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Navitas sues Renesas in U.S. district court for infringing gallium nitride patents in response to Japanese company’s trade secret misappropriation claims
Read more: Navitas sues Renesas in U.S. district court for infringing gallium nitride patents in response to Japanese company’s trade secret misappropriation claimsThe gallium nitride patent wars gather pace as Navitas files suit in the Eastern District of Texas.
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Dolby acquires hundreds of VVC standard-essential patents from Florida Atlantic University and OP Solutions
Read more: Dolby acquires hundreds of VVC standard-essential patents from Florida Atlantic University and OP SolutionsSome of the assigned patents were already available to license through the VVC Advance pool operated by Access Advance.
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Dental AI patent still has teeth after Federal Circuit vacates decision that saw PTAB side with Invisalign maker
Read more: Dental AI patent still has teeth after Federal Circuit vacates decision that saw PTAB side with Invisalign makerThe appeals court found that the PTAB erred in recognizing as prior art an application claiming a priority date from a provisional filing.
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Amazon, Oracle targeted in next Headwater patent enforcement campaign
Read more: Amazon, Oracle targeted in next Headwater patent enforcement campaignHeadwater LLC has enforced three of its mobile network technology-related patents against Amazon and Oracle’s cloud-computing businesses in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas.
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‘I am a latecomer’: former Xiaomi IP head Ran Xu on launching his own IP consultancy
Read more: ‘I am a latecomer’: former Xiaomi IP head Ran Xu on launching his own IP consultancyRan Xu talks to ip fray about where the idea to launch his consultancy, Rythan IP, came from, and why now was the ideal time to take the plunge.
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UPC Roundup (1 week): CoA declines to stay FRAND claim against pool, separately clarifies effect of revoked injunctions; and more
Read more: UPC Roundup (1 week): CoA declines to stay FRAND claim against pool, separately clarifies effect of revoked injunctions; and moreThis is a summary of developments in and around the UPC in the calendar week of August 2, 2026.
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U.S. district court patent infringement cases peaked in 2025: 10-year high followed by pullback in 2026, LexisNexis report reveals
Read more: U.S. district court patent infringement cases peaked in 2025: 10-year high followed by pullback in 2026, LexisNexis report revealsThe report, published yesterday, also confirmed that accused infringers are switching from inter partes review petitions (which fell 8%) to post-grant review petitions (which increased to 88%, their highest level since 2021) to challenge patent validity.
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Brazilian court-appointed expert finds Disney’s HEVC encoders infringe IBEX patent but rules it non-essential, sidesteps FRAND question
Read more: Brazilian court-appointed expert finds Disney’s HEVC encoders infringe IBEX patent but rules it non-essential, sidesteps FRAND questionA Rio de Janeiro court expert concluded Disney’s encoders infringe an IBEX video patent tied to Access Advance’s VDP campaign, but found the patent covers encoding rather than decoding, so it falls outside HEVC’s essential patent scope and, with it, any FRAND fight.



