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Rio court confirms Via pool offer can satisfy FRAND without bilateral negotiations
Read more: Rio court confirms Via pool offer can satisfy FRAND without bilateral negotiationsA Rio court has held that NEC’s Via LA pool offer was sufficient to satisfy FRAND without a separate bilateral offer to HMD, while finding HMD’s failure to substantively engage with the pool terms indicative of hold-out.
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U.S. GLP-1 patent docket grows with raft of new complaints from Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk
Read more: U.S. GLP-1 patent docket grows with raft of new complaints from Eli Lilly, Novo NordiskThis could well be the start of a wide-ranging, multi-jurisdictional campaign by Eli Lilly to defend its rights around Mounjaro and Zepbound.
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UPC Hague LD revokes Maxell casting patent, finds aggregation of routine features obvious
Read more: UPC Hague LD revokes Maxell casting patent, finds aggregation of routine features obviousThe UPC Hague LD revoked Maxell’s casting patent after finding the granted claims not novel and its auxiliary requests obvious. The court held that aggregating routine features without functional interdependence or synergistic effect cannot establish inventive step, and dismissed Maxell’s infringement action.
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Navitas sues Renesas in U.S. district court for infringing gallium nitride patents in response to Japanese company’s trade secret claims
Read more: Navitas sues Renesas in U.S. district court for infringing gallium nitride patents in response to Japanese company’s trade secret claimsThe gallium nitride patent wars gather pace as Navitas files suit in the Eastern District of Texas.
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Dolby acquires hundreds of VVC standard-essential patents from Florida Atlantic University and OP Solutions
Read more: Dolby acquires hundreds of VVC standard-essential patents from Florida Atlantic University and OP SolutionsSome of the assigned patents were already available to license through the VVC Advance pool operated by Access Advance.
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Dental AI patent still has teeth after Federal Circuit vacates decision that saw PTAB side with Invisalign maker
Read more: Dental AI patent still has teeth after Federal Circuit vacates decision that saw PTAB side with Invisalign makerThe appeals court found that the PTAB erred in recognizing as prior art an application claiming a priority date from a provisional filing.
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Amazon, Oracle targeted in next Headwater patent enforcement campaign
Read more: Amazon, Oracle targeted in next Headwater patent enforcement campaignHeadwater LLC has enforced three of its mobile network technology-related patents against Amazon and Oracle’s cloud-computing businesses in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas.
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‘I am a latecomer’: former Xiaomi IP head Ran Xu on launching his own IP consultancy
Read more: ‘I am a latecomer’: former Xiaomi IP head Ran Xu on launching his own IP consultancyRan Xu talks to ip fray about where the idea to launch his consultancy, Rythan IP, came from, and why now was the ideal time to take the plunge.


