Month: April 2025
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UPC Roundup (1 week): another significant injunction, adoption of problem-solution approach in Munich, high-profile settlements, and more
This is a summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in the week since our March 29, 2025 UPC Roundup. This week has brought various interesting decisions especially by the Mannheim and Munich Local Divisions (LDs) as well as three high-profile settlements and a bunch of new cases. 1. Fujifilm v. Kodak…
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ASUS, Innovative Sonic suing OPPO in Munich; both plaintiffs use same licensing agent (Celerity IP), are also suing Xiaomi
ASUSTeK and Innovative Sonic Corporation are both represented by the same licensing agent, Celerity IP, and suing OPPO and its OnePlus affiliate now.
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UPC Munich LD declares problem-solution approach canonical in order to align UPC, EPO case law: second injunction in Edwards v. Meril
Context: Last summer, the Paris seat of the Unified Patent Court’s (UPC) Central Division (CD) upheld an Edwards Lifesciences prosthetic heart valve patent, EP EP3646825 (“A system comprising a prosthetic valve and a delivery catheter”) (July 20, 2024 ip fray article). A few months later, the Munich Local Division (LD) enjoined Meril over EP’825 (November 15,…
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GSK and Pfizer settle global RSV vaccine patent dispute
The companies announced yesterday that their litigation in the U.S., UK and Unified Patent Court has come to an end, although their dispute over COVID-19 vaccine patent infringement is still pending.
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BREAKING: Ericsson, Lenovo settle multijurisdictional patent dispute with cross-license agreement, will arbitrate details
Ericsson and Lenovo have settled all pending litigation. To some extent they have agreed on the terms and the remaining details will be resolved through arbitration.
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Via LA licensors M&K, Gensquare LLC, Tagivan II suing Microsoft over HEVC SEPs in Dusseldorf: court confirms details
The licensors are enforcing seven standard-essential patents that Microsoft has used in some of its most popular products, including Windows 10, Windows 11, its Surface tablets, and its Xbox consoles, they allege.
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Heat turns up on automaker BYD as Avanci licensors IP Bridge, SolIP seek Germany-wide patent injunctions
IP Bridge is now pursuing injunctive relief against automaker BYD in two patent lawsuits in Munich.
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Fujifilm wins UPC injunction against Kodak, loses second case because patent invalid; decision to follow soon on UK part of winning patent
Context: After the European Court of Justice (ECJ) decision in BSH Hausgeräte v. Electrolux (February 25, 2025 ip fray article), the Unified Patent Court (UPC) has long-arm jurisdiction over non-UPCland parts of European bundle patents, as the Paris Local Division (LD) has already clarified (see item 1 of of our March 22, 2025 UPC Roundup)….
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Significant progress made in 40 years since China’s patent law enacted, but IP units still treated as cost centres, says Changhong IP head Dejian Dai
Our understanding of IP only really began in 2001, when China joined the WTO – so the country has made significant progress in the past 20 years. But there still aren’t enough resources being provided to IP departments, Mr. Dai told ip fray at Via Licensing Alliance’s Business Summit in Shanghai last month.
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Fresh off the heels of its Amazon settlement, Nokia launches multimedia patent enforcement against Acer and ASUS PCs, HiSense smart TVs
After its settlement with Amazon, Nokia is now enforcing multimedia patents against Acer, ASUS and Hisense in Germany and the Unified Patent Court.