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Appeals court upholds Nokia’s Brazilian AVC SEP injunction against ASUS, throws out part of expert report with implications for Acer case
Read more: Appeals court upholds Nokia’s Brazilian AVC SEP injunction against ASUS, throws out part of expert report with implications for Acer caseASUS hoped to get Nokia’s Brazilian preliminary injunction lifted by an appeals court, but the PI remains in force and an expert report favoring ASUS’s cause has been deemed unreliable. That also affects a case against Acer.
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BREAKING: USITC orders import ban on Innoscience products over infringement of Infineon gallium nitride patent
Read more: BREAKING: USITC orders import ban on Innoscience products over infringement of Infineon gallium nitride patentChina’s Innoscience will be prohibited from importing its infringing products into the U.S. market – though the multi-jurisdiction battle with Infineon looks set to continue.
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Urgency analysis of UPC PI motions can involve foreign product presentations, conversations with rivals at trade shows: two new rulings
Read more: Urgency analysis of UPC PI motions can involve foreign product presentations, conversations with rivals at trade shows: two new rulingsThe UPC’s holistic approach to the urgency requirement for preliminary injunction requests cuts both ways. Patent holders seeking to enforce their right must be prepared to satisfactorily answer certain questions related to urgency.
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District judge opens door to rare “reverse doctrine of equivalents” defense in medical device dispute
Read more: District judge opens door to rare “reverse doctrine of equivalents” defense in medical device disputeThe judge’s order came amid long-running litigation between Maquet and Abiomed in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts over intravascular blood pump technologies.
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Lose three validity battles, win the infringement war? Microsoft’s CNIPA record against Newman’s GUI patent
Read more: Lose three validity battles, win the infringement war? Microsoft’s CNIPA record against Newman’s GUI patentA long-running Chinese touchscreen patent dispute between Newman Infinite and Microsoft has now reached China’s Supreme People’s Court, after the latter failed in four patent invalidation attempts. But the record is less one-sided than it currently appears to be.
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UPC Lisbon LD: ASUS owes Ericsson damages for six years of infringing semiconductor patent in eight countries; PI was denied in 2024
Read more: UPC Lisbon LD: ASUS owes Ericsson damages for six years of infringing semiconductor patent in eight countries; PI was denied in 2024Ericsson and ASUS are embroiled in multijurisdictional litigation. The most important showdown so far will be a preliminary injunction hearing to be held by the UPC’s Milan LD on Friday.
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Munich I Regional Court judgment says ZTE could have demanded up to $798.6M from Samsung; court proposes $640M (5-year) settlement
Read more: Munich I Regional Court judgment says ZTE could have demanded up to $798.6M from Samsung; court proposes $640M (5-year) settlementIn record time, the Munich I Regional Court has handed down a detailed judgment further to last Thursday’s ZTE v. Samsung bench ruling. It also explains some of the German court’s disagreements with its UK counterpart.
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Ericsson wants “problem-solving, not posturing”: arbitration offer as safe harbor against “court-manufactured” interim licenses
Read more: Ericsson wants “problem-solving, not posturing”: arbitration offer as safe harbor against “court-manufactured” interim licensesEricsson is a major SEP holder, but also licenses other companies’ patents for its network infrastructure products. Is head of patent assertions advocates a balanced, symmetrical approach where arbitration remains voluntary but its rejection precludes interim licenses.


