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‘Music to my ears’: Chinese IP market welcomes new national foreign-related IP dispute regulations
Read more: ‘Music to my ears’: Chinese IP market welcomes new national foreign-related IP dispute regulationsWhile Chinese patent attorneys have largely welcomed China’s new rules, which would allegedly give China a clearer legal basis to “push back” in foreign-related IP disputes, other voices have suggested the measures may be in response to concerns regarding the Trump Administration’s stance on IP – so China is “preparing for IP lawfare”.
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Ericsson’s Mathias Hellman in IoT & IP Explained interview: interoperability, scale top two considerations in deciding whether to standardize tech
Read more: Ericsson’s Mathias Hellman in IoT & IP Explained interview: interoperability, scale top two considerations in deciding whether to standardize tech“It can be painful to take something great you have developed and put it into a standardized context, but in the long run that is very incredibly important for the communications sector and our ecosystem,” Mr. Hellman tells Dr. Claudia Tapia Garcia.
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Consumer electronics maker Vestel joins Avanci Video patent pool as licensor
Read more: Consumer electronics maker Vestel joins Avanci Video patent pool as licensorTurkish consumer electronics manufacturer Vestel has joined the Avanci Video patent pool as a licensor.
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Judge throws out Samsung’s declaratory judgment action against Oura as no patent enforcement was specifically threatened; Samsung may try again
Read more: Judge throws out Samsung’s declaratory judgment action against Oura as no patent enforcement was specifically threatened; Samsung may try againContext: Last spring, Samsung launched a pre-emptive strike against notoriously litigous smart ring maker Oura (which likes to spell its name as ŌURA) in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California (May 31, 2024 ip fray article). Samsung wanted to shield the Galaxy Ring, which it was then preparing for launch…
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Discretionary denials of PTAB inter partes reviews come back with a vengeance: Fintiv review inserted before potential merits proceedings
Read more: Discretionary denials of PTAB inter partes reviews come back with a vengeance: Fintiv review inserted before potential merits proceedingsWithin four weeks of her decision to rescind former USPTO Director Kathi Vidal’s memo narrowing the application of Fintiv, Acting Director Coke Morgan Stewart has taken another bold step favoring patentees.
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EPO Patent Index 2024: Unitary Patent requests “exceeded expectations” despite stagnant European applications
Read more: EPO Patent Index 2024: Unitary Patent requests “exceeded expectations” despite stagnant European applicationsThe European Patent Office’s Patent Index 2024 found that there was no growth in European applications (-0.1%) compared with 2023, although unitary protection was requested for 25.6% of all patents granted by the EPO in 2024 – a 53% increase compared to 2023.
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ITC finds BOE Technology infringed Samsung Display patents but denies U.S. import ban, parallel trade secrets spat faces initial May deadline
Read more: ITC finds BOE Technology infringed Samsung Display patents but denies U.S. import ban, parallel trade secrets spat faces initial May deadlineThe ITC ruled that while BOE Technology did infringe three of Samsung Display’s patents, the complainant did not meet the “domestic industry” standard and thus no U.S. import ban could be granted. In a separate trade secrets complaint between the two OLED screen makers, the Administrative Law Judge is due to issue an initial decision…
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ITC staff reiterates its view that Nokia, unlike Amazon, complied with FRAND and recommends U.S. import ban regardless of UK proceedings
Read more: ITC staff reiterates its view that Nokia, unlike Amazon, complied with FRAND and recommends U.S. import ban regardless of UK proceedingsThe ITC Staff participates in some investigations as a neutral party defending the public interest, and its views are given significant weight by the ultimate decision makers.
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