Month: December 2024
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Erich Spangenberg is back in the patent monetization business — and intrigued by the UPC opportunity
One of the most well-known patent monetizers considers the Unified Patent Court a tremendous opportunity for right holders.
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Ruling on Tesla’s appeal of dismissal of UK FRAND case against Avanci unlikely before January
Tesla wants a UK FRAND determination concerning the Avanci 5G patent pool, whose rates have been accepted by the industry at large.
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Adeia strikes streaming deal with Amazon: major U.S. patent licensing firm is known for active enforcement
While Adeia and Amazon are embroiled in multimedia patent litigation with other parties, they have signed a license agreement with each other.
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Unified Patent Court has become world’s most important forum for preliminary injunctions over patents: high growth, high win rate
The fastest-growing segment of Unified Patent Court actions is preliminary injunctive relief. And the win rate is high.
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ip fray welcomes Olivia Sophie Rafferty and (separately) launches IP Dealmaking Opportunities page for litfin, insurance, patent transfers
ip fray welcomes Olivia Rafferty, a journalist with significant experience in both IP and competition matters. In separate news, we have set up an IP Dealmaking page to outline our services in that regard.
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ITC judge rejects Lenovo’s most important defense against Ericsson: 2011 license agreement doesn’t cover current Motorola phones
Administrative Law Judge Cameron Elliot has rejected Lenovo’s license-based defense according to which its Motorola devices were allegedly still covered by a 2011 license agreement.
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ITC staff: HEVC SEPs are not FRAND-encumbered like cellular ones; Ericsson merely had to negotiate with Lenovo
The Office of Unfair Import Investigations of the United States International Trade Commission has taken a fairly permissive position on the enforcement of video codec SEPs.