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Inventive step takes center stage as different European courts debate over methodologies
Read more: Inventive step takes center stage as different European courts debate over methodologiesAs European patent jurisprudence continues to evolve, judges and practitioners remain divided over how inventive step should be assessed. Discussions involving the UPC, EPO, Swiss courts, and German judges highlighted continuing tensions between the problem-solution approach and holistic analysis, alongside emerging debates around evidentiary standards, AI, and the UPC’s growing influence.
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Pharma giant Takeda ordered to pay over $884 million in damages in Amitiza class action suit: patent litigation settlement was anticompetitive, jury finds
Read more: Pharma giant Takeda ordered to pay over $884 million in damages in Amitiza class action suit: patent litigation settlement was anticompetitive, jury findsTakeda has said it already plans to “vigorously” appeal the decision, which found its 2014 deal with competitor Par Pharmaceutical to drop its challenge to its AMITIZA patents and delay its generic entry by seven years, anticompetitive.
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Acer, ASUS want “stay of stay” against Nokia in UK; appeals court clarifies arbitration scope, but accepts wiggle room for arbitrators
Read more: Acer, ASUS want “stay of stay” against Nokia in UK; appeals court clarifies arbitration scope, but accepts wiggle room for arbitratorsAcer and ASUS have proven to be leave-no-stone-unturned types of defendants to Nokia’s video patent assertions.
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SIM IP acquires Alibaba video coding patents despite LOT Network membership
Read more: SIM IP acquires Alibaba video coding patents despite LOT Network membershipSIM IP has acquired 126 patent assets from Alibaba covering video coding and data infrastructure technologies tied to AV1, AV2, and VCM.
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ASUS settles global patent litigation with Wilus, Huawei, Philips: takes Sisvel Wi-Fi Multimode pool license
Read more: ASUS settles global patent litigation with Wilus, Huawei, Philips: takes Sisvel Wi-Fi Multimode pool licenseASUS has become the latest licensee to sign up to Sisvel’s Wi-Fi Multimode standard-essential patent program, days before a potential bench ruling from the Munich I Regional Court in an SEP dispute with Sisvel licensor Philips.
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Malikie Innovations sues TCL over Wi-Fi, AV1 patents in Eastern District of Texas, hints at future request for injunction
Read more: Malikie Innovations sues TCL over Wi-Fi, AV1 patents in Eastern District of Texas, hints at future request for injunctionMalikie Innovations claims that TCL has not acted in “good faith” when it comes to FRAND negotiations.
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UK judge makes thinly-veiled antisuit threat against UPC; Advisory Committee chair mocks Mannheim LD, openly disagrees with UPC President
Read more: UK judge makes thinly-veiled antisuit threat against UPC; Advisory Committee chair mocks Mannheim LD, openly disagrees with UPC PresidentToday’s LESI event in Munich showed deep divisions within the UPC ecosystem over the subject of docket distribution, and even deeper ones between UK and continental European courts concerning patent rulings with cross-border effect.
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TCL China Star Optoelectronics acquires Japan Display patents
Read more: TCL China Star Optoelectronics acquires Japan Display patentsJapan Display is diversifying into the sensor and semiconductor packaging markets, and is divesting thousands of non-core patents as part of the process.
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- Inventive step takes center stage as different European courts debate over methodologies
- Pharma giant Takeda ordered to pay over $884 million in damages in Amitiza class action suit: patent litigation settlement was anticompetitive, jury finds
- Acer, ASUS want “stay of stay” against Nokia in UK; appeals court clarifies arbitration scope, but accepts wiggle room for arbitrators
- SIM IP acquires Alibaba video coding patents despite LOT Network membership
- ASUS settles global patent litigation with Wilus, Huawei, Philips: takes Sisvel Wi-Fi Multimode pool license