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UPC Roundup (1 week) and update on ip fray subscriptions
Read more: UPC Roundup (1 week) and update on ip fray subscriptionsThere was only a small quantity of Unified Patent Court (UPC) news this week. You find the usual summary below, but let’s start with a quick update on ip fray‘s subscription offering: Update on ip fray subscriptions The previously-announced transition to a mix of premium subscription and free content will happen soon. We are just…
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EU Commission may have to bring WTO complaint against UK: appeals court says Lenovo may get interim license from Ericsson, schedules urgent hearing for February 18
Read more: EU Commission may have to bring WTO complaint against UK: appeals court says Lenovo may get interim license from Ericsson, schedules urgent hearing for February 18An order by the England & Wales Court of Appeal says Lenovo has “real prospects” of securing a interim license against Ericsson, which could give rise to an EU-UK trade dispute.
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LexisNexis launches 5G SEP owner data cleaning initiative, aims to reduce âsystemic biasâ
Read more: LexisNexis launches 5G SEP owner data cleaning initiative, aims to reduce âsystemic biasâThe firm has partnered with over 30 of the top 5G patent-holding companies to launch its “Cellular Verified” initiative, which seeks to âcleanâ an increasingly self-declared and âinherently inconsistentâ ETSI database.
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Patrik HammarĂ©n to lead Nokia Technologies into the future: appointed president (and now not just “acting”)
Read more: Patrik HammarĂ©n to lead Nokia Technologies into the future: appointed president (and now not just “acting”)Nokia just announced “the appointment of Patrik HammarĂ©n â whom we interviewed two months ago after he became Acting President (November 13, 2024 ip fray article) â as President of Nokia Technologies and member of the Nokia Group Leadership Team, effective 22 January 2025.” Nokia Technologies is the division in charge of the group’s patent…
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European Commission files fresh World Trade Organization proceeding against China over global rate-setting of EU SEPs
Read more: European Commission files fresh World Trade Organization proceeding against China over global rate-setting of EU SEPsChina has empowered its courts to set binding worldwide royalty rates for EU SEPs without the consent of their patent owners, giving Chinese manufacturers cheaper access to those European technologies unfairly, the European Commission has alleged.
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UPC Roundup (4 weeks): appellate decisions, final judgments, settlements, anti-antisuit injunctions, case management and more
Read more: UPC Roundup (4 weeks): appellate decisions, final judgments, settlements, anti-antisuit injunctions, case management and moreThis summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) covers an unusually long period as there were relatively few interesting decisions toward the end of last year and earlier this month. Our previous UPC Roundup was published shortly before the holidays (December 22, 2024 ip fray article). We will now get back…
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UPC’s Court of Appeal: damages claims can be brought in UPC based on national court ruling on merits; damages may predate UPC start
Read more: UPC’s Court of Appeal: damages claims can be brought in UPC based on national court ruling on merits; damages may predate UPC startThe UPC’s Court of Appeal has made a decision that is of major precedential relevance in two damages-related respects.
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New UPC decision shows Big Tech can’t always switch language of proceedings to English: ParTec v. Nvidia will be key precedent if upheld on appeal
Read more: New UPC decision shows Big Tech can’t always switch language of proceedings to English: ParTec v. Nvidia will be key precedent if upheld on appealContext: Many Unified Patent Court (UPC) litigators were profoundly concerned when the Court of Appeal (CoA) overturned two parallel decisions to maintain German as the language of proceedings for licensing firm Ona Patents’ infringement actions against Apple and Google (item 4 of this September 25, 2024 ip fray article). While ip fray was not prepared…


