Month: June 2024
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UPC roundup: CoA on suspensive effect of orders; The Hague LD on Ireland; Munich panel gets first new case; Lenovo countersues ASUSTeK
This article aggregates four LinkedIn posts of today (June 19, 2024) on new developments in the Unified Patent Court.
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Munich court granted ex parte preliminary injunction over gallium nitride-related patent: Infineon v. Innoscience
Infineon is suing Innoscience over patents related to gallium nitride (GaN) in the United States and has recently obtained a German preliminary injunction narrowly related to a Nuremberg trade show.
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Internet advertising firm AlmondNet wins $122M patent verdict against Amazon in Western District of Texas
Internet advertising firm AlmondNet has won a $122M verdict against Amazon in the Western District of Texas over two of its originally ten asserted patents.
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Oura Ring wants Samsung’s DJ action dismissed for lack of actual controversy, but doesn’t rule out future patent infringement suit
Smart ring maker Oura seeks the dismissal of Samsung’s declaratory-judgment action in the Northern District of California for lack of an actual controversy.
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5 lessons from InterDigital v. Lenovo UK FRAND appeal for EU SEP Regulation
This week’s InterDigital v. Lenovo FRAND appeal in the UK shows again why the proposed EU SEP Regulation is misguided.
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Panasonic’s SEP enforcement against Xiaomi faces delays in UPC’s Mannheim LD: October trial may be purely technical, no FRAND
The UPC part of Panasonic’s SEP enforcement campaign against Xiaomi has been delayed and may face further delays, particularly with respect to the FRAND defense.
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UK appeals court unlikely to affirm InterDigital-Lenovo FRAND determination: Munich court also rejected it as unreliable
The England & Wales Court of Appeal is hearing the InterDigital-Lenovo cross-appeals this week. It appears unlikely that Mr Justice Mellor’s finding of a $0.175/unit FRAND rate will be affirmed.
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After rushing SEP Regulation through Parliament, rapporteur’s aide joined EUIPO as liaison officer: revolving door
A parliamentary aide with enormous influence over the rapporteur’s views and the procedural schedule joined the EUIPO only two days after the first-reading plenary vote as its new liaison officer for relations with the European Commission.
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Famous patent monetizer Frohwitter’s supercomputer firm files multi-billion-dollar lawsuit over Microsoft’s cloud/AI infrastructure
Susman Godfrey represents supercomputer firm ParTec, run by IPCom founder and former patent litigator Bernhard Frohwitter, in a new cloud computing patent dispute with Microsoft.