Month: October 2024
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Apple gets $250 verdict against Masimo, loses on most claims: Apple only wanted (and failed) to create new reason for lifting Apple Watch ban
Apple largely lost, but it merely lost an opportunity and an amount of money it won’t care about. This case could have built another independent reason for lifting the Apple Watch ban.
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Panasonic settles SEP disputes with Xiaomi, OPPO; UK interim license made major impact, FRAND determination could have been influential
The High Court of Justice of England and Wales has stayed next week’s FRAND trial(s) in Panasonic v. Xiaomi and Panasonic v. OPPO further to settlememts.
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Federal Circuit gives Lenovo another chance to win antisuit injunction against Ericsson’s Latin American injunctions, but sidesteps key questions
Lenovo has won, to some extent, an appeal against Ericsson, but the antisuit injunction it is seeking may very well be denied again on remand.
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Enforcement of former BlackBerry patents against Nintendo also extends to Europe’s Unified Patent Court: two cases discovered
Malikie Innovations, the owner of 30K+ former BlackBerry patents, is suing videogame device maker Nintendo not only in the United States but also in Europe’s Unified Patent Court.
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UPC’s Mannheim LD: adult content subscriptions may be necessary to obtain evidence; discovery motions (source code, CDNs) denied
In a dispute involving adult entertainment streaming services, the Unified Patent Court’s Mannheim Local Division has denied three parallel discovery motions as disproportionate and premature.
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ITC judge upholds Ericsson patent referencing 5G NR prior to finalization of standard: not indefinite
Administrative Law Judge MaryJoan McNamara of the U.S. International Trade Commission disagreed with Lenovo’s claim that a patent is indefinite for referencing 5G NR while the standard was still in the works.
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UPC’s Patent Mediation and Arbitration Centre (PMAC) will bear FRAND in mind when designing dispute resolution: interview with Director Aleš Zalar
ip fray had the opportunity to interview Mr. Aleš Zalar, the head of the Unified Patent Court’s (UPC) new Patent Mediation and Arbitration Center (PMAC).
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UPC Roundup (two weeks): wide range of decisions from default judgment to U.S. patent attorneys’ access to sealed documents
This roundup covers two weeks of Unified Patent Court (UPC) decisions.
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IP leader Jenni Lukander leaving Nokia, Patrik Hammarén taking over on interim basis
Nokia Technologies President (and, therefore, effectively also Chief IP Officer) Jenni Lukander is leaving the company. Patrik Hammarén, Chief Licensing Officer Wireless, is taking over an interim basis.