Month: July 2024
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Gallium nitride patent wars: ITC judge believes Innoscience infringes one of four patents originally asserted by EPC, but PTAB IPR is pending
Administrative Law Judge Clark Cheney has identified a patent infringement by Innoscience. Efficient Power Conversion prevailed on one of the four patents it originally asserted.
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Apple, litigation funder Omni Bridgeway embroiled in U.S. discovery dispute: fishing expedition concerns patent valuation, other analysis
Apple has been defending against a patent dispute by non-practicing entity MPH in California since 2018 and is now seeking discovery of its financial backer Omni Bridgeway through a motion in Delaware.
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Abbott shoots down Dexcom patent in UPC Paris LD, parallel Mannheim Regional Court case impacted as well: procedurally interesting
Glucose monitoring device maker Abbott has defeated a Dexcom patent-in-suit in the UPC that disposes (unless successfully appealed) of an infringement claim and a Mannheim Regional Court case.
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EU SEP Regulation’s market power flaw exposed by Qi lawsuits in UPC, Germany: Commission and Parliament got it wrong
The dispute between Philips and Belkin over Qi (wireless charging) patents illustrates one of the fundamental flaws of the proposed EU SEP Regulation: the failure to consider market power.
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UPC’s Dusseldorf LD terminates Abbott v. SiBio proceedings based on settlement that largely amounts to surrender
For today, a preliminary injunction hearing was scheduled in Abbott v. SiBio before the Unified Patent Court’s Dusseldorf Local Division. The court has now entered an order terminating the proceedings based on a settlement that amounts to a covenant by the defendant not to practice the patented technique in Germany, France and the Netherlands.
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Dusseldorf LD issues UPC’s first-ever final judgment and permanent injunction, clarifies standard for prior use rights
The UPC’s Dusseldorf Local Division handed down the new judiciary’s first final judgment, along with the first permanent injunction. It provides important guidance with respect to prior use rights, recall and auditing rights.
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Here’s how law firms and litigants can keep ip fray informed of their UPC and other patent cases and achievements
Here’s how law firms and litigants can keep ip fray informed of Unified Patent Court and other proceedings, such as on the names of the attorneys involved.
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UPC Paris CD: amended claims proposed as part of statement of defense to revocation claim accepted despite workflow violation (for now)
The UPC’s Paris CD maintains, for now, a permissive standard for workflow violations. In this case, amended claims were proposed along with the statement of defense to a revocation claim.
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UPC’s Paris CD: disloyalty of counsel is not the other party’s business, and court provides guidance on sufficiently concrete claims
The Unified Patent Court’s Paris Central Division has clarified that (a) an adversary has no standing to allege disloyal conduct by someone’s counsel and (b) gives guidance on what makes an injunction request and a damages claim sufficiently concrete.
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$847 million patent verdict against Verizon; Ericsson on extended receiving end of $583M part, fighting patent at PTAB jointly with Nokia
Context: Hardly a month passes without a non-practicing entity (NPE) obtaining a patent damages verdict in the hundreds of millions of dollars in U.S. district court (May 11, 2024 ip fray article). What’s new: On Friday (June 28, 2024), a jury in the Eastern District of Texas awarded NPE General Access Solutions $847 million over…