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InterDigital secures preliminary injunction against TCL over HEVC patents in Brazil
Read more: InterDigital secures preliminary injunction against TCL over HEVC patents in BrazilA Rio court has granted InterDigital a provisional injunction against TCL over HEVC patents, denying an interim license and examining FRAND compliance, licensing comparables, and implementer willingness.
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UPC’s first-ever successful FRAND defense: Milan LD sides with ASUS against Ericsson
Read more: UPC’s first-ever successful FRAND defense: Milan LD sides with ASUS against EricssonFor the first time in history, a FRAND defense has succeeded in the UPC (subject to an appeal).
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Rio Court conditions Disney’s patent injunction compliance on consumer protection
Read more: Rio Court conditions Disney’s patent injunction compliance on consumer protectionA Rio de Janeiro court has placed consumer protection at the center of patent injunction enforcement, requiring Disney to address potential harm to subscribers when implementing its technical workaround.
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BREAKING: ZTE-Samsung patent dispute ends as key UPC Mannheim case is withdrawn; several courts supported ZTE’s FRAND rate
Read more: BREAKING: ZTE-Samsung patent dispute ends as key UPC Mannheim case is withdrawn; several courts supported ZTE’s FRAND rateZTE and Samsung have presumably settled their multijurisdictional dispute through a license agreement. A UPC case that would likely have led to an injuntion against Samsung has been withdrawn by mutual consent.
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Munich appeals court overturns coercive detention order against Polytech in Silimed dispute: injunction did not clearly cover nullity action
Read more: Munich appeals court overturns coercive detention order against Polytech in Silimed dispute: injunction did not clearly cover nullity actionThe Munich Higher Regional Court has overturned a detention order against a Polytech managing director, finding the injunction did not clearly cover the nullity action that blocked Silimed’s planned UPC enforcement.
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New German UPC panels would ‘work directly against UPCA principle’: lobbyists assert in letter to UPC
Read more: New German UPC panels would ‘work directly against UPCA principle’: lobbyists assert in letter to UPCThe CCIA, FSA, ACT, IP2Innovate, and ACEA have noted that the UPCA expressly limits the number of Local Divisions per Member State, yet the subsequent trend establishing multiple panels within German Local Divisions works directly against this principle.
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UPC Dusseldorf grants Dai Nippon Printing injunction against Zapp over OLED mask foil patent, rejects prior public use defense
Read more: UPC Dusseldorf grants Dai Nippon Printing injunction against Zapp over OLED mask foil patent, rejects prior public use defenseThe Dusseldorf LD has found that Zapp’s SuperClean Invar 36 foils infringe a Dai Nippon Printing patent and held that Zapp’s lab tests could not prove its prior public use defense.
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Delaware judge reverses course, hands Irish NPE Tir a fourth chance against Comcast over streaming patents
Read more: Delaware judge reverses course, hands Irish NPE Tir a fourth chance against Comcast over streaming patentsJudge Choe-Groves withdrew her dismissal of claims over the assertion of three Tir patents against Comcast, NBCUniversal, and Peacock, but struck parts of Tir’s infringement contentions on the one patent that survived.


