ADB, HDMI Licensing in Settlement Talks Over Royalties Dispute, Federal Court Papers Show

Advanced Digital Broadcast and HDMI Licensing agreed to a month’s extension to Sept. 4 in the deadline for HDMI’s response to ADB’s complaint (see 1507010017) that HDMI is “wrongfully” demanding more than $905,000 in back royalties and interest from ADB, a Swiss supplier to pay-TV operators of HD set-top boxes, residential gateway devices and other products. “Good cause exists” for the deadline extension because it will “give the parties time to engage in settlement discussions,” the companies said in a joint stipulation filed in U.S. District Court in San Jose.