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EPO’s Enlarged Board of Appeal: reproducibility irrelevant to eligibility of sold product as prior art and ability to destroy novelty
Read more: EPO’s Enlarged Board of Appeal: reproducibility irrelevant to eligibility of sold product as prior art and ability to destroy noveltyContext: The Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) of the European Patent Office (EPO) made a decision on claim construction last month that aligns its case law with that of the Unified Patent Court’s (UPC) Court of Appeal (CoA) (June 18, 2025 ip fray article). We will continue to report on EBA decisions that we believe…
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Malikie sees first pushback in global BlackBerry patent enforcement campaign: France’s Vantiva seeks FRAND declaration over WiFi SEPs
Read more: Malikie sees first pushback in global BlackBerry patent enforcement campaign: France’s Vantiva seeks FRAND declaration over WiFi SEPsMalikie, which bought a substantial part of Blackberry’s non-core patent portfolio in 2023, breached its FRAND obligations when it sued Vantiva for patent infringement, the complainant has alleged.
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Apple will appeal $110 million damages order in U.S. 3G patent infringement dispute
Read more: Apple will appeal $110 million damages order in U.S. 3G patent infringement disputeApple has said it will appeal a jury verdict that found the company infringed a 3G wireless patent owned by Spanish firm TOT Power Control, and owes it over $110 million in damages.
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BREAKING: UK Supreme Court grants Tesla’s petition to appeal dismissal of Avanci-InterDigital FRAND pool rate case
Read more: BREAKING: UK Supreme Court grants Tesla’s petition to appeal dismissal of Avanci-InterDigital FRAND pool rate caseContext: Last year, Mr Justice [Timothy] Fancourt of the High Court of Justice for England & Wales (EWHC) showed some sympathy for Tesla’s desire to obtain a UK FRAND (fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory licensing) determination against the entire Avanci 5G standard-essential patent (SEP) pool, but ultimately dismissed the complaint (July 18, 2024 ip fray article).…
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Access Advance’s video streaming patent pool has more than 30 licensors, 4 of whom (such as ByteDance, Tencent) are also licensees
Read more: Access Advance’s video streaming patent pool has more than 30 licensors, 4 of whom (such as ByteDance, Tencent) are also licenseesContext: Earlier this year we reported on a surprising move by Access Advance. After years of focusing its licensing efforts on product makers rather than streamers, the Boston-based pool administrator announced its Video Distribution Pool (VDP) (January 16, 2025 ip fray article). What’s new: Today, Access Advance published a list of 31 licensors, only two…
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Xockets sues Amazon for infringing cloud computing patents in Western District of Texas
Read more: Xockets sues Amazon for infringing cloud computing patents in Western District of TexasXockets has filed two parallel patent infringement suits against Amazon, alleging that the tech giant has “willfully trampled” on its IP to achieve “staggering profits” from its cloud computing products.
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U.S. Senate cuts Tillis proposed litigation funding tax bill from larger legislative package
Read more: U.S. Senate cuts Tillis proposed litigation funding tax bill from larger legislative packageThe Senate’s referee, Elizabeth MacDonough, said Thom Tillis’s proposed “Tackling Predatory Litigation Funding Act” will need to be removed from the Republican tax and spending bill, the same day the U.S. Senator opposed President Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ and confirmed he will not seek re-election in 2026.
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Podcast: interview with ETSI director-general Jan Ellsberger on focus beyond telecoms, including AI, quantum
Read more: Podcast: interview with ETSI director-general Jan Ellsberger on focus beyond telecoms, including AI, quantumThe European Telecommunication Standards Institute (ETSI) is an independent not-for-profit body dedicated to ICT standardization that addresses market needs expressed by more than 900 ETSI members located in well over 60 countries around the world, while at the same time developing standards in support of the EU legislation. On the occasion of the recording of…
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