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Nokia upgrades Hisense, Acer disputes with Indian patent infringement filings
Read more: Nokia upgrades Hisense, Acer disputes with Indian patent infringement filingsNokia’s patent enforcement against Hisense and Acer is now expanding to India.
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USPTO on pace to quadruple discretionary denials under new interim procedures, report says
Read more: USPTO on pace to quadruple discretionary denials under new interim procedures, report saysRecent data by Unified Patents has found that there were three times more United States Patent & Trademark Office’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board discretionary denial decisions in Q1 2025 than the last record number of decisions (167 in 2020).
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BREAKING: Datang sues fellow Chinese company Xiaomi in Munich over three 4G/5G standard-essential patents
Read more: BREAKING: Datang sues fellow Chinese company Xiaomi in Munich over three 4G/5G standard-essential patentsThis is just a short news piece. A spokeswoman for the Landgericht München I (Munich I Regional Court) confirmed the pendency of three recently-filed Datang v. Xiaomi cases: All three are essential to the LTE (Long Term Evolution) standard, which is known as 4G but also forms the basis of 5G. Datang is a subsidiary…
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In U.S. court filing in ZTE case, Samsung raises “bias concerns” over Chinese FRAND proceedings: SEP-related sinophobia
Read more: In U.S. court filing in ZTE case, Samsung raises “bias concerns” over Chinese FRAND proceedings: SEP-related sinophobiaSamsung just told a U.S. court it does not expect fairness from the Chinese courts because of the Chinese govenrment’s ownership position in ZTE.
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Mannheim LD assumes UPC will have to develop its own doctrine of equivalents, provides other clarifications in DISH’s 4th loss against Aylo
Read more: Mannheim LD assumes UPC will have to develop its own doctrine of equivalents, provides other clarifications in DISH’s 4th loss against AyloContext: In an “adult entertainment” industry dispute, one of DISH’s patents is in triple trouble as the Munich I Regional Court did not hold it infringed, the Unified Patent Court’s (UPC) Central Division (CD) revoked it and the Opposition Division of the Europan Patent Office (EPO) revoked it as well, meaning that DISH would need…
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Nokia expands wireless patent licensing in automotive sector to WiFi, expects more Chinese auto deals or litigation this year
Read more: Nokia expands wireless patent licensing in automotive sector to WiFi, expects more Chinese auto deals or litigation this year“This year will be a turning point for automotive licensing in China… either more Chinese automotive companies will sign licences or there will be more litigation by patent holders,” Nokia’s Chief Licensing Officer for Wireless Technologies, Susanna Martikainen writes in a blog post.
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UPC Roundup (1 week): appellate rulings on sanctions, pre-June-2023 damages; alleged contravention of laws of physics; AASI cost award
Read more: UPC Roundup (1 week): appellate rulings on sanctions, pre-June-2023 damages; alleged contravention of laws of physics; AASI cost awardThis is a summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in the week since our May 31, 2025 UPC Roundup. 1. CoA: two rulings related to sanctions, one related to jurisdiction 1.1 Contempt sanctions despite subsequent compliance with injunction; electronic disclosure must be requested during proceedings on the merits (Philips v. Belkin)…
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Reflections on LJ Birss’s speech at UPC Munich event: whose loss is it that the UK is out of the UPC system due to Brexit?
Read more: Reflections on LJ Birss’s speech at UPC Munich event: whose loss is it that the UK is out of the UPC system due to Brexit?Context: On Thursday (June 5, 2025), the Unified Patent Court’s (UPC) Munich Local Division (LD) celebrated its (and the entire UPC’s) second anniversary (June 6, 2025 LinkedIn post by ip fray). The UPC opened its doors on June 1, 2023. The court invited Lord Justice Colin Birss of the England & Wales Court of Appeal…
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