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Opinion: China’s role in the future of global SEP licensing
Read more: Opinion: China’s role in the future of global SEP licensingIn this guest contribution, Via Licensing Alliance’s President Kevin Mack reflects on his last visit to China, and the evolution of patent licensing he has witnessed there.
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Dolby, MediaTek bought 40% of video codec patent families that changed hands in the U.S. over six months: USPTO records analysis
Read more: Dolby, MediaTek bought 40% of video codec patent families that changed hands in the U.S. over six months: USPTO records analysisA review of recent USPTO assignment records shows Alibaba, LG, and OP Solutions selling video codec patents while Dolby, MediaTek, and licensing entities bought, in some cases, expired patents.
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Tesla ‘Sun factory’ apparently at heart of U.S.-Chinese semiconductor technology patent infringement dispute
Read more: Tesla ‘Sun factory’ apparently at heart of U.S.-Chinese semiconductor technology patent infringement disputeNew York-based Linton Crystal Technologies has sued China’s Zhejiang Jingsheng Mechanical & Electrical Co. over the infringement of seed-lifting technology patents, after the latter reportedly won a bid to supply Tesla with 210mm monocrystalline pullers for its $10.1 billion “Project Crystal Sun” factory.
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Federal Circuit distinguishes impossibility from indefiniteness, affirms Samsung invalidity win on enablement grounds
Read more: Federal Circuit distinguishes impossibility from indefiniteness, affirms Samsung invalidity win on enablement groundsThe Federal Circuit upheld Samsung’s invalidity win, but shifted the basis from indefiniteness to lack of enablement.
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Volvo Cars is the latest licensee to Avanci’s Wi-Fi 6 Vehicles program, with more to be revealed soon
Read more: Volvo Cars is the latest licensee to Avanci’s Wi-Fi 6 Vehicles program, with more to be revealed soonAvanci unveiled General Motors and Ford as licensees to the program earlier this month.
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Federal Circuit dismisses ParkerVision appeal against Qualcomm: Rule 54(b) does not allow partial final judgment on some claims of one patent
Read more: Federal Circuit dismisses ParkerVision appeal against Qualcomm: Rule 54(b) does not allow partial final judgment on some claims of one patentThe Federal Circuit has held that a patent is a single cause of action, so judgments on receiver claims cannot be appealed while transmitter claims remain pending. ParkerVision’s 15 years of litigation have returned to Florida.
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UPC Court of Appeal establishes need for conditional appeals to keep conditional revocation counterclaims alive in ParTec v. Nvidia
Read more: UPC Court of Appeal establishes need for conditional appeals to keep conditional revocation counterclaims alive in ParTec v. NvidiaWhile the CoA has granted a motion for Nvidia to reinstate its right to file an appeal in a case against ParTec, it warned that Nvidia should have brought a conditional appeal to keep its conditional revocation counterclaim alive in the event that the CoA reverses a non-infringement finding made by the UPC’s Munich LD…
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Nvidia sued in Eastern District of Texas by PAE holding data center, networking patents originally owned by Avaya
Read more: Nvidia sued in Eastern District of Texas by PAE holding data center, networking patents originally owned by AvayaPulseLink Systems is also enforcing former Avaya patents against Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Zoom.


