Month: June 2024
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Infineon may have to amend its gallium nitride patent complaint in California, but Innoscience jumped the gun
Innoscience’s motion to dismiss Infineon’s complaint has been denied without prejudice. The motion was brought before the case was assigned to a judge who is busy with a criminal trial.
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UPC roundup: Apple, Google lose bid to switch to English; translation to non-UPC language is party’s problem; serving complaint at trade show
This article aggregates three UPC orders that became discoverable yesterday and relate to patterns that are going to be found in various other UPC cases going forward.
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UPC’s standard for added subject matter remains unresolved after Hague LD decision: EPO ‘gold standard’ or lower hurdle?
The Unified Patent Court’s The Hague Local Division adjudicated a couple of preliminary injunction requests, granting one and denying the other. Interesting legal questions were discussed, but have yet to be resolved definitively.
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UPC announces eight new technically qualified judges, resignation of one: overview
The Unified Patent Court today announced the appointment of eight new technically qualified judges and the resignation of one.
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Redacted FRAND arguments cause delays in UPC SEP actions: Dusseldorf, like Mannheim, grants extension
Context: Earlier this month, the Unified Patent Court’s (UPC) Mannheim Local Division (LD) faced the dilemma that a redacted filing by the plaintiff raising arguments specific to standard-essential patent (SEP) licensing deprived the defendants of full access to a pleading, and in order to minimize the resulting delay, Presiding Judge Dr. Peter Tochtermann bifurcated the…
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ip fray celebrates half-birthday, thanks its readers and will become a subscription service on or before January 1, 2025
ip fray saw the light of day six months ago to the day, has already become very popular in certain cirlces and will become a subscription service, with some free content especially on LinkedIn, on or before January 1, 2025.
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UPC CoA order clarifies: arguments for stay are stricken if made only at interim conference; and reveals request for ECJ referral
A patent holder suing Nokia has defended its patent in the Federal Patent Court of Germany, believes to be close to affirmance of that decision by the Federal Court of Justice and now doesn’t want the UPC to rule on a revocation claim.
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UPC’s Dusseldorf LD prioritizes speed, merges infringement and revocation proceedings to get technical judge ASAP
The UPC’s Dusseldorf Local Division decided at an early stage of proceeding to consolidate the proceedings for an infringement action and a revocation counterclaim in order to get a technical judge assigned sooner rather than later.
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China’s top court revives Qualcomm patent that Apple challenged (presumably reads on 3D Touch, Haptic Touch): Patent Cold War
Apple was close to the invalidation of a Chinese Qualcomm patent on the technology known as 3D Touch or Haptic Touch on Apple devices, but the Supreme People’s Court upheld it.