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The view from abroad: Korean companies have “urgent need” to revise U.S. strategies in face of evolving USPTO policy on inter partes reviews
Read more: The view from abroad: Korean companies have “urgent need” to revise U.S. strategies in face of evolving USPTO policy on inter partes reviewsThe changes under Director John Squires are not going unnoticed in other major tech economies.
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SEP value transparency, AI lawyers, political tension: initial highlights from IP Dealmakers
Read more: SEP value transparency, AI lawyers, political tension: initial highlights from IP DealmakersThe need for greater transparency in the value of standards, a debate on the increasing use of AI in patent litigation claims, and geopolitical considerations in IP enforcement were among the highlights of the first and second days of the third annual IP Dealmakers in London this week.
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Nvidia, Western Digital among defendants as vertical chip designer MonolithIC 3D expands multi-district litigation campaign
Read more: Nvidia, Western Digital among defendants as vertical chip designer MonolithIC 3D expands multi-district litigation campaignAfter filing several U.S. infringement suits in recent months, MonolithIC 3D has just fired off another salvo involving a new set of semiconductor design patents.
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Microsoft settles U.S. patent litigation with Bernhard Frohwitter’s ParTec over supercomputer technology ahead of Texas trial
Read more: Microsoft settles U.S. patent litigation with Bernhard Frohwitter’s ParTec over supercomputer technology ahead of Texas trialThe supercomputer patent lawsuit filed two years ago has been settled. For now, there are no signs of ParTec also having reached an agreement with NVIDIA, which is being sued in the UPC.
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UK appeals court permanently stays Acer, ASUS FRAND cases against Nokia: arbitration acceptable; no more FRAND trial
Read more: UK appeals court permanently stays Acer, ASUS FRAND cases against Nokia: arbitration acceptable; no more FRAND trialThe Court of Appeal of England & Wales has largely overruled a decision by the High Court of Justice and stayed the proceedings. The two computer makers overplayed their hand.
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Malikie targets Hyundai and Honda in connected-vehicle patent campaign; Wi-Fi SEPs involved
Read more: Malikie targets Hyundai and Honda in connected-vehicle patent campaign; Wi-Fi SEPs involvedMalikie has filed parallel patent infringement suits against Hyundai and Honda asserting Wi-Fi SEPs and other patents relating to connected-vehicle technologies, while emphasizing lengthy but unsuccessful FRAND licensing discussions prior to litigation.
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UPC proposes terms for ZTE-Samsung cross-license: $640M for 5 years, $730M for 6; consistent with Chongqing, Munich; otherwise PMAC mediation
Read more: UPC proposes terms for ZTE-Samsung cross-license: $640M for 5 years, $730M for 6; consistent with Chongqing, Munich; otherwise PMAC mediationThe Unified Patent Court’s Mannheim Local Division makes two settlement proposals with different contract terms and alternatively suggests mediation by the UPC’s Patent Mediation and Arbitration Centre.
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Federal Circuit supports USITC fact-finding in import dispute over redesigned wet-dry vacuum cleaners
Read more: Federal Circuit supports USITC fact-finding in import dispute over redesigned wet-dry vacuum cleanersTineco’s design-arounds have worked, but the Hong Kong company was unable to challenge the ITC’s domestic industry determination as to patentee Bissell.


