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Brazilian appeals court keeps connected-car injunction against GWM in force
Read more: Brazilian appeals court keeps connected-car injunction against GWM in forceA Rio de Janeiro appellate judge refused to stay a connected-car SEP injunction against five GWM vehicle models, keeping restrictions on 4G connectivity services in place during the appeal.
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Monolingual regime would not solve UPC docket distribution problem but might raise constitutional issues: other measures would be better
Read more: Monolingual regime would not solve UPC docket distribution problem but might raise constitutional issues: other measures would be betterIn the UPC docket distribution debate, the focus is not as much on what can be meaningfully done as it is on ideas that are either unlikely to achieve an effect or impossible to implement.
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Via Licensing Alliance Voice Codec pool continues to grow with addition of new licensors, licensee
Read more: Via Licensing Alliance Voice Codec pool continues to grow with addition of new licensors, licenseeVia launched the pool covering EVS and IVAS speech-coding standards in December 2024.
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Apple’s acqui-hire deal with AI avatar startup Animato includes patent applications
Read more: Apple’s acqui-hire deal with AI avatar startup Animato includes patent applicationsApple has signed a deal involving avatar software startup Animato that combines hiring rights, intellectual property licensing, and patent application transfers, reflecting Apple’s broader use of modular AI-focused transactions disclosed through the EU’s Digital Markets Act database.
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Federal Circuit says owners of patents subject to exclusive license still have standing to sue where terms don’t render rights “illusory”
Read more: Federal Circuit says owners of patents subject to exclusive license still have standing to sue where terms don’t render rights “illusory”A.L.M. and Ergon granted wide-ranging rights to an exclusive licensee – but retained the right to sue third-party infringers.
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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, as well as Swiss and German judges highlight 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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- Brazilian appeals court keeps connected-car injunction against GWM in force
- Monolingual regime would not solve UPC docket distribution problem but might raise constitutional issues: other measures would be better
- Via Licensing Alliance Voice Codec pool continues to grow with addition of new licensors, licensee
- Apple’s acqui-hire deal with AI avatar startup Animato includes patent applications
- Federal Circuit says owners of patents subject to exclusive license still have standing to sue where terms don’t render rights “illusory”