Netflix and Kudelski Group have set aside outstanding patent litigation and instead entered a comprehensive product relationship.
Kudelski Group will now pre-integrate its NAGRA anyCAST content protection and OpenTV connectware products with the Netflix service. At the same time the two companies will dismiss all pending patent litigation in the United States and agree to a long term stay of the pending Dutch patent litigation.
Last month a District Court in the Hague, the Netherlands rejected a patent suit, ruling it invalid.
A separate case was due before the District Court for the Northern District of California.
It was claimed seven patents had been infringed including over-the-top streaming, recommendation, digital rights management and video playback.
