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Via Licensing Alliance taps former TiVo, Technicolor executive to lead on licensing and strategy
Read more: Via Licensing Alliance taps former TiVo, Technicolor executive to lead on licensing and strategyPatrick Zhang has been appointed to the newly created role at a time when Via is looking to expand existing programs while launching into new areas.
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Amgen must pay $20.2 million in damages over antibody patent infringement: District of Delaware jury
Read more: Amgen must pay $20.2 million in damages over antibody patent infringement: District of Delaware juryFollowing a trial in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware last week, a jury has found that Amgen’s subsidiary Teneobio has infringed one of competitor Harbour Antibodies’s antibody-related patents and owes over $20 million in damages.
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PTAB invalidates final Centripetal patent tied to vacated $1.9 billion Cisco verdict
Read more: PTAB invalidates final Centripetal patent tied to vacated $1.9 billion Cisco verdictThe PTAB on remand found several of the patent-at-issue’s claims obvious over a single prior art reference, ruling that even credible evidence of copying by Cisco couldn’t overcome a “strong case of obviousness” where the prior art was “essentially anticipatory”.
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WIPO report endorses complementary use of FRAND valuation methodologies
Read more: WIPO report endorses complementary use of FRAND valuation methodologiesWIPO’s new report on FRAND valuation rejects a one-size-fits-all approach to SEP licensing disputes. Instead, it argues that comparable-license, bottom-up, and top-down methodologies should be viewed as complementary tools for assessing whether licensing terms are fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory.
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UPC Roundup (1 week): drone maker defends in Mannheim; various procedural rulings in relatively uneventful week
Read more: UPC Roundup (1 week): drone maker defends in Mannheim; various procedural rulings in relatively uneventful weekThis is a summary of developments in and around the UPC in the calendar week of June 8, 2026.
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Amazon contradicts InterDigital’s announcement on dispute resolution: unprecedented situation
Read more: Amazon contradicts InterDigital’s announcement on dispute resolution: unprecedented situationAn unusual situation has arisen between Amazon and Interdigital, with the former contradicting the latter’s announcement of an agreement to arbitrate.
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Munich I Regional Court upholds WobbleWorks 3D pen PI against Chinese competitor granted on ex parte basis in January
Read more: Munich I Regional Court upholds WobbleWorks 3D pen PI against Chinese competitor granted on ex parte basis in JanuaryIn late January, just before the Nuremberg Toy Fair, WobbleWorks, maker of the 3Doodler pen, obtained ex parte preliminary injunctions (PIs) in Germany over a 3D drawing device patent.
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Soon Lord Justice Meade: famous High Court judge gets promoted to Court of Appeal of England and Wales, as does Justice Fancourt
Read more: Soon Lord Justice Meade: famous High Court judge gets promoted to Court of Appeal of England and Wales, as does Justice FancourtA former patent litigator and FRAND-focused High Court judge, Mr (soon Lord) Justice Meade is well-known in the SEP and wider patent ecosystem.


