Month: June 2024
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USPTO, UKIPO formalize alliance on standard-essential patent policy, seeking to dissuade EU from regulatory excess — UPDATE: UKIPO denies advocacy objective
The patent offices of the United States and the United Kingdom yesterday signed a memorandum on standard-essential patent policy. One objective is to dissuade the EU from unhelpful regulatory overreach.
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UPC’s Hamburg LD grants Tesla discovery into Avago’s standing to sue over Broadcom patent: self-dealing questioned
The Unified Patent Court’s Hamburg Local Division has granted Tesla access to certain documents related to an internal patent transfer by Avago-Broadcom.
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Dolby continues to acquire patent licensing businesses, buys GE Licensing; previously, Dolby’s Via acquired MPEG LA
Dolby is a leader in consolidation in the patent licensing business. Today Dolby announced the acquisition of GE Licensing. Last year, Dolby-owned Via Licensing acquired patent pool manager MPEG LA.
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UPC’s Munich LD: patentees get two months to seek preliminary injunction, defendants get only three invalidity contentions
The Unified Patent Court’s Munich Local Division believes a preliminary injunction motion filed within a two-month window is timely, and defendants must limit themselves to three invalidity contentions.
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Assignment rules in Western District of Texas now cover related cases, but Judge Albright just got another Proxense lawsuit
A complaint that was filed one day after the latest revision of the Western District’s assignment rules was ordered has already been assigned to Judge Albright for judicial-economy reasons.
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London court heard jurisdictional challenges to Tesla’s pre-emptive 5G SEP strike against InterDigital and Avanci
Tesla’s pre-emptive strike FRAND action in the UK against InterDigital and Avanci may surmount the low hurdle of a jurisdictional challenge, but it should not.
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UPC Court of Appeal decides all patent owners are required for valid opt-out, and denies withdrawal of appeal as to select appellees
Context: The Unified Patent Court (UPC) is quickly building a significant body of case law (e.g. May 27, 2024 ip fray article). What’s new: Today the second panel of the UPC’s Court of Appeal published two unrelated decisions. In Neo Wireless v. Toyota, it was clarified that an opt-out of a patent from the UPC…
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Delhi High Court says bank guarantee by OPPO is sufficient to protect InterDigital’s interests — no punitive intent
On appeal, the Delhi High Court has determined that OPPO does not have to make a deposit to ensure InterDigital will get paid at the end of the proceedings: a bank guarantee is enough.
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Patent license negotiators get valuable guidance from Federal Circuit in $20M Google thermostat decision on how to prepare for future trials
In EcoFactor v. Google, the Federal Circuit upheld all three decisions challenged by Google (concerning validity, infringement and, which is discussed in most detail, damages).