Month: August 2024
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Interview with UPC Judge András Kupecz (Munich CD) on multilingual collaboration; joining the bench from private practice; and more
This week, ip fray’s founder interviewed Judge András Kupecz of the Unified Patent Court.
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UPC’s Munich LD grants PI in barcode scanner case, clarifies direct infringement standard, absolute vs. relative prohibition, urgency
The UPC’s Munich Local Division has granted a preliminary injunction in a case involving a software development kit used for barcode scanning, and has spoken out on several important legal questions in that decision.
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UPC Roundup: access to documents, language of proceedings, Ireland, various first-instance and appellate decisions
This is a roundup of roughly two weeks of Unified Patent Court decisions and filings.
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Philips settles multi-year SEP dispute with Thales/Telit: CalAmp, Laird, Xirgo not off the hook with respect to Quectel modules
After almost four years, the SEP dispute between Philips and Thales, which sold the relevant business unit to Telit along the way, was settled this week.
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New Huawei v. Netgear filings discovered in Munich and UPC interim conference to take place next week: WiFi 6 SEPs
Huawei has concluded many WiFi 6 licenses without litigation, and has recently settled disputes with Amazon and German router maker AVM. Netgear is facing six WiFi 6 SEP assertions in the UPC and German national courts.
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Munich appeals court raises enforcement security amount from €4 to €26 million in WiFi 6 SEP case: Atlas Global v. TP-Link
Context: The Munich I Regional Court’s Seventh Civil Chamber, the best-known patent infringement panel there, has recently taken a highly skeptical approach to the security amounts requested by defendants in the event of a provisional (i.e., while an appeal is pending) enforcement of an injunction. One noteworthy case in which a rather low amount of…
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Two FRAND firsts for the UPC: first SEP settlement (Nokia-Verifone), first FRAND appellate hearing (OPPO-Panasonic)
Virtually simultaneously, the Unified Patent Court has seen its first SEP dispute settled and its Court of Appeal has heard the first FRAND-specific appeal.
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Ericsson wins Brazilian SEP appeal against Lenovo: preliminary injunction upheld
In the global dispute with Lenovo over (mostly) 5G standard-essential patent licensing,. Ericsson has scored a key win as a Brazilian appeals court upheld a preliminary injunction.
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Even the summer doesn’t slow down the Unified Patent Court: judges deserve respect for their enormous dedication
It’s peak summer vacation season and the UPC keeps delivering.
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Philips gets 5G SEPs from OPPO, probably under recent settlement agreement and following OPPO’s recent Toyota deal
OPPO’s recently discovered 5G patent sale to Toyota was unprecedented, but a divestiture to Philips, which already owns a number of cellular SEPs and has a very active licensing program, is all the more surprising. It may be due to a settlement.