Month: July 2024
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Amazon countersues Nokia, asserting AWS patents against CloudBand in Delaware
Amazon is countersuing Nokia, asserting cloud computing patents against Nokia’s CloudBand offering. Nokia previously sued Amazon over video codec patents.
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Mr Justice Meade’s letter to UPC, German judges regarding upcoming FRAND determination in Panasonic v. Xiaomi & OPPO
Two weeks after ip fray reported on Mr Justice Meade’s plan to write a letter to his colleagues on the UPC and two German national courts regarding his upcoming FRAND determinatoin, the actual letter has become available.
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UPC rulings: Abbott destroys Dexcom patent (Munich LD), Amycel wins preliminary injunction against Polish farmer (The Hague)
Two different Local Divisions of the UPC handed down decisions today, one in favor of a defendant and the other in favor of a plaintiff who sought a preliminary injunction.
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UPC roundup: CoA on late equivalence, expediting PI appeals; first-instance decisions on service of process, public access
This is a roundup on multiple UPC decisions published these days, on a variety of issues ranging from service of process to late-presented equivalence theories.
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Toyota acquired dozens of 5G SEPs from OPPO to equip itself for cross-licensing and countersuits
Toyota acquired dozens of 5G standard-essential patents from OPPO, making the company potentially not only a licensee but also a licensor of cellular SEPs.
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UPC judges not necessarily aligned on claim amendments in preliminary injunction proceedings: Court of Appeal to discuss soon
On the same day (July 26, 2024), the Dusseldorf Local Division granted leave to amend patent claims in a preliminary injunction proceeding while the Court of Appeal left open how the admissibility of a narrowing of patent claims in a PI proceeding would be resolved.
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ASUSTeK affiliate suing Lenovo in UPC as well as Munich I Regional Court: September trial
Innovative Sonic Limited is suing Lenovo in the UPC as well as the Munich I Regional Court over ASUSTeK patents.
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Qualcomm sues smartphone volume giant Transsion in UPC, extending patent enforcement campaign that surfaced in India first
Qualcomm started its patent enforcement campaign against China’s Transsion in India, and now a first UPC lawsuit has become discoverable as well.
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UPC’s Paris LD believes intervenor can’t challenge patent-in-suit in ANY way after defendant failed to bring revocation counterclaim
The Unified Patent Court’s Paris Local Division denied a motion to stay an infringement action over an intervenor’s revocation action filed with the Paris Central Division.
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Gallium nitride patent war escalates as Infineon amends U.S. complaint against Innoscience: now asserting four patents, not just one
Infineon has filed an amended complaint against Innoscience in the Northern District of California, now inserting three additional patents besides the original patent-in-suit.