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Starbucks invokes anti-patent-troll state law in major defensive complaint against Key Patent Innovations and its shell company
Read more: Starbucks invokes anti-patent-troll state law in major defensive complaint against Key Patent Innovations and its shell companyThis is one of the most notable prophylactic patent-related lawsuits because it takes aim at a non-practicing entity’s shell company from multiple angles.
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Via LA announces semiconductor memory patent pool program: first in series of semiconductor-related licensing programs
Read more: Via LA announces semiconductor memory patent pool program: first in series of semiconductor-related licensing programsVia Licensing Alliance has announced plans to launch a patent pool program dedicated to licensing semiconductor memory technologies, as part of a new series of programs that will span the semiconductor industry.
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Affirmance of Brazilian preliminary injunction dissuaded BYD from 4G holdout, paved way to Avanci license-based settlement
Read more: Affirmance of Brazilian preliminary injunction dissuaded BYD from 4G holdout, paved way to Avanci license-based settlementThe sequence of events suggests that the denial of BYD’s motion for reconsideration led to a settlement at this point.
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Hisense seeks declaratory judgment against Dolby, GE, JVC, Philips, NEC, Mitsubishi, ETRI, Huawei, IP Bridge, Sun Patent Trust in Brazil over video SEPs
Read more: Hisense seeks declaratory judgment against Dolby, GE, JVC, Philips, NEC, Mitsubishi, ETRI, Huawei, IP Bridge, Sun Patent Trust in Brazil over video SEPsHisense is being sued in other jurisdictions, particularly the UPC, for the unlicensed use of video codec SEPs.
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Federal Circuit reverses $166 million damages award: AT&T, Nokia emerge victorious in radio network patent infringement dispute
Read more: Federal Circuit reverses $166 million damages award: AT&T, Nokia emerge victorious in radio network patent infringement disputeThe Federal Circuit has reversed a district court’s ruling that had awarded Finesse Wireless LLC $166 million in damages, after finding no infringement of the asserted patents.
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BYD, IP Bridge settle 4G SEP dispute
Read more: BYD, IP Bridge settle 4G SEP disputeSources close to ip fray have confirmed that IP Bridge has withdrawn its 4G standard-essential patent dispute against the Chinese electric vehicle maker.
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Federal Circuit partly grants Bayer second chance in defending rivaroxaban patent invalidation campaign
Read more: Federal Circuit partly grants Bayer second chance in defending rivaroxaban patent invalidation campaignThe Federal Circuit has partly affirmed and partly vacated a United States Patent and Trademark Office’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board decision that deemed one of Bayer’s rivaroxaban-related patents invalid, in a three-year case initiated by rivals Mylan Pharmaceuticals, Teva Pharmaceuticals, and Invagen Pharmaceuticals.
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UPC CoA allows Apple to intervene in Ericsson-ASUS, Sun Patent Trust-vivo cases to seek enhanced protection of SEP license agreements
Read more: UPC CoA allows Apple to intervene in Ericsson-ASUS, Sun Patent Trust-vivo cases to seek enhanced protection of SEP license agreementsThe CoA has addressed not only the admissibility of an intervention for the specific purpose of protecting confidential information but also a mootness question raised by vivo.
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