMB 23.871 million), and the case will now enter the comprehensive trial stage.

It is reported that DivX has filed a lawsuit against Netflix, accusing it of infringing its patent number PI 0506163-6, which involves a "deblocking" tool implemented in High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) encoded files. DivX claimed that Netflix infringed the patent during HEVC streaming. The brief stated that the case is the longest patent infringement lawsuit in the Brazilian information technology field and was filed in October 2020. This delay can only be attributed to the defendant’s deliberate delaying behavior. The temporary injunction was issued in November 2020 and confirmed with modifications in May 2022. While Netflix was ordered to deposit the amount of the accrued fine into an account, it appealed and the court withheld the deposit until actual violations could be proven. An important message from Netflix and all other companies who think they can infringe Brazilian patents with impunity." According to the translated document, the company also noted the court's warning that "disrespectful behavior" will result in additional punitive measures.

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