Month: May 2025
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First-ever UPC Mannheim anti-antisuit injunction, U.S. court denies PI against Brazilian SEP enforcement: InterDigital v. Disney
This may even be the first anti-antisuit injunction ever to have been granted by a court based in the city of Mannheim, Germany.
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Second UPC lawsuit filed against BYD: will Tesla throw its Chinese competitors under the bus or vice versa?
BYD is coming under ever more pressure from standard-essential patent assertions. Another case has been filed with the UPC’s The Hague Local Division.
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LG Electronics joins Via Licensing Alliance’s Qi wireless charging patent pool as licensor, licensee
LG’s move significantly expands the pool’s share of the Qi wireless charging space, which already previously covered 50% of all declared standard-essential patents.
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ZTE moves for dismissal of Samsung’s California FRAND contract and antitrust action; filing reveals Samsung is seeking interim license in UK
ZTE has responded to Samsung’s SEP-related contract and antitrust complaint in the Northern District of California with a motion to dismiss.
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EXCLUSIVE: SEP enforcement against Chinese car maker BYD reaches Unified Patent Court’s The Hague Local Division
After two SEP enforcement lawsuits against Chinese automaker BYD in Munich, Sol IP added one in Mannheim and is now suing in the UPC’s The Hague Local Division, too.
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UPC Roundup (1 week): concept of anchor defendant recognized; juicer patent invalidated; other decisions and various new cases
This is a summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in the week since our May 17, 2025 UPC Roundup. 1. The Hague LD: Anchor defendant may expose foreign legal entities to liability due to BSH long-arm jurisdiction (Genevant & Arbutus v. Moderna) (link to LinkedIn post) This UPC action is part…
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Netflix aspires to become Broadcom’s Vietnam, amends second U.S. countersuit with two more patents
Not only has Netflix been defending against Broadcom’s cross-jurisdictional patent assertions for more than five years, but it’s now stepping up its retaliation.
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EU roundup: new trade policy paper; ETSI comments on EC Single Market plans; minority of member states attempts to revive SEP Regulation
Context: The Brussels “eurocracy” has been wildly unsuccessful from an economic policy point of view. The United States and China have taken an unassailable lead in all key digital technologies. The collective market capitalization of all publicly traded EU companies is but a fraction of that of all publicly traded U.S. companies. Just like the…
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HMD faces new UPC complaints brought by Orange and Navigate (the latter over a Dolby patent)
Context: HMD’s most well-known standard-essential patent (SEP) dispute at the moment is with VoiceAge EVS (May 5, 2025 ip fray article). HMD also has yet to settle a licensing dispute with Huawei. And two months ago we reported on an Indian court hearing where it turned out that HMD initially offered, for the purposes of…
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UPC Court of Appeal makes UK judge feel even better about his decision: Alexion v. Amgen & Samsung Bioepis
Mr Justice Meade of the High Court of Justice for England & Wales would have reached the same decision anyway, but likes the fact that the UPC CoA interpreted the claim language in the same way.