Month: August 2025
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Donald Trump Jr. owns 5% of patent monetizer Fintiv, his second patent investment to come to light this year (after SIM IP)
We were first to report on Mr. Trump’s investment in famous patent monetizer Erich Spangenberg’s SIM IP. It turns out he has invested in at least one other patent monetizer.
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Here’s how Apple is bringing back pulse oxymetry in the U.S. with a workaround that keeps clear of Masimo’s ITC import ban patents
Apple has made headway against Masimo with a clearance decision by U.S. Customs and Border Protection for a designaround.
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Boehringer wins nintedanib PI against Zentiva as UPC CoA reverses Lisbon LD on when infringement is imminent, clarifies how to argue national law
Context: Three months ago, the Unified Patent Court’s (UPC) Lisbon Local Division (LD) denied an application for provisional measures (which in some other jurisdictions would be called a motion for a preliminary injunction (PI)) by Boehringer Ingelheim against Zentiva, holding that an infringement did not appear imminent (item 2 of our May 10, 2025 UPC…
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UPC’s Hague LD clarifies reimbursement of costs when infringement claim and revocation counterclaim differ in scope
This decision by the Hague LD in a food waste management case centered on validity. The patent survived only in a form for which no infringement was claimed.
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UPC judge orders record security of €4M for costs, flatly rejects insurance policy as collateral even if issued by EU-based insurer
Judge Pichlmaier of the UPC’s Munich LD has rejected an insurance policy as collateral for costs and ordered a plaintiff to provide a total of €4M (€2M per case).
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‘Being a decent person is foundation for lasting success’: outgoing InterDigital IP head
Following her departure from InterDigital last month, Mang Zhu sits down with ip fray to reflect on her time as Head of IP, discuss what’s next for her, and share what she’d tell younger women aspiring to get to her position following her decades-long career in SEP licensing.
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Supercomputer firm ParTec files another Unified Patent Court lawsuit against NVIDIA, seeking 18-country injunction
Supercomputer firm ParTec ups the pressure on NVIDIA (and, by extension, Microsoft) by asserting a recently granted unitary patent in the Unified Patent Court.
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UPC Roundup (1 week): stay pending appeal granted over defendant’s objection; various cost-related decisions and one about unitary effect
This is a summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in the week since our August 3, 2025 UPC Roundup. 1. Dusseldorf LD 1.1 Injunction by default judgment (igus v. Whale Technology) (link to LinkedIn post) The Dusseldorf Local Division (LD) has issued a default judgement against Whale Technology (PDF in German),…
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Netflix countersuit against Broadcom thrown out as patent claims deemed abstract, amendment allowed but not necessarily helpful
A strict application of § 101 resulted in the dismissal of one of Netflix’s coutnersuits against Broadcom. An amended complaint would be entertained, though.
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The Trump Administration is not above the law — but neither is Harvard: patent march-in rights
Whatever allegations the Trump Administration makes against Harvard and its affiliates may ultimately have to be discussed in court. But Harvard’s compliance is not beyond doubt.