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EWHC holds Samsung entitled to interim license from ZTE: UK courts deem themselves more equal than other jurisdictions
Read more: EWHC holds Samsung entitled to interim license from ZTE: UK courts deem themselves more equal than other jurisdictionsAs expected, the High Court of Justice for England & Wales has held that Samsung is entitled to an interim license from ZTE, but the decision raises serious issues.
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Litigation funders are “central” to class action regime, says UK Competition Appeal Tribunal chairman Hodge Malek KC
Read more: Litigation funders are “central” to class action regime, says UK Competition Appeal Tribunal chairman Hodge Malek KC“We don’t want to kill off the industry [and] we want the best for everyone, including the funders,” Mr. Malek said at the 2nd Annual LF Dealmakers Europe in London yesterday.
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French ministry, national standards bodies oppose Apple-Google front’s ETSI membership: ACT proved unreliable by gun-jumping
Read more: French ministry, national standards bodies oppose Apple-Google front’s ETSI membership: ACT proved unreliable by gun-jumpingContext: Four days ago we reported that Apple front ACT | The App Association, which would be more appropriately called ACT | The Apple Association (or, as of recent, ACT | The Apple-Google Association), jumped the gun by announcing its membership in the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) though it is actually up to ETSI’s…
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ITC sides with ASUSTeK in wireless communications patent infringement dispute against Lenovo
Read more: ITC sides with ASUSTeK in wireless communications patent infringement dispute against LenovoThe United States International Trade Commission has issued a final determination in a global patent dispute case between Lenovo and ASUSTek, upholding an Administrative Law Judge opinion that found the latter did not infringe three of Lenovo’s wireless communications and diagonal touchpad patents.
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UPC Roundup (1 week): exceptionally busy week brings key clarifications from CoA and CFI on multiple issues; injunctions and more
Read more: UPC Roundup (1 week): exceptionally busy week brings key clarifications from CoA and CFI on multiple issues; injunctions and moreThis is a summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in the week since our June 14, 2025 UPC Roundup. 1. CoA 1.1 No security deposit requirement for enforcement (Knaus Tabbert v Yellow Sphere) The Court of Appeal (CoA) has dismissed (PDF) Knaus’s objection, upholding an earlier decision that denied the…
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UPC’s Court of Appeal: rehearings will rarely (if ever) happen, and UPC representatives MUST know EPO’s appellate case law
Read more: UPC’s Court of Appeal: rehearings will rarely (if ever) happen, and UPC representatives MUST know EPO’s appellate case lawContext: Things have not gone well so far for Alexion Pharmaceuticals’ patent infringement actions against Amgen and Samsung Bioepis. Six months ago, the Unified Patent Court’s (UPC) Court of Appeal (CoA) affirmed (December 23, 2024 ip fray article) the Hamburg Local Division’s (LD) orders denying preliminary injunctions (PIs; officially called “provisional measures” in the UPC).…
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Munich LD gives textbook example of how to address venue competence in UPC disputes involving multiple defendants
Read more: Munich LD gives textbook example of how to address venue competence in UPC disputes involving multiple defendantsFor the second panel of the Unified Patent Court’s Munich Local Divison, Judge-rapporteur Dr. Daniel Voß (“Voss”) has rejected a venue-related preliminary objection.
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Samsung brings FRAND claim against ZTE in 4th jurisdiction: counterclaim in Unified Patent Court’s Mannheim Local Division
Read more: Samsung brings FRAND claim against ZTE in 4th jurisdiction: counterclaim in Unified Patent Court’s Mannheim Local DivisionAfter bringing standalone FRAND/SEP actions in the UK, Germany and the United States, Samsung has now also brought a FRAND counterclaim in the UPC.
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